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Statement on Belfast Pogroms

"Whether the division is sectarian or racist, it turns working-class people against one another while poverty, lack of housing and inequality remain untouched. The answer is not one community against another, but ordinary people organising together for the homes and services we all need."

11 Jun 2026

Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Northside Home Care Services Workers on Kildare Street.

Stand with Northside Home Care Services Workers Protest at the Dáil

Today Northside Home Care Services workers will be in front of the

10 Jun 2026

People Before Profit Call for Urgent Trade Union Response to Pogrom

People Before Profit Call for Urgent Trade Union Response to Pogrom

On behalf of People Before Profit, we urge the trade union movement who represents hundreds of thousands of workers here to use all the power at its disposal to thwart the racist thugs who wish to divide us.

9 Jun 2026

People Before Profit's Cllr Shaun Harkin. Teachers at an INTO conference.

Teacher Strike Ballot Delivers a Clear Message to Givan

Instead of prioritising our children's education, DUP Minister Paul Givan has chosen to provoke confrontation with teachers. The announcement of the ballot sends a clear message that Givan must heed.

8 Jun 2026

Gerry Carroll at Erskine House

Carroll to Hilary Benn: Stop Watching as Sodexo Slashes Jobs at Your Own Front Door

"A company that operates in 45 countries and made over £1 billion in profit last year? They are not short of resources to guarantee secure and well-paid jobs. The receptionists, cleaners, porters and kitchen workers? Sodexo is treating them disgracefully." Gerry Carroll MLA

4 Jun 2026

Covalen Strikers and Supporters

Covalen Workers Strike Back

"The company plans to make almost half of its workforce - 720 workers in total - redundant and has shown utter disregard to them in the wake of this news." Another day of industrial action is planned for next week on the day of the by-elections 22 May

16 May 2026

16 ambulance workers out on the Limerick Picket today.

Ambulance Workers Strike

SIPTU and Unite pickets today were big, determined, hugely supported by the public and extremely justified. We spoke to striking Ambulance Workers today. See what they said below.

12 May 2026

Large Demonstration with Unite members from QUB and NIPSA members in solidarity with Clements Coffee workers under threat of redundancy.

Facing Redundancy at QUB, Hospitality Workers at Clements Coffee Organise and Fight

With zero-hours contracts, miscategorisation, low pay and now threatened redundancy, long-suffering organised workers at QUB's longstanding Clements Coffee are calling for solidarity from the community on campus and sense from the bosses who should hire them directly.

1 May 2026

Denman Rooke on Protests: We Call it a Cost of Living Crisis, but Why Must We Pay To Live?

Denman Rooke on Protests: We Call it a Cost of Living Crisis, but Why Must We Pay To Live?

Denman Rooke has expressed support for the fuel protests and unequivocally condemned the authoritarian crackdown on peaceful protestors at the Galway docks, and the deployment of the army at Whitegate.

14 Apr 2026