Workers Rights

Abstract image of windmills and world map. Title CUT COSTS NOT LIVING STANDARDS followed by description 'An emergency plan to tackle the Fuel Crisis and break from Fossil Capitalism'.

Cut Costs Not Living Standards: Cost of Energy Action Programme

Download People Before Profit's 'Cost Of Energy Action Programme' here. It is our costed emergency action plan to tackle the Fuel Crisis and break Ireland from Fossil Capitalism.

13 Apr 2026

Tractors on a quiet O'Connell Street Saturday 11 April with the Jim Larkin Statue GPO and Spire in the background

The Fuel Protests: Blame The Government Not the Protesters

Back the basic demands. Defend the right to protest. Oppose the frauds on the far-right and discuss the protest leaders, but let's keep coming back to the real issue of unbearable price increases and where they come from. Workers, unions- let's deepen the movement for a country we can all live in.

12 Apr 2026

Strike Support Call: Northside Home Care Services

Strike Support Call: Northside Home Care Services

Sonya Borwick, a Northside Home Care Services Rep with the Independent Workers Union, again calls for an end to the direct discriminitation of section 39

11 Apr 2026

Denman Rooke ar son Ghaillimh Thiar - For Galway West; Campaign Launch Even; The ol'55 Bar; 30 Prospect Hill; 13th April at 7pm13 April

Galway West By-Election Candidate Launch 13 April 7pm

Denman Rooke kicks off his campaign as People Before Profit's representative in Galway West on Monday.

7 Apr 2026

View of the counter protest with union flags prominent in front of landmark Coleraine Town Hall.

Facing Down the Far Right

Coleraine was a defeat for the ONIV's 'bizarre' would-be campaigners this weekend. Less than 1 in 10 of their projected numbers actually turned out and they were outnumbered by a vibrant counter-protest organised by Causeway Trade Union Council union members and members of People Before Profit.

7 Apr 2026

End Legalised Discrimination and Hyper-Exploitation of Young Workers

End Legalised Discrimination and Hyper-Exploitation of Young Workers

Paul Murphy calls for end to ‘legalised discrimination and hyper-exploitation’ of young workers and says Government should enact People Before Profit’s National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill after ESRI report shows more businesses are forcing sub-minimum pay on under 20s.

31 Mar 2026

Dozens of protesters holding TUI 'Official Protest' Signs and Umbrellas in Athenry at the local GRETB centre.

Galway & Roscommon ETB Teachers Protest, Denman Rooke Says 'Follow Their Lead'

Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) held a lunchtime protest over cuts to the (ESOL) and adult literacy programmes in their Education and Training Board (GRETB). Rooke: "Principled workers... organised in their unions... standing up for services in the community... It's the best answer to austerity."

25 Mar 2026

The Premier Periclase site under the slogan Louth Doesn't Need A Data Centre and headlines from the local and national papers.

Data Centre Planned for Drogheda Premier Periclase Site

Renaghan: "Data centres are consuming more and more of our grid capacity, with approximately 22% of overall energy spent on data centres in 2024. This figure is constantly rising, and is expected to rise to more than 30% before the end of the decade, where the grid will struggle to meet demands."

19 Mar 2026

Workers standing in the rain at the GNIB Offices in Dublin with a banner that reads GNIB Office Protest 12th March 2026 - Stand with Workers and Families - We Demand Action Now! - Kranthi

Workers Protest GNIB Delay

Protest Held in Dublin Highlighting Irish Residence Permit Renewal Delays

12 Mar 2026