Workers Rights

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

Gerry Carroll on a UCU Picket November 2022

Carroll to Host Workers and Unions at Stormont as Ulster University Job Cuts Fight Comes to Parliament Buildings

"£350 million was spent on the new Belfast campus. There is an endless pot of money for ‘international outreach’ in the likes of Qatar. A recent event honouring Arnold Schwarzenegger cost an eyewatering £45,000. This is financial recklessness of the highest order."

6 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

Kier Starmer with Westminster as teeth devours workers on picket housing, health and education workers on strike

Westminster’s Plan for the North: Sack Workers, Hike Bills & Protect Corporate Tax Breaks

“Being shackled to Westminster's permanent austerity agenda is causing an untold amount of harm to people across the North. Executive parties have shown us time and again that they will accommodate that agenda whether it's handed down by the Tories or by Labour.” Gerry Carroll

22 Apr 2026

Gerry Carroll in front of the 2023 Picket at Ulster University in Belfast

Carroll on Ulster University Job Losses: Cash for Campuses, Cuts for Workers

"I am demanding answers from the University of Ulster: what jobs they plan to cut, what impact it will have on the education of students, and where else could the funds be found instead."

15 Apr 2026

Shaun Harkin and a full lecture hall at UU Magee with headline from the Derry Journal saying: UCU says it will ‘not stand idly by’ over 450 potential redundancies at Ulster University

Up to 450 redundancies UU - Harkin: "Abject cowardice of senior leadership"

“We offer our solidarity to all workers at UU at this time and look forward to joining you on the picket line if and when you decide to fight these job cuts.”

15 Apr 2026

HQ Invest Northern Ireland

Business Lobby's Attack on Good Jobs Bill Shows Exactly Why Workers Need Stronger Protections

"The last time the Alliance party had the chance to vote to change the outdated, Thatcherite trade union laws, they voted against the Trade Union Freedom Bill... You cannot be a party of both big business and workers. It's one or the other, and Alliance needs to get off the fence..." Gerry Carroll

14 Apr 2026

Fuel Price Caps Now slogan in front of a beautiful image of detail of central heating unit.

More Than Words- Stormont Executive Parties and SDLP Must Now Act to Introduce Fuel Price Caps

Stormont Executive Parties and SDLP must now support implementation of People Before Profit Council motion which they unanimously endorsed demanding energy price caps and regulation says Shaun Harkin.

13 Apr 2026

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