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ICTU President Kevin Callinan said some progress was made and negotiations remained civil, but the gap between sides may not be bridged.
The draft bill has gone down like a “lead balloon” with workers, said Sinn Féin’s Louise O’Reilly.
“Covid-related shortages are not the result of ‘absenteeism’, which is defined as an avoidable absence from work.”
The potential industrial action includes a full withdrawal of labour.
The People Before Profit TD looks at the history of May Day and assesses the challenges of the modern workplace.
Wicklow principal Pádraig Murphy says some vulnerable children will need years of added support after this but it’s important to only open schools when safe to do so.
Teachers’ unions will appear before the Dáil’s Covid-19 committee today.
Trade union Fórsa criticised the approach taken by Aer Lingus.
The ICTU report shows that among the 26 large firms studied, CEO pay rose in 11 of them.
Workers have already staged seven days of work stoppages in January, February and March and May.
Ordinary working-class people are being silenced by left-wing commentators, because of their lack of regard for modern liberal terminology, writes Conor Kenny.
I felt anxious, alienated and depressed. Irish workers must unite to resist the creeping casualisation of work, writes Keith Murdiff.
Michael O’Leary said the company will remain “cautious” throughout the rest of its financial year.
G4S cut workers after moving some operations from Dublin to Belfast.
The decision may have a big impact on future labour disputes at the airline.
France’s biggest trade union is planning street protests next month.
A draft deal to succeed the Lansdowne Road agreement was reached late last night.
The Transport Minister rejected all calls to intervene in the dispute.
Strike action now looks inevitable.
The company said it was due to the “intransigence” of unions.
Shocking new documents suggest the Solidarity icon was a paid informant for the secret police. But Walesa says they’re fake.
It could be linked to the anti-water charge movement.
More than half of the company’s employees are on strike over “fair pay” and “a precarious working environment”.
The Health Minister had made a landmark speech in the Dáil tonight.
Under the ruling, gardaí can be members of trade unions.
BeLonG To and ICTU have joined forces to launch a campaign to help end discrimination and bullying.
However, it has been welcomed by Ibec, who believe it will help Ireland to continue to attract foreign direct investment.
And will face penalties if they don’t take up their places.
Yes, we need to reject austerity and its offshoots – privatisation, poverty and emigration – but also populist and short-term solutions to long-term challenges.
The General President of the union has also called for more unity on the left to build a ‘New Republic’.
Without power, our modern society cannot function normally – which is why workers at the ESB ought to be banned from striking and causing a total or partial power failure, writes Aaron McKenna.
Several leaders of large trade unions in the US were in Dublin this week to argue against austerity. They also spoke to TheJournal.ie about the political deadlock in the US.
Dan Kane, from the Teamsters, Terry O’Sullivan (LIUNA), John Hegarty (National Postal Mail Handlers Union), Brent Booker (Building Construction Trades Department) and Ed Smith (Ullico) are all in Dublin for the week.
Reports over the last couple of days suggested the company had changed the nature of the scheme and failed to tell its auditor KPMG about opposition to the changes from unions.
Martin said that there were a number of mistakes made by the Fianna Fáil administration during its 14 years in office.
The group will march to the headquarters of the ICTU in Parnell Square from the Garden of Remembrance today at 2pm.
Management at Kells Credit Union dispute claims by employees – who are picketing the premises today – that it does not recongise the right of workers to join a trade union.
The ASTI and TUI say the ‘Haddington Road’ proposals aren’t sufficiently different from Croke Park 2 to change their minds.
The country’s biggest trade union says the Haddington Road deal maintains protection against redundancy or a major redeployment.