Workers Rights Rents Are Rising Much Faster Than Wages New figures from Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) show that national average rents for new tenancies were €1,598 per month last September, up 11% on the previous year. Existing tenancies 9 Feb 2024
Health Giant Strike Recharges Workers’ Fight The Public Sector Strike on Thursday was massive and well executed. It was the largest best-coordinated strike since at least 2015. Trade unionists should be congratulated for their clarity, commitment, 24 Jan 2024
Education Palestine Liberation Day School: Sunday 21St January, 12-4Pm, New Theatre, Connolly Books Israel is engaged in a brutal genocide in Palestine, with tens of thousands of Palestinians killed in the latest round of violence and a catastrophic humanitarian crisis is unfolding in 16 Jan 2024
Housing The RCN Strike Royal College of Nursing is the union for most nurses in the North’s National Health Service. We visited pickets across region on their first of two planned days of 20 Dec 2022
Health Support People Before Profit’s Motion Of No Confidence In Housing Minister Next week, during Private Members Time, People Before Profit will bring a motion of no confidence in the Minister for Housing to the Dáil (see below). The motion notes the 9 Dec 2022
Cost Of Living The UCU Strikes UCU Ulster University Rep Aisling O’Beirn People Before Profit interviewed Aisling O’Beirn, elected UCU Rep at Ulster University, on the picket last week. People Before Profit: Aisling, we 1 Dec 2022
Education Solidarity With University Of Galway Phd Workers Who Have Had Their Pay Cut People Before Galway express solidarity with University of Galway PhDs, following the news of their unilateral pay cuts. Speaking on the issue, local representative Adrian Curran explained why. “In the 18 Nov 2022
Education Dublin Mid-West Td Writes To Minister For Education Calling For Increase Of Funding For Secondary School Places In Constituency Worried parents in contact with TD regarding school places for next September People Before Profit TD for Dublin Mid-West, Gino Kenny, has written to the Minister for Education, Norma Foley, 18 Nov 2022
Education DUP And UU Think 6000 Students At Magee Is Good Enough For Derry People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin said, “The DUP think 6,000 students is good enough for Magee – and this just happens to be the Ulster University target. “For the 11 Oct 2022