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Youth Against Racism condemns Cllr Henry Reilly comments Read on...
Italy Appeal for Solidarity: Occupied Lambretta factory invaded by police Read on...
Unison: Four banned from office for three years Read on...
China: Brutal policing triggers deadly riot Read on...
Threat of water charges will be met with non-payment Read on...
Lindsey oil refinery workers secure stunning victory
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Justice for sacked NCP workers Read on...
Civil service - We want equal pay now Read on...
Brutal sectarian murder in Coleraine Read on...
Keep the post public; No privatisation Read on...
100% Victory, Rob Williams re-instated Read on...
Euro elections: Europe on the edge Read on...
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10,000 Electricians on Strike Read on...
Socialist Party Statement: Building a new mass party for working people Read on...
Elections: Socialist Party defeats Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein
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Fianna Fail & Greens take a hammering
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Blasphemy!
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Ryan report exposes Church & State child abuse
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The Joe Higgins Column
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International Solidarity Campaigns
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Translink: Fight against fare rises, service cuts and job losses
By Dagmar Walgraeve, 8 May 2009
Six bus services have been axed since the start of May. Many elderly, disabled, working and unemployed people are now left without any means of transport. The cuts affect areas in Dungiven, Antrim, Coleraine, Newtownards, Holywood and Belfast. Many more bus services are expected to see reductions in frequencies.
Press Release New Deal exposed as slave labour “Exploitation must end – real, decent jobs are needed” Youth Fight for Jobs |
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 Rob Williams sacked by brutal bosses Read more... |
with John Maguire, Visteon Belfast Unite Convenor Read on... |
Visteon occupation shows...
ACTION GETS RESULTS
By Peter Hadden, 8 May 2009
The workers at Visteon – through their month long occupation of their factory – have written an important chapter in the history of the labour movement in Northern Ireland.
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After Visteon, unions need to launch campaign to...
FIGHT TO SAVE JOBS
By Gary Mulcahy, 8 May 2009
The Visteon workers have shown by their determined and militant action that workers are not helpless against the tidal wave of wage cuts and job losses sweeping the globe. Like many other groups of workers they have been treated deplorably by Visteon and Ford bosses who have made huge profits down the years off the backs of these workers.Read more...
By Gary Mulcahy, We Won’t Pay Campaign, 8 May 2009The planned introduction of household water charges next April looks to be in serious doubt. It seems the parties in the Executive have privately admitted to themselves that they haven’t a hope of making people pay, despite their best efforts to disguise the introduction in some form next year.
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Socialist Youth News
Fight Job losses at Pizza Hut; No to slave labour youth schemes; Youth Fight for Jobs campaign gathers momentum
Politicians expenses scandal
Recession? What recession?
Daniel Waldron, 8 April 2009
Working people in Northern Ireland are certainly feeling the effects of the recession, with wage cuts, daily announcements of job losses and slashes in public services. The local politicians, however, could be forgiven for asking, ‘Recession? What recession?’