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national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday April 02, 2009 18:35 by A.R
The purpose of this article is to challenge the assumption that it is the 'leaders' who sell out rank and file members, and to highlight that 'leaders' reflect the median moderate worker within Trade Unions. It therefore favours a more bottom-up grassroots focused analysis of Trade Union activity over a top down hierarchical 'leadership' focused analysis. It is my argument that constantly talking about the ICTU 'leaders' is disempowering and a more actor-worker-centered focus is better suited to Libertarian politics.
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limerick / miscellaneous Thursday March 26, 2009 11:09 by UL F.E.E. Campaign
Today (Thursday) there is a vote of students in UL on fees. It arose from a proposal by the chairperson of UL Fianna Fail to make students vote on what kind of fees we want – which would have assisted the Student's Union to 'lobby' for that specific type of fees, instead of fighting to defeat all forms of fees. Student opposition, including from the UL branch of F.E.E. succeeded in getting a ‘no fees’ option 4 included, which reads: “I am opposed to alternatives to exchequer-funded third level tuition fees”,
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national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday March 25, 2009 15:06 by Andrew
That the very threat of a national strike was enough to force government and IBEC to change their position demonstrates the power the working class holds when we threaten to withdraw our labour. For all the media attempts to convince us we are powerless and that class struggle is a thing of the past when faced with the reality of the organised working class standing up both bosses and state were keen to avoid any confrontation that could illustrate and encourage our collective power. Related Links: Main Indymedia feature on M30 | TUI call for the resignation of David Begg | CPI statement on Labour Party's disengagement from M30
That is the positive side of the story. The negative side is that the union leadership who were in any case largely forced to call the ballot for the national strike through pressure from the grassroots of the union have now called off the strike on the weakest of excuses. Activists within the unions knew all along this was a likelihood, most of the union leadership are almost as afraid as the bosses of workers getting a true sense of our collective power. From the start the ICTU leadership have sought ways to convince workers that we had to pay for the crisis, to share pain in their terms, despite the fact that during the long years of the Celtic Tiger there was no sign of the bankers or property speculators being keen to ensure workers got to share the wealth.
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 23, 2009 22:04 by 1 of imc
Potentially, thousands of workers will take to the streets of the country next Monday. Indymedia and DCTV are pooling resources to cover the day and are calling for you, the readership, to contribute your reports, photographs and videos to compile an accurate grassroots account of what could be a significant date in this latest round of the struggle for workers’ rights and social justice.
March 30, next Monday, has been named by ICTU as the day the public sector unions will close up shop and shut the country down, in protest against the imposition of the ‘pensions levy’ and the failure to honour recent pay agreements. However, private sector workers are also looking for an occasion to vent their anger and it is likely that the one-day shut down will receive some significant support from this quarter too. Related Links: The initial call out | Gilmore engages in the withdrawal technique | Dublin Bus Workers reject LRC recommendations | Support Industrial Action by the Bus Workers by WSM | CPI statement on Gilmore's bizarre intervention | More comment on the LP's response to M30 at the Cedar Lounge Time for a general strike? 0.04 Mb
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday March 23, 2009 07:51 by A.R
Workers in Dublin bus rejected the Labour Relation Commissions proposals on Thursday 19th March. They are now planning an all out strike from March 30th. This article firstly deals with the background to the current standoff in Dublin Bus, then examines the initial proposed 'cost effectiveness plans' issued by Dublin bus management on the 16th January 2009, subsequently it will review the LRC proposal and conclude with some reflections on how the situation will unfold over the coming months. It is based upon detailed discussions with a driver with who has been working for Dublin Bus for 35 years.
1. Introduction: The problem began with the government Related Links: List of bus routes affected by cut backs | Vote in the Irish Times poll in support of the Bus Drivers Strike | Video of Dublin Bus Workers protest on Feb 11 | Support Industrial Action by the Bus Workers by WSM | Bus workers ballot for strike action | Support the workers against the bullying bosses at Dublin Bus | Dublin Bus Drivers Victimised for Joining Union and Organising | Privatisation – the rip-off of public resources |
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