Policy

Budget an exercise in mass deception

The Workers’ Party has described Budget 2015 as an exercise of mass deception which will increase the gap between rich and poor and merely seeks to hide austerity rather than reverse it.   Responding to the budget measures announced to-date, Workers’ Party President Michael Donnelly said that what had been trumpeted as a budget to [...]

2019-05-19T10:01:05+00:00October 14th, 2014|

Workers Party Northern Ireland Conference

The Workers' Party has been holding an annual Northern Conference for nearly 25 years.    Because it's not a policy making conference the debate and discussion is often more robust and open. At this year's conference on October 25th, we'll be raising the questions that seldom get asked, providing the analysis that others don't and [...]

2019-05-19T10:01:05+00:00October 14th, 2014|

WP call on progressives to defeat TTIP

The Workers Party has condemned the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) as another attempt by capital to increase its dominance worldwide. The existing NAFTA agreement, which clearly has been a disaster for Latin American countries and Canada and indeed for the working class in the USA, demonstrates the true nature of these sorts [...]

2019-05-19T10:01:05+00:00October 13th, 2014|

Water Meter charge will be resisted

The President of the Workers Party, Michael Finnegan, has said that the announcement that householders will be made pay up to €300 for the installation of water meters in their home has shown that the government has learned nothing from the mass resistance of people to the Household Charge. Mr. Finnegan said that the government’s [...]

2012-04-16T13:32:47+00:00April 16th, 2012|