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Message of solidarity from the Workers’ Party of Ireland with PAME

Dear comrades, The Workers Party of Ireland and the Workers Party Trade Union Group send warm greetings and extend solidarity and congratulations to PAME, the All Workers Militant Front, on the action for a General Strike all over Greece, including more than 50 cities, today, 28th November 2018, under the slogan, “Our Needs in the [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:03+00:00November 28th, 2018|

LloydsPharmacy strike leads to calls for radical changes to 1990 Industrial Relations Act

The Workers’ Party have said it is an indictment of Ireland’s labour legislation that LloydsPharmacy workers have to go out on strike for sick pay and a basic hourly contract. Speaking before visiting striking workers in the company’s Stoneybatter chemist, Cllr. Ryan said: “Most people’s reaction to the core demands of LloydsPharmacy workers, is astonishment [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:09+00:00June 14th, 2018|

Michael O’Leary is Ireland’s Donald Trump

Workers' Party representative slams O'Leary's far-right comments Jimmy Dignam, Workers' Party representative Dublin North West Workers' Party Dublin North-West representative, Jimmy Dignam, has described Michael O'Leary's comments at Fine Gael's fundraiser as 'far-right' and 'dangerous'. Dignam stated: 'Michael O'Leary's comments at Fine Gael's pre-budget fundraising event were repulsive by even his own low [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:40+00:00October 9th, 2016|

Workers Party express solidarity with striking Cadbury workers

Workers’ Party representative Jimmy Dignam has expressed the party’s solidarity with striking workers at Cadbury’s plant in Coolock Dignam, who is the Workers’ Party representative in Dublin North West today visited the picket line at Cadbury’s in Coolock and said: ‘I would like to offer my full support to the workers in UNITE and SIPTU [...]

2016-03-03T19:09:59+00:00March 4th, 2016|

WP candidate Ryan says Xtravision workers treated shabbily

Workers Party Dublin Central candidate Cllr. Éilis Ryan has expressed support for the 580 Xtravision workers who have been made redundant and are now fighting for entitlements they were promised would be secured. Cllr. Ryan said that more than four years after the Vita Cortex debacle in Cork in which employees had to sit-in their [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:53+00:00January 29th, 2016|

WP support Right 2 Change principles as basis for progressive change

Workers Party supports Right2Change principles as a basis for progressive change Workers’ Party representatives today commended the work of the Right2Water unions in beginning a process that could form the basis for the creation of a progressive political bloc to challenge the dominance of neoliberalism in Irish society. At a meeting with representatives of the [...]

2019-05-19T10:00:57+00:00October 30th, 2015|

Ireland marches against water charges / privatisation

  Up to 100,000 from every corner of Ireland marched through the streets of Dublin yesterday (29 August) to express their anger at the government over the imposition of water charges and the privatisation agenda.  Irish people already pay for their water and through taxes and there has been a huge campaign against the new [...]

2019-05-19T10:01:00+00:00August 30th, 2015|

WP President supports Dunnes workers

The President of the Workers’ Party, Michael Donnelly, has expressed strong support for the campaign launched by the Mandate trade union today (Friday) for decent pay and conditions of employment for workers employed by Dunnes Stores.   Mr. Donnelly said that Mandate were raising an important and timely issue which affects thousands of workers in [...]

2019-05-19T10:01:04+00:00December 19th, 2014|