Hundreds of workers, members of UNITE, picketed Bank of Ireland offices in Dublin Wednesday to fight the bank's effective pay cut.

Photo: Paula Geraghty

Don’t let Tesco’s take 150 jobs out of Dun Laoghaire and slash the conditions of low-paid workers.

The workers at Mr Binman have shown huge determination in standing together in this long strike. They deserve the support of every trade unionist.

SIPTU workers at Marine Terminals Ltd off Sean Moore Road in Ringsend are on strike because their company has imposed redundancies without properly compensating workers for their years of service.

Calls for a national one day public sector strike

A major national conference of trade unionists from both the public and private sector has initiated a call for a co-ordinated national one day strike of the public service to stop the government cutbacks and attacks on workers wages.

The conference was happening as all public sector unions were balloting for industrial action over the government imposed pay cut under the guise of a ‘pension levy’.

Cleaners picket Custom House

See Paula Geraghty's pictures of the strikers here

The bosses of this country are determined to destroy wages and conditions and these issues are at the heart of a dispute taking place at the Custom House which is the home of the Department of Heritage, Environment and Local Government.

Recently dismissed cleaners are picketing outside in response to the actions of contractor Schorman.

Mandate balloted their Tesco members in these stores for industrial action and the workers voted overwhelmingly in favour by a margin of 95% in favour of strike action. The union have told the company that this course of action is necessary due to the company's breach of the 2006 agreement regarding reducing hours below the ‘Banded Hour Contracts.’

As reports continue to flood in of workers around the country facing pay cuts, more than 350 outdoor workers employed by Meath County Counil, and Navan, Kells and Trim Town Councils are to ballot next Tuesday on strike action over pay cuts. They are expected to vote overwhelmingly for action which could halt grass-cutting, street sweeping and the collection of litter across County Meath

Wednesday June 3rd, 12 noon, SIPTU, Liberty Hall, Dublin 1

As part of the Government's draconian expenditure across a
range of services and programmes, the Community Sector is
becoming the focus for the Department of Finance and their guillotine approach
to funding.

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