Economy

Stevie Fitzpatrick - General Secretary of the CWU - highlights the case of 999 Emergency Call Operators, who have been denied a living wage and union rights by their employers Every day of the week 999 Emergency Call Operators save peoples' lives. Often they are the last and only hope for those on...

General Secretary Patricia King looks at issues of concern for workers ahead of General Election 2016 At the peak of the housing bubble, one television advertisement caught the public imagination and became a part of everyday conversation. It featured a commuter on a bus who gets to his feet and...

Niall Crowley puts the case for the Financial Transaction Tax We have the soap up and running. Rebellion has been playing, with mixed reviews, to big audiences. We've already had the first of the pomp and ceremonies in Dublin Castle. Our political leadership got the chance to mix it with the...

David Joyce looks at the COP21 Summit in Paris and the implications for workers. This blog has been updated in light of the deal reached in Paris and the response from international trade union federations (see below) Following the passage of motions ( 44 & 45) at our Biennial Delegate Conference in...