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Congress urges the Irish government to promote restoration of peace in Venezuela Congress has called on the government to promote dialogue to foster a peaceful solution to the Venezuelan crisis, instead of stoking tensions. Ireland has joined a number of countries, including the UK, Germany, France...

The good news is that employment in the EU is at a record high. The bad news is that so much of it is insecure work - and a directive currently in train needs to be tough enough to fix that. So says Esther Lynch, Confederal Secretary of ETUC. Read the full article here.

Trade Union Friends of Palestine members and trade unions have been holding weekly protests in Belfast ins olidarity with those killed by Israeli forces there in recent weeks. Among those killed were Razan al-Najjir, a nurse, tending to people wounded by Israeli fire.