Joe Higgins TD

At approximately 5am over 80 Gardai began to force entry into the occupied Thomas Cook store on Grafton Street, after physically removing over 30 supporters from in front of the premises. Since Saturday, over 40 workers have been occupying the store, protesting against job losses and claiming for improved redundancies. Gardai smashed the glass of [...]

After being told by Thomas Cook that their shop was being shut and there jobs gone, the workers have courageously decided to fight back. Here Joe Higgins outlines why everyone should support the workers occupation. Thomas Cook’s decision to add to the jobs slaughter by closing their shops in Ireland is outrageous. This is a [...]

Dock workers have been on strike at Marine Terminals Ltd against compulsory redundancies and wage cuts for three weeks. Here Joe speaks out against their treatment and calls for all workers to support them. The treatment of these dock workers by Marine Terminals Ltd is an outrageous attack on workers’ rights. The company is looking [...]

Here Joe Higgins attacks the viscious cuts proposed in the “An Bord Snip Nua”, and outlines why the trade union movement must lead a campaign to defeat the cuts. I am just leaving Strasbourg after 4 days on European Parliament work. In response to my criticisms of the Social Democrats which include the Irish Labour [...]

Here is the full video of Joe Higgins’ speach at Saturday’s Social & Rally discussing and celebrating the election result. Higher quality, issue-specific extracts will be uploaded soon to our YouTube account. Share on bebo Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tumblr it [...]

Final election broadcast of Joe Higgins – a fighter for workers, young people and the unemployed.  Two key reasons to vote Joe Higgins No. 1 Wipe out Fianna Fail, & strike a blow against the entire political establishment Elect a a real fighter for working people – a workers’ MEP on a workers’ wage who [...]

Here Joe Higgins outlines the emergency action that must be taken to fight the crisis. Joe calls for mass action to fight the job cuts and defend social welfare. Joe demands the nationalisation of big companies like SR Technics that threaten job losses – – – – – – – – – – – – [...]