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 [...]
Support the Thomas Cook workers’ occupation – fighting against greed
On August - 2 - 2009
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 [...]
Joe Higgins MEP Condemns TSB Mortgage Rate Increase & An Bord ‘Snip’
On July - 30 - 2009
Here Joe Higgins talks about TSB’s increase in mortgage rates, the bank bailout and the cutbacks in the An Bord Snip Nua report. Well it didn’t last long, did it? The banks’ penitential mode I mean. For a few months for the sake of appearances, they were obliged to don the sack cloth and ashes [...]
Joe Higgins Condemns Treatment of Dock Workers
On July - 27 - 2009
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 [...]
Wayne Doherty’s Murder – For working class solidarity against thuggery
On July - 18 - 2009
Wayne Doherty was shot dead on Saturday night outside his parents’ home in Hartstown, west Dublin. He was thirty two years of age and the father of two children. Every cold blooded murder is a heinous act but when the victim is a loving husband and father, liked and respected in his local community, it [...]
Electricians´ success should give confidence that we can fight, and we can win
On July - 17 - 2009
Here Joe Higgins talks about the recent electricians´ strike, the disgusting attacks on it by the bosses and media, and how we can all learn from the success of the electricians. You would think from reading some newspaper articles and editorials that workers go on strike to deliberately wreak havoc on whichever sector they work [...]
Press Release: All workers must support electricians strike
On July - 7 - 2009
Socialist Party public representatives Joe Higgins MEP and Cllr Clare Daly have declared their support for the strike of 10,000 electricians to defend wages and conditions in the construction industry. Joe Higgins M.E.P. commented: “The stand taken by electricians in defence of wages and conditions on construction sites should be supported by all workers. Having [...]
