“OECD imply that the unemployed should be pauperised – they want to create a reserve army of very cheap labour the aim of lowering wages” The paper Activation Policies in Ireland presented by the OECD to today’s ESRI Conference in Dublin strongly implies that benefits should be cut for the unemployed. The thrust of the [...]
Dublin Bus workers rally
On March - 29 - 2009
Joe Higgins, Socialist Party, is seen here speaking at Dublin Bus workers rally against cuts in services outside the Dail. Dublin bus is threatening to cut back the number of buses, bus journeys and bus drivers. This will have a devastating impact on people and communities who rely on public bus services to get to [...]
Taxi Drivers Protest
On March - 29 - 2009
There are more Taxis in Dublin than in New York. Taxi drivers are struggling to earn a living. They’ve been running an impressive campaign of protests, rallies and slow convoys of Taxis driving around Dublin. See Joe Higgins speaking at one of these rallies in Dublin. Joe Higgins supporting Taxi Drivers from Paula Geraghty on [...]
Working People Need New Leadership
On March - 25 - 2009
By Joe Higgins: from Daily Mail, March 25, 2009 A ferocious campaign is now in full swing denouncing the proposal for a one day national strike on Monday next by workers whose incomes are being savaged, thanks to the disastrous economic crash brought about by the rampant greed of speculative and crony capitalism. ‘Strike plan [...]
Fight To Save 1,150 Jobs at SR Technics
On March - 18 - 2009
By Joe Higgins; from Daily Mail, March 18, 2009 In February, Chief Executive Officer of SR Technics, Berndt Kessler, flew in from his Zurich Headquarters and told 1,150 workers at their Dublin aircraft maintenance facility that they were closing. With biting irony, Yvonne, a worker in the plant said in a letter to public representatives, [...]
Jobs Massacre At SR Technics A Direct Result Of Privatisation
On February - 17 - 2009
Issued by Clare Daly and Joe Higgins The announcement of the virtual closure of SR Technics aircraft maintenance base at Dublin airport, with the loss of over 1000 jobs, will have the same devastating impact on north and west Dublin as the closure of Waterford Glass and DELL on Waterford and Limerick respectively. Councillor Daly, [...]
Save Waterford Crystal
On February - 4 - 2009
By Joe Higgins: from The Daily Mail, February 3, 2009 Why did workers all over this country cheer on the staff of Waterford Crystal last Friday evening when they occupied their workplace in reaction to the cynical and callous actions of the Receiver in summarily sacking them? Because working people, whether they are in the [...]
