So the Gardaí get to pick who marches? Scenes from yesterday’s ICTU ‘protest’ as guards rough up protestors.
Video Report From Saturday
Did ya stay in out of the cold and miss the DCTU march? Well, ya can check out the selected highlights here.
WalMart’s Black Friday
Some great posters going up on this Tumblr to celebrate the mass strike and labour movement against America’s greatest exploiter Wal-Mart. A little bit more about the Black Friday Strikes here
rabble Get Yer Paper.
Newsboys are no longer to be seen on the streets of Dublin today, but in the early 20th century they had a huge visible presence on the street. From the 1913 lockout up to the 1930s, their role in Dublin history is often over-looked . Donal Fallon takes a look at this unique group of youngsters.
{Mole} A Waiter Rants.
A broken waiter ruminates on the least appealing thing on offer in any given restaurant – the customers.
Shebeen Cheek of Them.
Orla Murphy, the ex-manager of Shebeen Chic and some of its workers tell Rashers Tierney a traditional tale of evictions, pub lock-ins and usurper landlords.
Full Interview With John Douglas of Mandate.
In rabble#1 we explored the theme of internships and how the Irish unions were responding to them. Here’s the full transcript of our interview with John Douglas, head of Mandate. So, John – what are your own views on the emergence of this whole Job Bridge thing? I suppose my own view is that in terms of those sort of jobs, they would be bordering on displacing people from employment. … Read More
{Job Bridge} In Their Own Words: We Hear Some Real Experiences About JobBridge
Take even a minute to trawl through a forum like boards.ie or even your own Facebook network, and you’ll find plenty of folk have had little other choice than to take up these positions or have little interest in taking them up because they are seen as exploitative.
{Job Bridge} Talking Union: The Fear Of Exploitation.
As the mess that is the state’s employment strategy becomes clear James Redmond talks to the unions about the rot at the centre of the scheme. The real lambs to the slaughter here are recent graduates. So where does the Union Of Students stand? They have a huge problem understanding themselves as workers, and with their membership of IBEC, we really weren’t expecting much from them. If you ever paid … Read More