Workers in Primark set to Strike

26/01/2012

Workers in Primark set to Strike

Workers in Primark are set to strike in a dispute over pay. Staff at the company have been asked to

The North Shuts down

04/12/2011

100,000 workers in Northern Ireland staged a massive one day strike on Wednesday. Throughout Britain, it was the largest scale strike action since the General Strike of 1926.

Working Class Struggle in the North- 1919

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11/11/2011

In the second part of our series on Working Class struggles in the North, Matt Collins looks at events in Belfast in 1919 and suggests that internationalism is a crucial component in the emergence of

Northern Ireland-All roads lead to 30 November

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26/10/2011

The world has been set alight by a spark of resistance to austerity and inequality. The Occupy movement, which started off in Wall Street has spread to more than 900 cities across the globe.

Working Class Struggle in the North- 1907

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18/10/2011

Working Class Struggle in the North- 1907

The North of Ireland has a rich history of working class struggle often dismissed or ignored in mainstream commentary.

Holy Cross- Plumbing the depths 10 Years on

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12/09/2011

Ten years ago, before the events of September 11th had happened, the world's eyes where firmly fixed on a very different place, far from the skyscrapers of New York City.

Fees freeze in NI

09/09/2011

STORMONT HAS VOTED to maintain the cap on university tuition fees in
Northern Ireland.
This means that other than a standard adjustment for inflation, the

Northern Ireland: Strikes can beat Stormont. Unite the resistance!

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09/09/2011

Unison are currently balloting their membership for a public sector strike across the North against cuts to health, education, jobs and services.

Record Unemployment in NI- We Need Coordinated Strike Action

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28/08/2011

Northern Ireland is seeing record levels of unemployment and the problem is set to get much worse.

Do we need a party for 'Protestant workers'?

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28/08/2011

"Who will speak for the voiceless Protestant working class in Northern Ireland?"