In a statement today, the strikers at Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant, announced that 2 workers have passed their picket line to carry out work at the plant.

The workers who passed the picket line this morning are believed to have been flown in from Spain by the Spanish section of the Management.

The workers have also raised serious health and safety concerns that, as the laboratory workers are not passing the picket line, the water quality may not be being tested at the site for three days now.

SIPTU members at Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant, Co. Dublin, began strike action today (Tuesday, 21st May) at 6.30 a.m. in response to their employer’s failure to refer a dispute relating to pay and shift premium payments to the Labour Court.

The facility treats water for domestic and commercial purposes for 248,000 people living in Dublin and Wicklow.

Barbara Muldoon, an anti-racism campaigner from Belfast, is facing criminal charges for taking part in a protest in 2009.

The "incident" took place three and a half years ago outside the BBC on Ormeau Avenue, when Barbara participated in a protest against the BNP appearing on BBC’s Question Time. The protest in Belfast was attended by over 200 anti-racism campaigners consisting of trade unionists, community activists, socialists and people from a Black and minority ethnic background.

Bus Eireann management are about to ram in a draconian cost cutting plan, cutting drivers pay and benefits. If they succeed it will be a blueprint for ALL CIE companies; Dublin Bus will be next.

Martin Nolan Chief Executive Officer of Bus Eireann stated that the company is in a serious deteriorating financial situation, despite savage service cuts over the last 3 years.

Nolan claims there are losses of €16 million and extra fuel costs of €4 million , while the state subvention has been reduced by €6 Million.

Socialist Worker Newspaper Issue 361 available to read in online reader here:

The death toll in the sweatshop collapse in Bangladesh has now risen to 290. It will surely rise more as the rubble clears.

Massive protests by tens of thousands of workers protesting against the conditions for garment workers have erupted across the region.

The protests erupted as reports emerged that the workers were threatened and forced back to work after noticing cracks in the building.

The building itself had extra floors added to squeeze in more workers.

200 workers have died in a sweatshop collapse in Bangladesh. Garments found in the rubble belong to Penneys, Walmart and other corporate giants.

Workers had left the building after noticing cracks appearing but were forced under threat to go back in. Extra floors had been added to the building, without planning permission, to squeeze in as many workers as possible.

"None of us wanted to go in, the bosses came after us with beating sticks. In the end we were forced to go in." said one worker.

SIPTU grassroots activists welcome the No vote on Croke Park 2.

Kieran Allen from the Education Branch of SIPTU has welcomed the No vote of SIPTU members on the extension of the Croke Park agreement. He has taken part in the ‘SIPTU Grassroots’ campaign to reject the deal.

Kieran Allen commented:

Tralee SWP Forum:

“…who is society? There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first. It is our duty to look after ourselves and then also to help look after our neighbour and life is a reciprocal business and people have got the entitlements too much in mind without the obligations...” : Margaret Thatcher.