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May Day 2014 Galway
May Day Rally & March in Belfast
SIPTU Retained Firefighters launch campaign calling on election candidates to protect service
Mark workers’ memorial day with proper reinforcement to safety regulations
SIPTU President Jack O'Connor rejects attempt to pit private and public service workers against each other
Dublin Fire Brigade Ambulance Service protest
Jim Connell Trade Union Festival
Cuban Uilleann Pipers Fundraising Concert
All Workers Deserve a Secure Retirement - SIPTU
Showcasing your Social Enterprise
Staff at Donkey Sanctuary to ballot for industrial action
Ireland calls for justice for Rana Plaza workers 24 April 2014
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Cork Young Workers’ Network calls for decent jobs and decent pay
Activists welcome rejection of privatisation plan by Kerry councillors
YCW Celebration Mass in St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin
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Wage increases must play a central role in reversing inequality
Doing, learning and teaching political economy
GLC - I want council houses in my neighbourhood
Peter Sheridan - Break A Leg
Young Workers Network
10% discount for SIPTU members from Taxback.com
Larkin Credit Union
SIPTU Basic English Scheme
Family annual travel insurance reduced to €55.54
Clayton Hotel
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Activists welcome rejection of privatisation plan by Kerry councillors

SIPTU activists from the South Kerry Development Partnership and North and East Kerry Development led a crowd of over 300 people in a protest over plans to privatise Local Development Companies (LDC’s) outside the monthly meeting of Kerry County Council in Tralee on Tuesday (15th April).

Following a heated two hour debate the Council rejected plans drawn up by the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, Phil Hogan, to set up local community development committees to replace county development boards. It is the Governments stated intention that these new committees would put the services of LDC’s out to public tender and so effectively privatise them.

The proposal was defeated by 16 votes to six. All Labour, Sinn Fein, Fianna Fáil and Independent councillors voted against the proposal, as did two Fine Gael councillors — Patrick Connor Scarteen and PJ Donovan. A number of councillors made specific reference to the Government’s plans to privatise public services. 

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