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REAs probably protected by Industrial Relations Act 2012
Ballot on industrial action in Bus Éireann
SIPTU manufacturing conference launches declaration on workplace innovation
Agreement reached in Killarney Golf Club dispute
Strike action deferred at Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant
Historic banners to the fore in Dublin May Day march
May Day in Belfast
Congress says time to abandon failed austerity and build a fair recovery
SIPTU calls for caution in regard to use of internships
Survey finds that 94% of young people do not want to emigrate
SIPTU welcomes C&AG report on Skills Programme fund
Nash questions closure of National Ambulance Control Centre
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James Connolly Bridge campaign petition
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SIPTU shop steward elected on to St. James Hospital Board
SIPTU meets with Diamond Innovations management to discuss threatened job losses
MANDATE Trade Union
Derry May Day and the Factory Girls
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to meet with youth workers
Galway’s trade union heritage celebrated
End Bangladesh's anti-union laws
View of Dublin City from the top of Liberty Hall
Caution needed over IBEC call to ease back on austerity
Global Labour Column
Action X Protest
James Connolly Memorial Lecture
Darkness into Light 5K Walk/Run
Fair Hotel
Book Sale in aid of Docklands Senior Provider Forum
Larkin Credit Union
The James Plunkett Short Story Award
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SIPTU Basic English Scheme
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Congress says time to abandon failed austerity and build a fair recovery

Congress General Secretary David Begg said on Wednesday (1st May) that the gains of Social Europe for working people were being dramatically eroded and undermined by synchronised austerity across the European Union.

“The citizens of Ireland and the citizens of Europe know full well that mass unemployment and widespread misery are no basis for recovery, let alone the building of a decent society and a better future for all,” he said.

“Here at home, Congress is calling for a major shift in policy with the creation of jobs and stimulating growth becoming the focal points for government. We need to urgently begin the process of rebuilding and recovery – and that will not happen by following policy prescriptions that even the head of the European Commission concedes have gone too far,” Begg concluded.

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