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Politicians back trade unions call for referendum on water services
Larkin Anniversary Lecture
WRC talks concerning LUAS dispute
SIPTU DART drivers to ballot for industrial action
Launch of ONE Cork trade union project
Two days of talks on future of C&C workers in Tipperary
Ballot for industrial action in St. James’s Hospital car park dispute
Friends shock at sudden death of popular SIPTU figure
Legal review and City Council protection scheme welcomed by Clerys workers
Fighting to Save Ireland’s Only Oil Refinery
SIPTU Construction Sector calls for talks on future of Moore Street
Workers Republic
Condemnation of cut in funding to disability services
Dismay at number of work-related fatalities during 2015
Labour Party launches workers’ charter
Evelyn McGuinness retires from SIPTU
Basic English celebrates its 25th Anniversary
Alicia Brady Commemoration
Tara Mines - FETAC Certificates
Meath District Council
Reclaim the Vision of 1916 – the Citizens' Initiative International Poetry Competition
SIPTU Pocket Diary 2016
Fairphone
Thinking aloud about Brexit
The Secret Meeting
European Campaign for Fair Transport
Hands off public water
Tackling long-term unemployment – Can EU recommendation help?
EU to review Written Statement Directive
FREE Online Course for Trade Unionists
Supporting Quality
JLT Home Insurance
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Launch of ONE Cork trade union project

The new trade union initiative ONE Cork was launched by the Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Chris O’Leary, in Cork City Hall on Thursday (14th January).

ONE Cork is a joint initiative between the 20 trade unions working in Cork city and county, the Cork Council of Trade Unions and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions that seeks to foster greater co-ordination between the organisations. The aim is to more effectively organise workers, their families and communities to influence change.


ONE Cork co-ordinator and SIPTU Organiser, Sharon Cregan, said the intiative was the first of its kind in the country – a blueprint for similar initiative in other parts of the country.

She said: “ONE Cork involves a much deeper level of collaboration between the unions to organise, campaign, educate, train and communicate with workers, their families and the wider community.

ONE Cork will focus on a number of areas including:

  • Organising workers into trade unions on a collaborative basis – particularly precarious and unemployed workers;
  • Educating and training union activists and organisers to develop a critical understanding of social, economic and political issues;
  • Communicating more effectively with workers – both directly as well as through local and social media – to inform them of their rights and issues that affect them;
  • Campaigning on particular policy issues that will advance the interests of working people, their families and communities.
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