In this issue:
Talks on Irish Rail dispute continue
Justice for Clerys Workers Solidarity Concert with Christy Moore
Christy Moore performs at Clerys solidarity concert in Liberty Hall
Jack O’Connor Presidential speech to Conference
SIPTU President announces union campaign for decent work
SIPTU delegates at Conference
Call for an urgent and wide-ranging fire safety audit of properties
SIPTU security guard members to conduct industrial action at Shell terminal in County Mayo
Failure to end VAT break for non-compliant hospitality sector
Extract from President Michael D Higgins keynote address to Irish Labour History Society Conference
SIPTU agrees deal to bring Dublin Fire Brigade numbers up to safe level
SIPTU Youth - Why Trade Unions Matter
SIPTU calls on Roscommon Leisure Centre board to engage with WRC
Seminar on Brexit
School Bus Driver Representative Retires
SIPTU Radiographers and Radiation Therapists are ready for State Registration
SIPTU Community supporting 72 hour vigil by people with disabilities
Signed Limited Edition Print of James Connolly by Jim Fitzpatrick
SIPTU graduates from the ICTU/UCC Diploma in Adult Learning and Development
BNM unions express disappointment at end of harvesting of peat for energy
Annual Mass for Deceased Members
SIPTU members vote to accept new agreement with Brinks Ireland
Fairshop
Carrickmines tragedy must never be repeated
Budget is mix of positive measures and missed opportunities
The National Living Wage and Alternative Enforcement
2015 European Week for Safety and Health at Work
Palestinian call for protection
Supporting Quality
JLT Home Insurance
One Direct - Car Insurance
Travel Insurance
Taxback
Young Workers Network
SIPTU Basic English Scheme
Larkin Credit Union
Fair Hotel
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Palestinian call for protection
Dear Editor,

While the situation in Syria understandably dominates media coverage of the Middle East and domestic tragedies take priority within the national media, there has been a serious escalation in the situation within the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

In the past three weeks, 47 Palestinians have been killed and over 1,500 shot with live fire or steel coated rubber bullets  by the Israeli military.  These include two thirteen years olds, a fifteen year old, a three year old child and a pregnant woman.  Documented  Acts of violence (beatings, shootings, indiscriminate use of live ammunition) are currently being carried out by the Israeli military and heavily armed groups of settlers against the unarmed citizens of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and are unprecedented in the context of the Palestinian/Israel situation.

The situation has ‘escalated to reach the level of crimes against humanity’ according to  Dr. Nabeel Shaath, Commissioner General of the Foreign Relations Commission in Fatah, who has  issued a powerful statement calling on the international community to provide international protection to the Palestinian people (attached).

The international community must take responsibility for its full complicity in allowing Israel to act with total impunity over the past 50 years and for its deafening silence as shocking acts of violence are currently being carried out either directly by the Israeli state or under its protection.

We ask that you use your influence to lobby our elected representatives to act on its clear calls to the international community as a matter of urgency.

If you would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact us,

Yours sincerely,

Marie Crawley – Chair
Sadaka Ireland


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