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Great second day of our EUROPEAN TRADE UNIONS seminar. Many thanks to Hope and Courage Collective Aodhán Ó Ríordáin Ethel Buckley Sinéad Gibney & Lynn Boylan 🍷📖🐾 for their contributions. And to CWU Ireland for being such wonderful hosts. #StrongerTogether

Congratulations to Mandate Trade Union on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the union. Great to be at the anniversary conference to mark the occasion #StrongerTogether #RespectatWork

Meet Martha 👋. Martha is a healthcare assistant and member of @SPITU.

Discover how you can find your voice and be #BetterInATradeUnion , by visiting the link in the bio.

Mandate members support the #RespectAtWork campaign ✊

Being a union member makes a real difference in protecting your rights at work.
 
Geraldine was unfairly dismissed for “robbing” a pair of used socks. We fought back and won €15,000 for unfair dismissal.
 
Don't face workplace challenges alone. SIPTU has your back!

#Unionise

Solidarity with DPD workers who want to be represented by the Communications Workers Union. These hard working people should not be denied the right to collective representation.

Your fight is our fight.
#RespectatWork #RighttoOrganise
#CWUbdc24
CWU Ireland Diarmuid O' Connell SIPTU

“We are tired of big business setting the rules that we have to follow.

It’s time to demand better.”

UNI's Irish members CWU Ireland, SIPTU, Financial Services Union and Mandate Trade Union have launched a new campaign to improve workers’ rights in Ireland: #RespectAtWork .

respectatwork.ie

CWU delegates demand #Respect at Work - calling for the legal right to organise and collectively bargain through trade unions respectatwork.ie
#Respect AtWork

What kind of jobs are there in (the Republic of) Ireland?

12% = demanding, controlling, insecure jobs
15% = precarious, low paid
26% = secure, moderately good unionised jobs
26% = secure, moderately good strong employee-management relations jobs
21% = secure, high quality jobs

Delegates at the CWU conference in Galway this morning passed a motion directing the National Executive Council to support the campaign on the Right to Organise with @FSUireland SIPTU and Mandate Trade Union

respectatwork.ie

#CWUBDC24 #RespectAtWork

Last year, more workers joined unions via NLRB elections than in any year since 2000

Liberty View: A new generation wants to organise. #RespectAtWork

❝ Many young workers feel not only insecure but undervalued. Unions, including ours, must change to become the vehicles for change that this new generation demands.

More here: siptu.ie/a-new-generati…

Mandate Trade Union will be prioritising the Respect at Work campaign over the coming months and years. Keep an eye on this page for updates!
mandate.ie/respect-at-wor…

Early years educators’ pay must be increased, inaugural childcare conference told #Unionise #OurUnionOurFuture

irishtimes.com/ireland/social…

SIPTU members vote to launch a campaign for:

✊€15 per hour minimum for Early Years Educators
✊ Higher pay rates for Lead Educators, Deputies & Managers
✊Recognition of qualifications & experience

Amazon is...

-Working to crush union drives at its warehouses
-Fighting in court to have the NLRB declared unconstitutional
-Spent over $17 million on anti-union consultants over the past two years

Amazon might just be the most anti-worker corporation of this generation.

The European minimum wage directive offers the European trade union movement a historic opportunity to rebuild its power by boosting collective bargaining.

A new UNI Europa report provides a range of ideas on how to do that.

Get your copy here:

uni-europa.org/news/new-uni-e…

Solidarity to all attending #INTOCongress24 and thank you for your support for the new campaign.

Every worker deserves to be treated with #RespectatWork .