More than 100,000 people gathered in central Dublin today (Saturday 11th) in protest at the introduction of water charges and the threat to privatise water services. The establishment of a new national water utility, Irish Water, is widely seen as the precursor to water privatisation in Ireland while similar moves are likely to follow [...]
Many young Irish workers are being brutally exploited by companies while working in Australia, often by employers from their own country, Workers’ Party Meath representative Seamus McDonagh has highlighted. “More and more stories of young workers being underpaid, having no right to holidays and being forced to work in dangerous environments are being reported to [...]
Comrades, it is both an honour and a privilege to be elected President of The Workers’ Party, and I take on the responsibilities of that position with a great sense of trepidation. It is clear to me that along with the honour comes enormous responsibilities, not least of which is to ensure that the ideals [...]
The Workers' Party Ard Fheis held in Dublin at the weekend raised €1,000 for a group of construction workers who have effectively been locked out from their jobs at a Department of Education site in Dublin as a result of being forced to declare themselves as self-employed and working for pay of as little as [...]
Presidential Address of Michael Finnegan delivered at the Workers' Party Ard Fheis on 27th September 2014. Comrades, Since we last met there have been tremendous changes in the country. The living standards of working class people have been slashed. Thousands have been thrown onto the dole and some of the brightest and best of [...]
Workers Party Ard Fheis in session at CWU Headquarters, Dublin. The Workers' Party Ard Fheis / Annual Delegate Conference 2014 took place yesterday (September 27th) at the headquarters of the Communications' Workers Union in Dublin. The aim of the conference was to create the basis for the renewal and rebuilding of The Workers’ Party [...]
The Clár / Agenda of the 2014 Ard Fheis / Annual Delegate Conference of the Workers' Party is now available here for download. Please click to download (PDF format). Click Here: 2014 Clar, Part 1 The Clár will be in two parts. The first is in the attached document, the second, which contains motions from branches, [...]
Repeal the 8th Amendment to the Constitution Workers' Party statement on Abortion in Ireland The issue of women’s reproductive rights in Ireland needs to be seen within the context of efforts to control women and their bodies. The laws and institutions governing abortion are the most recent incarnation of a myriad of institutional measures and [...]
The struggle by workers at Greyhound Recycling to return to their jobs after being locked out by the waste company over 13 weeks ago is one that should concern all workers in Ireland, according to Workers’ Party President Michael Finnegan. Welcoming the decsion of the Greyhound Recycling workers to enter into “intense negotiations” with the [...]
The Workers' Party will hold its Ard Fheis in Dublin on Saturday, 27th September 2014. Branches have been circulated by online forms for submission of motions, nomination of delegates, candidates for the CEC / Ard Comhairle and the position of Party President etc. Conference documents will be issued to branches shortly in conjunction with the [...]