Jimmy Dignam The Workers’ Party has hit out at the recommendations of the Low Pay Commision which, according to the party, had lived up to its name and delivered “a kick in the teeth” to low paid workers. Workers’ Party Dublin North West representative Jimmy Dignam said that the 10 cent per hour [...]
Trade Union International of Pensioners and Retirees of the World Federation of Trade Unions in Denmark, 20 July 2016 Contribution by Lily Kerr (Workers’ Party of Ireland) Comrades, I am Lily Kerr from the Workers Party of Ireland. We are proud to participate in this important conference and we salute the organisers. Pensioners across the world [...]
Party advocates cross-subsidised public rental model as an alternative to the scheme Cllr. Éilis Ryan The Workers' Party today (Tuesday July 19th) criticised “affordable rental” proposals contained in the government’s ‘Rebuilding Ireland’ housing strategy. Under the ‘Affordable Rental’ proposal, the government would establish a €10 million annual fund to deliver 2,000 “affordable rental” [...]
The following statement has been issued by the Communist Party, Turkey. Communist Party, Turkey (KP) released a statement on the military activities ongoing since the night of 15th July. Following is the full text of the statement from KP: "The Communist Party is calling on our people to organize in the Party's ranks against [...]
Cllr. Ted Tynan Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has said that despite the fact that Cork City Council tenants are paying a total of approximately €20 million per annum in rents for their homes the council’s housing maintenance scheme has been pared down to the bone. The Mayfield based councillor said that there [...]
Cllr. Ted Tynan Cork Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has called for an immediate assurance from Health Minister Simon Harris that under no circumstances will the Emergency Department of the city’s Mercy University Hospital be allowed to close or downgrade services. Cllr. Tynan said that leaked information from the Department of Health’s Trauma [...]
Address of Gerry Grainger, International Affairs Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ireland to the Anti-NATO meeting organised by the Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties of Europe, Warsaw 8 July 2016 Dear Comrades, I bring greetings from the Workers’ Party of Ireland on the occasion of this meeting which takes place in [...]
Message of solidarity from the Workers' Party of Ireland to the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain in advance of the Spanish General Election which takes place on Sunday 26th June. To: The Central Committee, Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España 24 June 2016 Dear Comrades, The Workers' Party of Ireland sends [...]
Workers Party President Michael Donnelly The Workers' Party has welcomed the outcome of the EU Referendum in the UK and has said that it is a clear demonstration that working people have rejected the political and economic direction of the European Union despite attempts to deliberately confuse and sidetrack the debate. “The European Union [...]
WP President Michael Donnelly The working people of Northern Ireland, for the first time in over 40 years, have the opportunity to make their voices heard on the institution now known as the European Union. Unfortunately, the real debate has been obscured and distorted by the official “Remain” and “Leave” campaigns, each of [...]