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ESRI has become cheerleader of low wage economy

Cllr. Ted Tynan (Cork) Cork Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan has accused the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) of becoming the leading cheerleader of a low wage economy following the ESRI’s  latest report which, according to Cllr. Tynan, seeks to justify the exploitation of workers. Cllr. Tynan said that the report, which [...]

June 15th, 2016|Comments Off on ESRI has become cheerleader of low wage economy

European Union and the crisis of capitalism

Workers Party Lexit meeting Belfast with KKE guests A Workers Party meeting  was held in Belfast last night (Tuesday) to discuss a principled left exit  (LEXIT) from the European Union.  The meeting heard that not only is it un-reformable  but that it is impossible to ignore the class character of the EU and its institutions. [...]

June 15th, 2016|Comments Off on European Union and the crisis of capitalism

Government must act immediately on UN Human Rights decision against Ireland

The Workers' Party has welcomed the recent decision of the United Nations Human Rights Committee which found that Ireland's criminalisation and prohibition of abortion violates this country’s human rights obligations. Cllr. Éilis Ryan Dublin Central Workers’ Party Councillor Éilis Ryan said, “this party applauds the courage of Amanda Mellet in taking her case [...]

June 13th, 2016|Comments Off on Government must act immediately on UN Human Rights decision against Ireland

Public Meeting Lexit Debate: the lessons from Greece

  The Workers Party in Northern Ireland is calling for a class based response to the European Union debate and is in favour of a Leave Vote as part of a principled, socialist LEXIT strategy. As part of the LEXIT debate the Party is holding a public  meeting   on Tuesday 14th June at 7pm in [...]

June 9th, 2016|Comments Off on Public Meeting Lexit Debate: the lessons from Greece

Lip service by Government advocating a fair and compassionate society is not enough

The attached submission has been sent to Mr Richard Bruton, Minister for Education with regard to the development of a new Strategy for Education and Skills (2016 – 2018) on behalf of the Workers’ Party, Dublin Mid-West Constituency. Mid-West has vast areas of poverty and educational deprivation with extremely low accession rates to third level. [...]

June 7th, 2016|Comments Off on Lip service by Government advocating a fair and compassionate society is not enough

Bruton’s comments show unwillingness to challenge church power in education

Workers’ Party says inclusion of school-day faith formation in nominally multi-denominational schools is evidence of the need for a state-run, secular education system     Cllr. Éilis Ryan Reacting to comments made by Minister for Education Richard Bruton that he favoured the expansion of ‘Community National Schools,’ Workers’ Party Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Dublin [...]

June 6th, 2016|Comments Off on Bruton’s comments show unwillingness to challenge church power in education

LEXIT: the socialist case for voting ‘Leave’

The European Union is undemocratic and irreformable. On June 23 the Workers Party will be calling for a vote to Leave the EU in the forthcoming . However, our position is not the same as the narrow right wing approach of the mainstream Brexit camapign. Ours is a principled socialist case for leaving the European Union. [...]

May 31st, 2016|Comments Off on LEXIT: the socialist case for voting ‘Leave’

Disappointment at SF and Labour refusal to subject large corporations to wage assessments

Workers’ Party motion would have seen large businesses forced to disclose wage structure information as part of economic impact assessment. Workers’ Party Councillor Éilis Ryan today (Tuesday May 31st) expressed disappointment at last night’s decision by Labour and Sinn Féin councillors to reject her proposal that major corporations submit an “Economic Impact Assessment” as part [...]

May 31st, 2016|Comments Off on Disappointment at SF and Labour refusal to subject large corporations to wage assessments

Greetings to the 38th Convention of Communist Party of Canada

Greeting from the Workers' Party of Ireland To: Central Committee Communist Party of Canada  20 May 2016 Dear Comrades, The Workers Party of Ireland wishes to send warm comradely greetings to the Communist Party of Canada on the occasion of its 38th Convention which is taking place in Toronto on 21-23 May. The CPC stands [...]

May 30th, 2016|Comments Off on Greetings to the 38th Convention of Communist Party of Canada

Real jobs with decent pay and conditions must be the replacement for JobBridge

The Workers’ Party have said that only a comprehensive job creation programme providing sustainable long-term employment with decent pay and conditions will be acceptable as a replacement for the JobBridge scheme which, it has been announced, is to end in September. Jimmy Dignam Workers’ Party Dublin North West representative Jimmy Dignam said that [...]

May 23rd, 2016|Comments Off on Real jobs with decent pay and conditions must be the replacement for JobBridge