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Pay Deal Does Not Add Up
People Before Profit says the public sector pay deal offered to ICTU members leaves workers out of pocket, citing 6.5% lost to inflation since 2021 and a 9.25% offer to mid-2026. It calls on unions to reject the proposals and demand above-inflation rises and an escalator clause.
Economy and employment Issue: ICTU public sector pay deal 2024 Original release: Pay Deal Does Not Add Up
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People Before Profit Support The Translink Strikers
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin backs Translink workers on strike and their escalated industrial action, criticising a 0 per cent pay offer and saying promises from the Secretary of State, the DUP and a restored Stormont Executive count for nothing.
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Issue: Translink industrial action escalation Original release: People Before Profit Support The Translink Strikers
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Bloody Sunday March For Justice Is As Important As Ever
People Before Profit urges people in Derry and across Ireland to attend the 52nd annual Bloody Sunday March, with spokesperson Cllr Shaun Harkin saying it will show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. He also calls for opposition to the British Government's Legacy Bill.
Community relations and legacy International affairs Issue: Bloody Sunday March Original release: Bloody Sunday March For Justice Is As Important As Ever
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Giant Strike Recharges Workers’ Fight
People Before Profit says the Thursday Public Sector Strike was the largest and best-coordinated since at least 2015, and calls for workers to strike again for longer, with unions and communities preparing sustained action.
Economy and employment Education Issue: Thursday public sector strike 2024 Original release: Giant Strike Recharges Workers’ Fight
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We Need An All-Ireland Push For Better Wages
People Before Profit calls for an all-Ireland push for better pay, backing the 18 January public sector strike in the North and urging Southern unions to ballot for coordinated public sector action over a minimum 7.5% increase.
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Issue: Public sector strike action on 18 January 2024 Original release: We Need An All-Ireland Push For Better Wages
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Public Sector Strike 18 Jan 2024
People Before Profit expresses solidarity with public sector workers striking on 18 January and calls for fair pay to be a red line for a restored Stormont. It says escalated trade union action is needed if Stormont resumes without guarantees on workers' demands.
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Issue: Public sector strike action on 18 January 2024 Original release: Public Sector Strike 18 Jan 2024
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Stop Israeli Savagery
People Before Profit calls for an end to Israeli bombing of Gaza, says the US is enabling it, urges the Irish government to expel the Israeli ambassador and back a boycott of Israeli products, and promotes nationwide New Year's Eve vigils.
International affairs Original release: Stop Israeli Savagery
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Second Transport Strike Day Hardens Worker Resolve Public Support
People Before Profit says up to 4,000 Translink workers picketed on a second day of strike action, with a third day starting that day and a fourth planned for the 22nd, and claims public support for the pay dispute. It blames management's 0% pay offer and the DUP's blocking of the Assembly.
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Issue: Translink transport workers pay dispute strike action December 2023 Original release: Second Transport Strike Day Hardens Worker Resolve Public Support
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Stand With Palestine – Protest At The Double Standards
People Before Profit calls on supporters to join protests in Dublin and Belfast over Israel's attacks on Gaza, criticising what it calls Ireland's double standards on Palestine compared with Ukraine. It cites displacement of 1.8 million Palestinians and UN warnings of starvation.
International affairs Original release: Stand With Palestine – Protest At The Double Standards
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They Are Bombing Gaza Again – Mobilise And Protest
People Before Profit calls for mass direct action and protests this Saturday after Israel resumed bombing Gaza following the end of a ceasefire. It urges expelling Israel's ambassador, boycotting Israeli products and stopping US use of Shannon as a transit base, and lists protest times and…
International affairs Issue: Israel resumes bombing of Gaza after ceasefire ends Original release: They Are Bombing Gaza Again – Mobilise And Protest
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Translink Workers Strike
People Before Profit stands in solidarity with Translink workers on strike, criticising a 0% pay offer and calling for longer, more coordinated strikes, with support for pickets and a defence of publicly owned transport.
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Issue: Translink 0% pay offer Original release: Translink Workers Strike
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Teacher Strikes Across The North
People Before Profit commends teachers for striking over pay and school funding, says their pay has fallen 25% in a decade, and urges coordinating education, nursing and transport strikes while blaming Tory budget cuts and Stormont's pay decisions.
Education Economy and employment Issue: Teacher strike action across Northern Ireland, November 2023 Original release: Teacher Strikes Across The North
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Where Is Siptu?
People Before Profit says SIPTU, holding its conference in Galway, has become almost invisible and is not seen as actively standing up for workers' rights. It cites the conference's Palestine resolution, the absence of SIPTU at pro-Palestine marches, and a 3% public sector pay deal it calls a…
Economy and employment International affairs Original release: Where Is Siptu?
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BDS Scores A Win At O’Neills In Derry
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin welcomes the decision by O'Neill's in Derry to remove Puma products from its shelves over the brand's sponsorship of the Israeli Football Association, and urges other workers and companies to follow suit.
International affairs Issue: O'Neill's Derry removal of Puma products from shelves Original release: BDS Scores A Win At O’Neills In Derry
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Unions Reps In Translink Unite To Fight 0% Offer
People Before Profit says the three unions representing Translink bus and rail workers are united and will launch industrial action from 1 December in response to Translink’s 0% pay offer, citing past joint successes.
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Issue: Translink 0% pay offer Original release: Unions Reps In Translink Unite To Fight 0% Offer
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An Open Letter To The Membership Of Sinn Féin
People Before Profit, through TD Paul Murphy's open letter to Sinn Féin members, urges them to press the party to back sanctions on Israel, including expelling the Israeli ambassador, over the conflict in Gaza and to reverse its recent refusal to endorse such measures.
International affairs Issue: Sinn Féin refusal to endorse sanctions on Israel and ambassador expulsion Original release: An Open Letter To The Membership Of Sinn Féin
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Activity
People Before Profit says Stormont leaders dined with US diplomats Joe Kennedy III and Jane Hartley without challenging US policy on Gaza, and calls on Irish politicians to press Washington for a ceasefire and to back expelling the Israeli ambassador.
International affairs Issue: Stormont leaders' dinners with US envoy Joe Kennedy III and Ambassador Jane Hartley Original release: Activity
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Derry-Strabane Council Votes To Officially Support Expelling The Israeli Ambassador
People Before Profit Councillor Shaun Harkin says Derry and Strabane Council passed his motion calling on the Irish and British governments to back an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the expulsion of Israeli ambassadors, with Independent and SDLP support.
International affairs Local government Issue: Derry and Strabane Council motion on Gaza and Israeli ambassadors Original release: Derry-Strabane Council Votes To Officially Support Expelling The Israeli Ambassador
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Students Rising! – Join The Cost Of Living & Housing Protest 7Th October
People Before Profit calls on students to join a Cost of Living and Housing Coalition demonstration on Saturday 7 October at 1pm at Parnell Square, after a student march it says drew several hundred protesters with USI over fees and housing. It urges a radical, left-wing student movement.
Education Economy and employment Issue: Student cost of living and housing march with USI on 4 October 2023 Original release: Students Rising! – Join The Cost Of Living & Housing Protest 7Th October
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People Before Profit Holds Successful Conference
People Before Profit says its annual convention, attended by 400 delegates, called for a three percent mortgage cap, new rent controls and a major increase in social housing, and backed a cost of living demonstration on 7 October and a neutrality demonstration on 4 November.
Economy and employment Housing Original release: People Before Profit Holds Successful Conference