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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 Original release: Giant Strike Recharges Workers’ Fight
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The UCU Strikes
People Before Profit interviews Ulster University UCU representative Aisling O'Beirn on a picket line, where she describes large teaching loads, casualised hourly-paid contracts, rising workloads and a 35% cut to future pension benefits as reasons for the strike.
Education Economy and employment Original release: The UCU Strikes
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DUP And UU Think 6000 Students At Magee Is Good Enough For Derry
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says the DUP and Ulster University are accepting 6,000 students at Magee as enough, and calls for an urgent plan to reach a 10,000-student minimum within five years. He also calls for investment across Derry and the North West, citing Derry City Deal funding…
Education Economy and employment Issue: Ulster University Magee campus student number target 6,000 Original release: DUP And UU Think 6000 Students At Magee Is Good Enough For Derry
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Statement On Boris Johnson’s Resignation
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll says Boris Johnson's resignation is overdue but that replacing him with another Tory is inadequate, and calls for the whole Conservative government to be removed through a general election now.
Other Issue: Boris Johnson resignation announcement July 2022 Original release: Statement On Boris Johnson’s Resignation
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“Time For Boris To Go” – Carroll
PBP MLA Gerry Carroll says Boris Johnson should go too after Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resigned from the Conservative government, arguing their departures are self-serving and not principled. He calls for people to organise for an alternative to the Conservative Party.
Other Issue: Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resignations from Johnson government Original release: “Time For Boris To Go” – Carroll