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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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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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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
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Support Global Climate Strike On September 15Th
People Before Profit urges support for the global climate strike on Friday 15 September, organised by Fridays for Future, with protests in Belfast from Custom House Square to City Hall and in Dublin to the Dáil. It says the aim is to end the fossil fuel era and accuses global leaders of…
Environment and climate Original release: Support Global Climate Strike On September 15Th
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Defend Free Travel Passes – Join The Protest, Saturday 19Th August, 1pm, Belfast City Hall
People Before Profit calls on the public to join a protest at Belfast City Hall on Saturday 19 August to defend the Smart Pass and free bus travel for over-60s. It opposes a DFI consultation proposing to raise the eligibility age.
Infrastructure and transport Issue: DFI consultation on raising free bus pass eligibility age Original release: Defend Free Travel Passes – Join The Protest, Saturday 19Th August, 1pm, Belfast City Hall
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Press Release: Pulis – 45% Pay Hike For King Charles Grotesque Amid Hardship Crisis
People Before Profit Waterside representative Davina Pulis condemns the British government's plan to raise the sovereign grant to King Charles by 45% from 2025, calling it grotesque while families struggle and public services face cuts.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: British government 45% sovereign grant increase for King Charles Original release: Press Release: Pulis – 45% Pay Hike For King Charles Grotesque Amid Hardship Crisis
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Harkin: Starmer Backsliding On Two-Child Policy Disproportionately Impacts Derry
PBP Cllr Shaun Harkin criticises Keir Starmer for refusing to commit to scrapping the two-child policy on benefits, arguing the policy disproportionately affects Derry and the North due to larger households with children.
Social security and welfare Economy and employment Issue: Starmer refusal to commit to scrapping the two-child benefit policy Original release: Harkin: Starmer Backsliding On Two-Child Policy Disproportionately Impacts Derry
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Harkin: Back Dfi Roads Service Workers Strikers
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin expresses solidarity with Department for Infrastructure Roads Service workers on strike again over pay, saying DfI officials cite Stormont's collapse as a reason they cannot act while implementing Tory-demanded cuts. He calls for decent pay to replace the…
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Issue: DfI Roads Service workers strike over pay July 2023 Original release: Harkin: Back Dfi Roads Service Workers Strikers
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Harkin: Council Should Back Urgent Action Demanding Department Of Education Reverse Sen Funding Cut
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin calls on the Department of Education to reverse its proposed halving of special educational needs (SEN) funding, from £22 million to £11 million, and asks Council to back the demand at a committee meeting.
Education Disability and equality Original release: Harkin: Council Should Back Urgent Action Demanding Department Of Education Reverse Sen Funding Cut
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Support Grant Cuts Will Punish The Poor – Gerry Carroll MLA
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll says proposed cuts to discretionary financial support grants will hit the poorest, as the Department for Communities warns of a £111.2 million funding gap after the recent budget.
Social security and welfare Public finance and taxation Original release: Support Grant Cuts Will Punish The Poor – Gerry Carroll MLA
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Strike Back Against Education Cuts
People Before Profit says the Education Authority has no authority to implement the proposed £200 million education cuts and urges any incoming Executive to refuse the Tory austerity plan, warning it will punish vulnerable children.
Education Public finance and taxation Original release: Strike Back Against Education Cuts
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O’neill: People Before Profit Won’t Be Silent In Face Of Drastic Tory Cuts
Derry councillor Maeve O'Neill says planned UK Government budget cuts will hit residents across The Moor hard, accusing Sinn Féin, the SDLP and Alliance of voting with the DUP on Council rates, services and charges.
Public finance and taxation Local government Original release: O’neill: People Before Profit Won’t Be Silent In Face Of Drastic Tory Cuts
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People Before Profit Statement On The Coronation
People Before Profit calls the coronation an obscene exercise in feudal nostalgia at a cost of over £250 million amid the cost-of-living crisis, and criticises Sinn Féin's decision to attend the ceremony.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: People Before Profit Statement On The Coronation
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Doherty: Tories Exploiting Dup Obstruction To Impose Economic Punishment
People Before Profit Ballyarnett candidate Damien Doherty accuses the Tory Secretary of State of exploiting the Assembly impasse to impose cuts to children's services, health, pay and vulnerable groups, and urges strikes and community action against the budget.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Original release: Doherty: Tories Exploiting Dup Obstruction To Impose Economic Punishment
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Stormont Budget: Carroll Urges Grassroots Resistance To Cuts
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll describes the Stormont budget as an attack on schoolchildren, the sick and workers, and says the party will organise grassroots resistance to cuts outlined by the Secretary of State to Stormont departments.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Original release: Stormont Budget: Carroll Urges Grassroots Resistance To Cuts
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People Before Profit Standing In North’s Local Elections
People Before Profit says it will stand candidates in the May 18th council elections in Belfast, Derry, Strabane and Coleraine, positioning itself as a clear voice for workers' rights. It urges workers on strike to back the party, and calls for wealthier residents to pay more and an end to…
Economy and employment Local government Original release: People Before Profit Standing In North’s Local Elections
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Doherty: Housing Executive Hike Another Decision In The Wrong Direction
People Before Profit Ballyarnett representative Damien Doherty criticises the Housing Executive's 7% rent increase, arguing it follows other price rises and that the agency's reserves make it unnecessary. He also accuses Sinn Féin, SDLP, DUP and Alliance of hypocrisy over a recent council rates…
Housing Economy and employment Original release: Doherty: Housing Executive Hike Another Decision In The Wrong Direction
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Strike Wave Rallies Throughout The North
People Before Profit reports on February 2023 strikes and rallies across the North by teachers, health workers and Housing Executive staff over pay and public services. It calls for NIPSA to escalate to a general strike, and urges councils to resist rate increases.
Economy and employment Education Original release: Strike Wave Rallies Throughout The North
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Harkin: We Won’t Back An Unfair Council Rates Hike
People Before Profit Councillor Shaun Harkin says his party will not back a council rates rise, arguing households and organisations in hardship should not pay for austerity and corporate profiteering.
Local government Public finance and taxation Original release: Harkin: We Won’t Back An Unfair Council Rates Hike