Austria
Austria: Striking Slovakian workers win court case against Mondi Company
International solidarity – more then a slogan!
Europe
Greece
Greece: Wave of strikes to defend public sector
Workers need decisive, militant leadership not rotten ‘deals’
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Joe Higgins calls for proper funding for children’s health and welfare
Autistic teenager High Court case reveals under-funded services
Ireland Republic
Ireland: “Last man standing” – Magazine profile of Joe Higgins, Socialist Party TD (MP)
“Wearer of the mantle of James Connolly… [using] rhetorical flourishes that brings House to laughter”
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Picket of Pakistani warship docked in Cork over repression of telecom workers
Twelve members of the Socialist Party (CWI, Ireland) picketed the Pakistani warship, PNS Tippu Sultan, which docked in Cork city, on 23 June 2005.
Ireland Republic
Ireland: Pakistan telecom workers’ struggle raised in Irish parliament
Socialist MP, Joe Higgins, quizzes Irish Prime Minister
Scotland
scotland: trade unionists occupy Pakistani Consulate in Glasgow
Leading activists demand end of repression of Pakistan telecom workers
Finland
Finland: paper and pulp industry workers fight bosses’ lock-out
Union rejects ‘deal’ – Finnish SAK (TUC) must act!
Europe
Europe: EU leaders in a “condition of shock”
Crushing ‘No’ vote in French and Dutch referendums leads to EU summit collapse
Ireland Republic
Ireland: GAMA Turkish workers’ case just the tip of the iceberg
Exploitation of migrant building workers is rampant