By admin | March 13, 2009
SR Technics employees are currently protesting outside Government Buildings against the decision to close the Dublin branch of the operation. 1,135 jobs are being lost with the closure. This is the second protest by employees this week having held a demonstration at the Swiss Embassy in Dublin last Friday the 6th of March.
By admin | March 10, 2009
The Irish Times reports that approximately 13,000 CPSU members are to stage lunchtime protests next Thursday against the Governments’ introduction of a levy on public sector pensions. The protest is expected to last for about an hour affecting Government departments and the Revenue Commissioners in particular. Yesterday, it was reported about 6,000 CPSU members staged [...]
The “Taxi Drivers For Change” (TDFC) campaign took to the streets on wheels on Thursday, finally hitting their city centre destination at government buildings around 1.30pm, about an hour later than originally scheduled. The group claim that some 2,500 taxis made the journey from the three designated starting points around the city for the protest [...]