The newly formed “Taxi Drivers For Change” are on now on the web & embracing the powers of YouTube. They’ve got videos of Wednesday’s protests in Dublin up there along with information on the committee, what their objects are and how to get behind them.
CPSU strikers outside government buildings
According to RTE.ie some 13,000 members of the CPSU (Civil Public & Services Union) are striking today nationwide in protest against the government cutbacks and pension levy. This means that in many (or possibly even any) parts of the country, you can’t get any social welfare payments, get an emergency passport, get in touch with the Revenue or visit the National Museums among many other services.
About 1,000 are to picket government buildlings this afternoon. I snapped this photo at about 1pm today where I only saw a handful picketing outside the passport applications office and up to 30 outside government buildlings.
Gardai protest on Nassau St
Hi and welcome to an objective documentation of the strikes that frequently pass my office window on Nassau St week after week since late 2008.
Yesterday alone, two strikes took place and paraded their way through Dublin city centre to government buildings, the taxi drivers followed by the Gardai. There’s plenty more marching to be done by the sounds of things with dissatisfaction palpable across the board from the NBRU to the newly formed “Taxi Drivers for Change” and beyond.
Know of any marches/protests/strikes happening? Email hello@downwiththatsortofthing.com.
