ICTU 'Better Fairer Way' campaign
Campaign update: ICTU's recent
publication (March 2010) "Shifting the Burden" -
why the government wants to load the cost of the collapse onto the
less well off and why the government's plans will just make things
worse.
Tens of thousands of Unite members
joined a nationwide protest today against the economic policies of
the Irish government in November 2009. Well over 100,000 working
people took to the streets of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick,
Waterford, Dundalk, Sligo and Tullamore in a show of unity and
strength that marks the start of a popular campaign to turn back
from cuts and concentrate on the investment which has lifted every
other developed economy from the worst effects of the financial
crisis.
Update:
Download the campaign copy of the Union
Post
The ICTU campaign for a 'Social Solidarity Pact' to include job
creation, job protection, an economic stimulus package and
opposition to pay and welfare cuts and pension protection, is now
gathering momentum and will initially focus on a national
protest/demonstration on Friday, 6th November at 2.30pm.
You can download a Unite poster calling
on our members to join the 'National Day of Protest' on the 6th
November to post on workplace notice boards. However, If you
require hard copies, please contact janet.murphy@unitetheunion.org.
There will be eight regional protest demonstrations. More details
about the locations and assembly
points can be downloaded in this pdf file.
Further
details of the campaign are contained in the
campaign updates. This will be updated regularly to keep
you appraised of campaign details and developments. Updates on
Unite arrangements for the day will also be posted on this
site.
Campaign launch: The official launch of
the campaign took place after the Executive Council Meeting on
Wednesday, October 21st, where the Better, Fairer Way
document and details of the campaign and day of protest were
presented. More details on the campaign
launch. To sign up to support the 'Get Up Stand Up' campaign,
go www.getupstandup.ie.
Find out more details on the campaign in the letter from regional secretary Jimmy
Kelly.
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