Not sure if this is one of my most rightwing or my most leftwing takes, but if you believe there is such a thing as “excessive profits” in a sector you really should just go ahead and insource the service you’re paying for:
"Trade Union rights are not some kind of optional add on that can be removed from this bill, they are fundamental to it.
Without TU rights, 000's of workers across NI will be locked out from accessing many of the rights that deputy First Minister says she supports"
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🤝 Right to #CollectiveBargaining
In #SriLanka, more than 1,400 NEXT factory workers were dismissed via WhatsApp after a factory closure breached a collective bargaining agreement.
💸 Workers are not disposable
⚖️ Respect collective agreements and workers’ rights
👉 buff.ly/N1PrbRU #RightsIndex26
"What this moment requires now is political leadership and a willingness to look beyond narrow interests of a few"
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The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions notes with deep alarm and disappointment, the comments made by Gavin Robinson MP and Deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly MLA...
The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions repeats its call for the NI Executive to bring forward the Good Jobs Employment Bill before MLAs leave Stormont for the summer rece...
Steve Reed, the local government secretary, says he will crack down on ‘unreasonable cost escalation’
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NIC-ICTU
Stephen Bush
ITUC
ICTU stands with communities afflicted by fear and violence as we have done so many times in the past and will continue to do so.
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This one's for the Sikhs who have supported Reform: did you think they would not come for you?
It’s time for the #GoodJobsBill
Time for @niassembly.bsky.social
to debate and legislate
Time to stop lobbyists vetoing popular legislation
Time for Stormont to deliver for working people
@irishcongress
NIC-ICTU
Video
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The Good Jobs Bill was first announced almost two years ago but the legal text of the draft law has still not been published.
Whether it’s fighting for fair pay and conditions, demanding better health and safety, or tackling the scourge of insecure work, unions are delivering real change for working people.
He's quoting Kanye West to score points and stir up trouble over a truly horrible case that resulted in the death of a young man.
I hope it all backfires horribly for this poor excuse of a politician.
Otto English
There is time for our elected MLAs to progress the Good Jobs Bill if the will is there
"What this moment requires now is political leadership and a willingness to look beyond narrow interests of a few" Gerry Murphy
About the Good Jobs Bill: www.ictuni.org/news/unions-...
@nic-ictu.bsky.social
Financial Services Union
Today the trade union movement stands with the victim of a horrendous knife attack in north Belfast, and his neighbours who came out and defended him. We stand with the emergency services who addresse...
