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People take part in a Siptu protest at the Department of Social Protection offices in Dublin to mark the second day of strike action by care and community sector workers in a long-running dispute over a pay rise, July 6, 2022
SOME of Ireland’s largest trade unions joined forces today to demand major reforms of workers’ rights in the country.
Launching the Respect at Work campaign, Siptu, the Financial Services Union, Mandate Trade Union and the Communication Workers Union, said all the main political parties should support greater protections for employees at work.
The Irish Second-Level Students’ Union (ISSU) is also supporting the initiative.
ROGER McKENZIE argues that the BRI represents a choice between treating humans as commodities or as equals — an essential project when, aside from China’s efforts, hundreds of millions worldwide are trapped in poverty
The colonial mindset behind the governance of the UN is the reason for its inertia when it comes to conflict resolution, argues ROGER McKENZIE – but can China’s Global Governance Initiative point in a new direction of global equality?
