Anti-zero hours strike in Ireland
By Michael Taft - Irish Left Review This Thursday, April 2nd, workers in Dunnes Stores throughout the country are coming out on a one-day strike.
McDonald's Is Raising Wages For Some US Workers
US workers have been fighting for $15 and a union at McDonald's and other fast food companies. The Huffington Post | By Alexander C.
Movement to Increase McDonald's Minimum Wage in US Broadens Its Tactics
While the fast-food movement may not be close to persuading McDonald’s to adopt a $15 minimum wage, even the campaign’s critics acknowledge it has achieved some of its goals by…
“Another World is Possible” essay competition 2015
Workers protesting the death of Fred Evans, the miner who was shot in a Waihi union hall in 1912 by a gang of drunken cops and scabs For the second time,…
Fast food companies under the gun over zero hours
Negotiations with all the major fast food companies on renewing their collective employment agreements with Unite Union were held over the first week of March.
Economy growing – but who’s getting it?
CTU economist Bill Rosenberg Council of Trade Unions media release: “Who’s benefiting from the growth in the economy? This is an important question after another three months of GDP statistics showing economic…
McDonald's workers detail burns, job hazards
In this Dec. 4, 2014 file photo, people protest for higher wages outside a McDonald's restaurant in the Little Havana area of Miami.
Inequality is not ‘flat to falling’, Minister
CTU Media Release: Assertions by the Finance Minister about inequality are not borne out by the facts, the CTU said today.
'You sign it because you're hard up'
Gabriel Griffin signed a contract at the new Wendy's outlet in Dunedin that does not guarantee weekly working hours.
Helen Kelly: Zero hour exploitation
Fast food workers rally against zero hour contracts outside Grey Lynn McDonald's, February 14, 2015 The wellbeing of families is threatened when workers feel insecure, writes CTU president Helen Kelly We have…