Public ownership for public institutions – ending religious control of schools and hospitals.

Monday, June 15th, 2009

"The great motto of Mother Mary Aikenhead, who founded the Sisters of Charity, was 'give to the poor what the rich could buy with money.' What better way to live up to this mission, and to make recompense for the wrongs done to children, than to stop taking from the ...

Unions seek €30/week for lower paid, cost-of-living increases for everyone else

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

A follow-up to my recent posting on the break-down of national pay talks in Ireland. The unions have now developed guidelines for local bargaining platforms: Under the guidelines, unions are to seek flat-rate increases of €30 per week for low-paid workers and rises that match inflation - about 5 per cent ...