President Catherine Connolly has called for action on war, genocide and climate change, saying the normalisation of war “has never been and will never be acceptable” to Ireland, a nation with a long tradition of neutrality and peacekeeping. #VMNews
Kevin Callinan
@kcallinan60.bsky.social
Trade union leader. Pushing back against cynicism.
@kcallinan60.bsky.social posted elsewhere the image showing results of an Ireland Thinks pool conducted yesterday on whether people support the school secretaries and caretakers
I'm so sad to hear that @GAA_Palestine have had to cancel their trip. We in @forsatradeunion.bsky.social were pleased and proud to sponsor the jerseys and kit for the children. #LetThemPlay
Happy Pride from Fórsa! From Budapest to Ballymena, we're sending our solidarity and pride to our LGBTIA+ members and communities bravely and proudly marching. Trade unions are for everyone! 💚Bród in Oibre, Bród in Fórsa 💚 #DublinPride
So..... higher cost of living + inadequate infrastructure + under-resourced public services + successive governments awash with money What could possibly be wrong?
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last yr.Ireland is second most expensive country in Europe, data shows
I was delighted to join this evening's #RaiseTheRoof protest with @forsatradeunion.bsky.social colleagues.
Fórsa trade union@forsatradeunion.bsky.social · last yr.We're outside the Dáil at the Housing Protest. Are you here? We need to take to the streets! The housing crisis is a workers' crisis, and we need real solutions NOW
The future is public. Remunicipalise. For quality, safety, and value.
EPSU@epsu.bsky.social · last yr.Here's your #remunicipalisation tool👇🏾 Citizens and their unions are fighting to make public services public again! Remunicipalisation is happening across Europe. Cities are taking services back in-house, improving quality & saving money. We're building our future - and it is public!
I wasn't expecting to bump into DJ Próvaí and his fellow @kneecapceol.bsky.social musicians today. Bhí siad ag baint sult as craic mór. What they're doing for 🇵🇸 is remarkable. True solidarity. 👏👏👏
Our colleagues in many European unions, affiliated to @epsu.bsky.social, know from bitter experience that care of the vulnerable should not be left to profiteers. The 🇮🇪 government needs to change direction now. Thanks to Aoife Hegarty and #RTEinvestigates for shining a 🔦.
EPSU@epsu.bsky.social · last yr.🧵 The RTÉ Investigates (@news.rte.ie) doc airing tonight will expose shocking conditions in Emeis-run nursing homes in Ireland. #Emeis will say it’s not the norm. We know it is. EPSU has seen the same pattern across Europe for years. We’re horrified, but not surprised. www.rte.ie/news/investi...
Government should consider allowing unions to collect subs from non-members who benefit from pay deals, consultation told
Government should consider allowing unions to collect subs from non-members who benefit from pay deals, consultation told
Fórsa says ‘free-riding’ is a growing problem for trade unions
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It's the first time in #Donegal for so many of our @forsatradeunion.bsky.social conference delegates. I'm telling them it's always 🌞 like this up here! 😉 I doubt there's a more beautiful place on 🌎. Great job by our Donegal health and local government branches. @govisitdonegal.bsky.social
Working from home is an election issue. But it's so more important than that. We must resist the diktats to return to the office. Instead, we should gather real evidence to inform policy. My piece in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Kevin Callinan: Working from home is a real political issue
There is too much at stake for working from home to be seen as just a covid phenomenon. If we get it right, this can be central to our economic and social prosperity, writes Kevin Callinan
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"I really couldn't believe it when the Liberal Party came out against working from home. Do they have no understanding of what it's like to be a modern family?". This from about 2:38 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=U11B...
Celebrations at Labor HQ after victory predicted | 2025 Federal Election | 9 News Australia
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I'm glad he got his answer in Australia tonight. Not just losing the election but his seat to boot. Irish politicians seeking to emulate Trump and Musk take note. @forsatradeunion.bsky.social will seek you out. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘We’ve made a mistake’: Peter Dutton backs down on work from home policy
The Coalition has also walked away from plans to sack 41,000 public service employees, raising questions about how it will pay for major election policies
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Starting #MayDay by marking 25 years of minimum wage. Kevin Callinan opens @IrishCongress's seminar by recognising the remarkable Evelyn Owens, trade unionist & chair of the National Minium Wage Commissiom '97/98 🧵
SHAMEFUL! This is from today's @financialtimes.com. On a great day for 🇮🇪 sport, this is not a league table position to be proud of. Unless you want to ape what's happening in the 🇺🇸. The Irish government has choices to make.
Clinton political adviser James Carville: "I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or as a . 400 baseball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody."
Interesting analysis below. Thanks to @alexcallinicos.bsky.social for highlighting.....
Alex Callinicos@alexcallinicos.bsky.social · last yr.Adam Tooze on the ball just when we need someone to make sense of the Treasuries sell-off, and invoking Stuart Hall into the bargain. open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
#JobFairy #SpéirGorm Want to work for workers? Are you energetic, motivated, and empathetic with organising and campaigning skills? We’re recruiting Assistant Industrial Officers for Dublin and regional offices. Deadline: Noon 7 May forsa.bamboohr.com/careers/42?s...
Assistant Industrial Officer (multiple appointments)
Fórsa is a membership led union: we empower workers to change their lives at work. We build worker power by engaging every worker in the jobs and workplaces that we organise. We are currently looking...
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The trade union bloc at the Palestine march was honoured to meet UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese at the Gaza march today. Her bravery and honesty have been a beacon for so many. Keep marching. Keep boycotting. Keep demanding a permanent ceasefire and a free Palestine!
EPSU@epsu.bsky.social · last yr.Social workers hold communities together. They care, support, and advocate - yet their work is undervalued and underfunded. This #WorldSocialWorkDay, we say: no more empty words. Social workers need real action - better pay, fair conditions & urgent investment in public services. #WSWD2025
95 years later, the far-right @AfD outpolls the Nazis in the 1930 German general election. "Those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it." #Bundestagswahl2025
I send solidarity from @forsatradeunion.bsky.social to @social.verdi.de, our sister union in Germany - Verdi, whose members were attacked at a child care workers demonstration today in Munich. Shocking and senseless. @epsu.bsky.social @psiglobalunion.bsky.social
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2y agoAt least 28 injured in suspected deliberate attack as car hits crowd in Munich – Europe live
Yanis Varoufakis in conversation with Francesca Albanese on Palestine after the Ceasefire www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/01/30/y...
Yanis Varoufakis in conversation with Francesca Albanese - Yanis Varoufakis
Shortly after the Gaza ceasefire deal was signed, I had the pleasure of a conversation with Francesca Albanese, the UN Rapporteur on Palestine. The occasion was MeRA25’s National Convention (Jan 2025)...
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Spot on @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social and @the-tuc.bsky.social
Paul Nowak@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social · 2y agoThe extreme hoarding of wealth is sociopathic. Example below. It amazes me that people can argue the toss that hospital cleaners shouldn’t get sick pay from day one, and argue just as vehemently that the super rich shouldn’t be asked to pay their fair share of tax.
Séamus agus Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta kicking off a great musical night in Christchurch Cathedral in aid of @FocusIreland sponsored by @IrishRail and MC'd by @MiseCiara. End the scourge of homelessness!
Always proud of @forsatradeunion.bsky.social members and staff, especially at the time of the annual Temple Street Toy Appeal - our neighbours. Great to see Sofia, Katie, Gary, and Kate with the legendary John!
Fórsa trade union@forsatradeunion.bsky.social · 2y agoAnd of course, thank you to John, Freda and the entire Temple Street staff (especially our wonderful members there).