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

@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

Forsa at pride!!

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?

I was delighted to join this evening's #RaiseTheRoof protest with @forsatradeunion.bsky.social colleagues.

The future is public.

Remunicipalise.

For quality, safety, and value.

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 🔦.

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

Government should consider allowing unions to collect subs from non-members who benefit from pay deals, consultation told

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

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

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...

Celebrations at Labor HQ after victory predicted | 2025 Federal Election | 9 News Australia YouTube video by 9 News Australia

"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...

‘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

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...

Callinan at the podium with a screen showing photos of Owens at different ages

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.....

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...

#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...

Trade unions with banners and the UN special Rapporteur

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!

#WorldSocialWorkDay

Thomas Piketty on X: "Reprendre confiance en l'Europe L'Europe a les moyens de dépasser définitivement les Etats-Unis sur les transports, le climat, la formation, la productivité, comme elle l'a déjà fait pour la santé. C'est la seule compétition civilisationnelle qui compte. https://t.co/IEZhyfX2Zt" / X Reprendre confiance en l'Europe L'Europe a les moyens de dépasser définitivement les Etats-Unis sur les transports, le climat, la formation, la productivité, comme elle l'a déjà fait pour la santé. C'est la seule compétition civilisationnelle qui compte. https://t.co/IEZhyfX2Zt

x.com/PikettyWIL/s...

📷 @allontheboard.bsky.social

#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2025

I remember a great Red Box gig in 2002 when she was at the height of her notoriety. 💔

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

On the money....

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)...

Yanis Varoufakis in conversation with Francesca Albanese on Palestine after the Ceasefire www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/01/30/y...

Spot on @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social and @the-tuc.bsky.social