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Public sector workers take part in a rally at Belfast City Hall, as an estimated 150,000 workers take part in walkouts over pay across Northern Ireland, January 18, 2024
THOUSANDS of public service workers walked out today in one of the biggest strikes in Northern Ireland’s history.
Members of 16 trade unions, including Unison, Unite, the RCN and Siptu, representing 173,000 workers, brought the six counties to a grinding halt over their pay and working conditions.
Unions argue that wages received by workers such as teachers, civil servants, healthcare workers and bus and train drivers across Britain are not matched in Northern Ireland.
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
A new group within the NEU is preparing the labour movement for a conversation on Irish unity by arguing that true liberation must be rooted in working-class solidarity and anti-sectarianism, writes ROBERT POOLE
The independent TD’s campaign has put important issues like Irish reunification and military neutrality at the heart of the political conversation, argues SEAN MacBRADAIGH
