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REPS in publicly owned Irish transport networks are suffering “blatant intimidation,” the Transport Salaried Staffs Association conference heard yesterday.
Transport workers resolved to condemn the “abominable behaviour” of parts of both Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE), the national transport provider in the republic, and Translink, the equivalent in Northern Ireland.
Ireland delegate Denise Guinan said transport chiefs in companies which recognised the union had been “ignoring the requirement for face-to-face meetings with regard to members’ terms and conditions.”
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
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP
A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains