Health Varadkar’s Logic: Risk Covid-19 Or Starve Ireland’s low wages are proving to be a real problem for Leo Varadkar. Yesterday, he once again talked about people “getting more on the pandemic unemployment payment than they 14 May 2020
Health Council Must Act On Workplace Health And Safety Inspections People Before Profit Cllrs Eamonn McCann and Shaun Harkin said, “Local councils have an important role to play at this time of pandemic. Councils are responsible for the enforcement of 14 May 2020
Workers Rights Covid 19 Protocol: Workers Will Need To Defend Their Own Health And Safety The Government have published a “Return to Work Protocol” that is supposedly aimed at allowing for a safe return to work. On Monday May 18th, the first tranche of workers 14 May 2020
Health Councils Must Act On Workplace Safety “Local councils have an important role to play at this time of pandemic. Councils are responsible for the enforcement of safety measures in offices, call centres, hotels, cafes and other 13 May 2020
Workers Rights Are The Profiteers Blocking A Vaccine For Covid-19? The Covid-19 pandemic has produced a massive scientific effort – but it is also exposing the limits into which capitalism has imprisoned science. First, the good news. There is significant research 13 May 2020
Migrant Rights Gross Human Rights Failure over Treatment of Direct Provision Residents Government accused of gross human rights failure over treatment of Direct Provision residents Actions at Kerry Hotel represent an “abuse of human rights and gross failure by Ministers,” says Bríd 11 May 2020
Health Northern Budget Cuts Health Spending The Northern Executive has released its 2020 Budget this week. To address the Covid-19 crisis, drastic intervention is needed to support workers, the unemployed and those struggling on benefits. The 8 May 2020
Health CMO Interview Raises Serious Questions on Nursing Homes Policy TD says CMO interview raises serious questions on Nursing Homes policy “Growing concern that elderly were not in the thoughts of Government or HSE as virus spread,” says Brid Smith 8 May 2020
Health Need For Stronger Enforcement Powers In Workplaces Reports of 35 Covid-19 workplace clusters shows need for stronger enforcement powers in workplaces Growth in clusters highlights failure of Government to protect workers during crisis, says Bríd Smith TD 8 May 2020
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