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Workplace safety
Dublin Brothel Pickets - Stigma is Not the Solution
Date: Sat, 2017-08-26 09:00
Why have there been pickets outside massage parlours on Dorset St? Do they really pose any danger? Do these protests help those who work there, or actually make them more afraid and isolated? Watch the video below.
Sex Work 101 - Talk by Anarchist Sex Worker in Ireland - Audio
Date: Sun, 2017-05-07 09:00
This is the audio of a talk – Sex Work 101 - given by a member of the Workers Solidarity Movement after a WSM Dublin branch meeting in April 2017.
Benetton Occupation: Corporation Still Hasn't Paid for Rana Plaza Collapse
Date: Mon, 2015-06-01 20:00
'Today 5 activists occupied United Colors of Benetton, St. Stephen's Green [Dublin] asking Benetton to honour their pledge of 5 million dollars to the victims of the Rana Plaza Collapse [deadliest garment factory incident in history] which claimed the lives of 1134 people and left over 2500 casualties.
Within 16 minutes of entering the shop 4 Gardaí arrived and asked the manager to tell us to leave.
The Gardaí then removed us one by one using unnecessary force. The result was the security saying we were now barred from the shopping centre.
Boycott Benetton!' - statement from one of those occupying the Benetton shop today.
This is yet another event which highlights the inhumane nature of our political system. A factory collapsed in Bangladesh due to appalling safety standards and carelessness, where there is huge pressure on unionised workers. Even after cracks appeared in the building and the building was deemed unsafe and evacuated, workers were ordered back the next day due to the drive to meet fast order deadlines and make profits.
Northern Ireland Workplace related deaths on the rise
Date: Mon, 2011-09-12 16:55
The number of workplace related deaths in the north has increased by 50 per cent in the past year, according to latest official figures produced by the Health & Safety Executive’s annual report. To the end of March this nine people tragically lost their lives with six in agriculture, one in construction, one in general manufacturing and one due to carbon-monoxide poisoning. The increase in a casual and flexible labour force, the global erosion of workers rights and conditions are all the end product of a system which places profit before human need.
Coca Cola Boycotted for (complicity in) Murder
Date: Tue, 2003-08-26 14:09
Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world to be a trade unionist with intimidation and murders being committed almost daily. Coca Cola is currently being sued by the Colombian food and drinks union Sinaltrainal for its (alleged) use of right wing paramilitary death squads at its plants in Colombia. The company has denied the allegations and predictably claims that it has no responsibility for the actions of the bottling plants.
Bricklayers show how to win
Date: Fri, 1998-05-01 00:00
THE DUBLIN BRICKIES' strike against the big construction firm, Cramptons, showed the rest of us a thing or two about the media. Because they were victorious, the newspapers and RTE gave scant coverage to the dispute - and no report of the victory. The last thing they want is the rest of us following a good example.
Hicksons chemical spill Company pleads guilty Profits came first
Date: Mon, 1994-10-03 16:38
HICKSON PHARMACHEM, the company at the centre of last year's explosion and fire in Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, pleaded guilty in July to three charges of negligence and improper handling of hazardous chemical substances. The result of this negligence was a major industrial accident in the harbour area of Cork, which very nearly caused a major contamination and deaths.
