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Today’s strike: public sector workers

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:16:04 +0000

Met Office picket line

Most of the public sector came to a standstill today as workers mounted pickets at their workplaces and government offices around the country, with the exemption of those involved in frontline assistance in areas devastated by flooding in the south and west.

The Irish Times has a list of the services that were effected – basically everything but essential services and public transport were simply not available today. Representing unions have ended the day of strike with the announcement of a further day of protest and strike action on Thursday next, December 3rd if no deal is reached during talks with government.

During the day the ASTI were put in the media spotlight as it emerged the union had instructed members to picket schools only from 8.30am to 10am. The efforts of striking workers was further tarnished as AA Roadwatch reported increased volumes of traffic headed northbound on the motorway with shop owners in Newry reporting a noticeable increase in customer numbers.

Protest counter goes up to 17.

Dublin Bus unofficial strike continues while taxis protest in Dublin city centre

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:39:19 +0000

This morning the unofficial action taken by drivers at the Harristown depot really hit me and many other commuters north of the Liffey with few services coming from the Harristown depot. Dublin Bus have just updated their site with information on which routes are completely halted during the strike and which services have a ‘curtailed peak service’.

Routes that are currently not operating:

4, 4a, 13, 13a, 17a, 27b, 33b, 40a/b/c/d, 83, 102, 128, 140, 142, 237, 238, 239, 270.

Routes with a curtailed peak service:

27x, 37, 37x, 38a/b/c, 39, 39x, 41, 41x, 43, 70/a

Keep an eye on the Dublin Bus website for more info but for now, keep a pair of comfy shoes handy According to the Irish Times, business lobby group Ibec yesterday criticised the drivers and suggested the Defence Forces be drafted in to drive the buses.

Meanwhile, taxi drivers are out in Dublin city centre making a lot of noise driving around and blowing their horns. According to the Taxi Drivers For Change website, it’s their 11th protest to date.

Counter goes up 2 today.

Taxis on all-out strike nationwide

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:38:58 +0000

Taxis across the country are at a standstill today with the 24-hour all-out strike supported by some of the trade unions takes place. The NTDU are not officially supporting the protest but said that drivers were unlikely to work during the stoppage by other drivers.

Pickets have been mounted at many of the taxi ranks around the country. Roads in Dublin city were noticeably quieter this morning as a result of the strike which continues until 4am on Tuesday morning.

CPSU lunchtime strikes ahead

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:11:39 +0000

The Irish Times reports that approximately 13,000 CPSU members are to stage lunchtime protests next Thursday against the Governments’ introduction of a levy on public sector pensions. The protest is expected to last for about an hour affecting Government departments and the Revenue Commissioners in particular.

Yesterday, it was reported about 6,000 CPSU members staged a similar protest where they refused to answer phones while over 500 SIPTU members marched through the village of Swords in Co.Dublin in protest against the levy also.

Today’s strike: CPSU

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:06:41 +0000

CPSU strikers outside government buildings

According to RTE.ie some 13,000 members of the CPSU (Civil Public & Services Union) are striking today nationwide in protest against the government cutbacks and pension levy. This means that in many (or possibly even any) parts of the country, you can’t get any social welfare payments, get an emergency passport, get in touch with the Revenue or visit the National Museums among many other services.

About 1,000 are to picket government buildlings this afternoon. I snapped this photo at about 1pm today where I only saw a handful picketing outside the passport applications office and up to 30 outside government buildlings.