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SIPTU protest against Irish Ferries outsourcing draws thousands

national | worker & community struggles and protests | feature

Friday November 04, 2005 01:24

by Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group - Indymedia Ireland

No to Slave Ships

Photos by Sovietpop

SIPTU called a protest against the decision by Irish Ferries to attempt to force current employees to accept a "voluntary redundancy package" with the aim of replacing them with outsourced workers earning approximately €3.50 an hour (less than half the minimum Irish wage).

The Nov 3rd 2005 protest in Dublin attracted a turnout of between 8,000 to 10,000 people and included members of French unions.

According to SIPTU's Justice for Seafarers campaign this is

providing us with a glimpse of the future labour market if neo-liberal zealots succeed in pushing through their Services Directive in Europe

Link to original Event Notice with discussion of protest:here

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#	Title	Author	Date
1	siptu organising a protest?	Seamus	Fri Nov 04, 2005 08:43
2	Pat O'Reilly	Pat O'Reilly	Fri Nov 04, 2005 14:42
3	Why are foreigners a cheap workforce?	Mago	Fri Nov 04, 2005 15:21
4	ar muir is san aer	Duine	Fri Nov 04, 2005 15:54
5	Duine	Curious	Fri Nov 04, 2005 16:10
6	Aistriúcháin	Duine	Fri Nov 04, 2005 16:31
7	I think the vast majority of people have an idea what duine's comments mean in english.	linguist	Fri Nov 04, 2005 16:32
8	Jobs	John	Fri Nov 04, 2005 17:05
9	Howabout	maybe	Fri Nov 04, 2005 17:13
10	and why	me	Fri Nov 04, 2005 17:18
11	moladh?	Duine	Fri Nov 04, 2005 17:21
12	Linguist	Curious	Fri Nov 04, 2005 17:21
13	SFA (what an aptly named body) support the race to the bottom	DV8	Fri Nov 04, 2005 17:21
14	a message to the 'Linguist'	Padraig	Sat Nov 05, 2005 00:01
15	4% unemployment John -wonderful	Des Derwin	Sat Nov 05, 2005 00:12
16	Padraig	Padraig	Sat Nov 05, 2005 00:18
17	big crunch	arthur	Sat Nov 05, 2005 02:22
18	Padraig	Padraig	Sat Nov 05, 2005 14:33
19	Well done!	Paul Kinsella	Sat Nov 05, 2005 19:35
20	Patrick McDowell	Patrick McDowell	Sun Nov 06, 2005 18:37
21	John Connor	John Connor	Sun Nov 06, 2005 18:44
22	Habitual Residence Condition	Mago	Sun Nov 06, 2005 19:20
23	Patrick McDowell	Patrick McDowell	Mon Nov 07, 2005 00:33
24	Patrick McDowell	Patrick McDowell	Mon Nov 07, 2005 00:40
25	Equality for all	Mago	Mon Nov 07, 2005 15:12
26	Patrick McDowell	Patrick McDowell	Mon Nov 07, 2005 15:29
27	Scandalous - Probe after 13 workers left stranded	Reader	Mon Nov 07, 2005 16:43
28	Second class citizens	Mago	Mon Nov 07, 2005 17:01
29	Sure we're a Grand Little Nation	Marie Byrne	Mon Nov 07, 2005 20:54
30	Irish, non Irish	Mago	Mon Nov 07, 2005 23:03
31	Mininmun wage	tootrue	Tue Nov 08, 2005 06:34
32	A key point worth noting	Dave	Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:36
33	actually.....	ger	Tue Nov 08, 2005 18:03
34	Ignorance, by Patrick McDowell	Patrick McDowell	Tue Nov 08, 2005 21:51
35	Is your "ignorance" comment self-referential?	R. Isible	Tue Nov 08, 2005 22:02
36	You're getting me wrong, Patrick	Mago Merlin	Wed Nov 09, 2005 15:03
37	Ireland is not a Money Tree	Marcin	Wed Nov 09, 2005 20:21
38	I was talking Unemployment Assistance	Mago	Thu Nov 10, 2005 14:20
39	Ireland is not a money tree	Mago	Thu Nov 10, 2005 15:19
40	[A] rational opposition to my views	Mago	Thu Nov 10, 2005 17:30
41	Patrick McDowell	Patrick McDowell	Thu Nov 10, 2005 17:38
42	Patrick	Mago	Thu Nov 10, 2005 17:56
43	Ireland is not a Money Tree	Marcin	Fri Nov 11, 2005 15:49
44	However	Mago	Fri Nov 11, 2005 17:41
45	Mago, your wishes are granted -- no more equality, welcome to Irish Ferries!	R. Isible	Sat Nov 26, 2005 21:59
46	Globalisation of Labour	vngelis	Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:58
47	from latvia	janis berzins	Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:05
48	Sell Out	Irish Worker	Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:59

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