Socialist Voice, Feb. 2004: - Contents List

Belfast International Airport workers - We want the truth to come out

ALMOST TWO years after they were sacked, the unfair dismissal cases of the 23 sacked airport workers are due in court in the next few weeks Read more here...

Airport workers under attack

The Fianna Fail privatisation juggernaut is rolling through the semi-states in general, and the transport sector in particular. Read more here...

Don't pay FAS fees

This government is showing its contempt for working class youth by the introduction of fees for FAS apprentices. Read more here...

Assembly salaries not up for review

THE REVIEW of the Agreement is underway.Read more here...

Bullying tactics by Dublin City Council

TRUE TO form, Dublin City Council has now employed a debt collector to try and scare people into paying the bin tax. Read more here...

Bin tax battle continues

South Dublin County Council Residents resist tag system Read more here...

CIE: Time for action not talks

At a meeting of 500 Dublin Bus workers on 22 January an angry mood was reflected in the unanimous support given to the idea of strike action to defeat Brennan's plans.

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Civil service walkouts striking against low pay

THOUSANDS OF NIPSA members in the Social Security and Child Support Agency walked out on unofficial strike action on 5 February Read more here...

Crèche workers win victory

STAFF IN Queens Student Crèches in College Gardens and Rugby Road took on the University Management and won their dispute for better pay

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No to privatisation Save our public services

CIE, Aer Rianta: for a co-ordinated campaign of strike action Read more here...

Vote Des Derwin:

For a democratic fighting SIPTU. Des Derwin launched an attack on a business leader's claims that the minimum wage of 7 euro an hour is too high. "Is Pat Delaney serious? Read more here...

France: Chirac bans headscarves

The recent unveiling of plans by the French Government to ban the wearing of religious symbols in public schools (but not private schools) has created a massive rift in French society and has provoked protests in France and across the world Read more here...

Crumlin Hospital: Our sick children can't wait

The Pollock Report commissioned by the New Children's Hospital Group and compiled by Dr. Ronnie Pollock has stated that the Crumlin Children's Hospital falls well below internationally acceptable standards. Read more here...

Clinging on to power

IN LATE January, Tony Blair managed to survive a stormy week that some had predicted would destroy him. Read more here...

Teachers action bites

INDUSTRIAL ACTION by teachers in four of the main teaching unions (INTO, NASUWT, ATL and UTU) in pursuit of a £1065 back payment in salary is starting to bite hard Read more here...

Immigration Bill - Like Nazi Germany?

Michael McDowell's new immigration bill is another example of this government's attempts to put up more and more barriers to keep refugees and asylum seekers out of Ireland. Read more here...

Health warning: Incinerators get go ahead

"Grow up, be mature and stop the nonsense" - these were the words of Environment Minister Martin Cullen last month addressing the concerns of Cork residents opposed to the siting of a national toxic waste incinerator at Ringaskiddy. Read more here...

Occupation of Iraq

130,000 Shias chant "No to America" A three-mile long demonstration in Baghdad of 100,000 Shias Read more here...

School students to oppose occupation of Iraq

5 MARCH will see the first anniversary of the school students walkouts organised by Youth Against the War throughout the North. The day of action saw school student strikes across the world. Read more here...

Travellers: Out of sight, out of mind?

Dublin City Council has attempted to show the city's best image to visiting EU dignitaries by keeping traveller-halting sites between the airport and the city centre hidden from view Read more here...

Dublin Monaghan Bombings

The slaughter of 33 innocent people by loyalist bombs in Dublin and Monaghan in 1974 was one of the biggest atrocities of the "Troubles" in Ireland in the last 30 years. Read more here...

Omagh: tarred by the same dunnes brush

Omagh Socialist Youth have accused the local Dunnes Store management of blatant discrimination against young people Read more here...

An Post: -3% - no strings attached

FACED WITH threatened non payment of the 3% and up to 1,350 job losses An Post staff are being asked to pay the price for the mismanagement of our postal service resulting in the loss of 77 million euro in the last two years. Read more here...

Prison officers ballot for strike

The executive of the Prison Officers Association (POA) have decided to ballot its members for industrial action after the breakdown of its talks with the Government at the LRC. Read more here...

How to stop the racist attacks

OVER DECEMBER and January a spate of racist attacks against members of ethnic minority communities living in Belfast received international media attention. In an article on 10 January, the Guardian labelled Northern Ireland "the race-hate capital of Europe". Read more here...

Obituary: Stephen Murray

Stephen Murray, a long time member and supporter of the Socialist Party, died last Autumn after a short illness. He will be sorely missed by all Party members who knew him. Read more here...

international day of protest:

20 March 2004 Protest against US occupation Read more here...

Time for change in NIPSA

NIPSA MEMBERS found themselves in a storm of industrial action at the same time the union has carried out an election for the leading body of the union, the General Council. Read more here...

UCD Physiotherapy students victory

The dispute arose when third year students due to go on clinical placements in Limerick were told that the hospital would not accept UCD students as the hospital was not been paid by UCD. Read more here...

£1,300 for water We won't pay!

THE WE Won't Pay Campaign is stepping up its activity over the coming weeks to establish more local anti-water charges groups around Belfast. Read more here...

Youth Against Racism

THE RISE of racism and fascism in Northern Ireland over the past number of months has shown that it is now vital for organised resistance against the ideas of the far-right to be established before they are able to gain a foothold in our society. Read more here...