Connect Trade Union

One month to go! Facing Down the Carnival of Reaction “Let every friend be a comrade and let every comrade be a friend.” @ipsc48 @RMTunion @forsa_union_ie @irishcongress @SIPTU @CWU @INMO_IRL @fsuireland @siptuhealth @ifut Tickets here: tressellfestival.ie

Connects’ Stephen Murphy visited Frankfurt this week, where a team of young apprentices from Ireland , Australia , New Zealand, Germany, USA, France, Spain & Canada worked to install new plumbing facilities for a local arts centre in downtown Frankfurt.

“He fought for the loaf of bread as no man before him had ever fought; but, with the loaf of bread, he also brought the flask of wine and the book of verse.” Huge turnout for our #LarkinLives commemoration today in Glasnevin. Thank you to all comrades for coming & organising.

Larkin had the a heart of a lion, a wonderful mind and was a great socialist. Next Saturday morning we celebrate the life and legacy of the Larkin's in Glasnevin with speeches and special performances. All welcome. Here's the late, great Jer O'Leary performing as Big Jim.

Trade union pillar all set for today’s @ipsc48 march #Sanctionsnow #FREEPALESTİNE #PassTheOTBnow

We need to keep coming out in solidarity with our Palestinian sisters and brothers and to show our incoming government that they must sanction Israel for its genocidal crimes against them. See you on the 25th, all out! #FreePalestine #SanctionsNow

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New year, new job? Come work with us! 🗣️Communications & Digital Media Officer 🔗 Job details: bit.ly/3PQ19tz 📅 Closing date: 31 January 🔁 Please share

Best wishes to Mick Lynch, Connollyite, union leader and champion of the working class on his well earned retirement. @RMTunion is a union that leads the way and will always inspire. Go Raibh Maith Agat Mick.

Full episode available on Spotify here: Features contributions from @marie_sherlock, @AlisonGilliland, Greg Ennis (@SIPTU) and Paddy Kavanagh (@ConnectUnion) open.spotify.com/episode/5EmNNz…

In 2025, there will be more pay rises for Connect members. Mechanical workers will see an increase for 10 year service. We'll have increases for apprentices, for training allowances and for the hourly rates of pay. And we will be negotiating again for increases for electricians.

As 2024 concludes, we look back on a successful year for our union. One when we fought consistently for our members and for workers our members and for workers in Ireland. 2025 will be no different. Nollaig shona daoibh. Happy Christmas one and all.

Connect YOUR VOTE #GE24 🗳️ 💶 A fair deal for apprentices 🏡 State-led house building 🇵🇸 To end the Gaza Genocide #Election2024

This Saturday November 9 @ipsc48 are hosting National March for #Palestine 🇵🇸 Join the Trade Union bloc outside @MandateTU on Cavendish Row from 12:45pm & let’s make this one the biggest solidarity marches ever in Ireland. No silence in face of #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine

🚨NEW VIDEO: Union busting happens when employers target workers who try to demand better at work. It’s time for a new law to #StopUnionBusting ‼️

Up the health workers! @forsa_union_ie @INMO_IRL @SIPTU

Strike action by engineers at Meta data centre deferred via @RTENews We must be clear, this dispute concerns the failure of Meta to engage under the auspices of the State's industrial relations machinery to resolve matters of great concern to our members rte.ie/news/business/…

The NERI Post Budget 2025 Analysis takes place on Wednesday 9 October at 15:30 in @irishcongress Rory O'Farrell @r_o_farrell Susanne Rogers @SocialJusticeI & Michael Taft @notesonthefront will present. Seminar details - nerinstitute.net/events/2024/bu… #Budget25

Apprentices go first. Apprentices go free. If you’re an apprentice, or have a son, a daughter, niece, nephew, grandson or granddaughter or friend who is serving out a craft apprenticeship make sure to tell them to join #JoinAUNION Together we are stronger!

Statutory redundancy cap ‘out of sync’ with wage levels and limit should rise to €1,015 a week, says union irishtimes.com/business/work/…