Kildare Council of Trade Unions

Trade Union activists in County Kildare. Working together to further the interests of ordinary people, in both the workplace and local community.

[Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) @irishcongress]

“Ictu’s ‘No Going Back’ programme sets out a vision for a high skills, high productivity post-Covid economy that provides secure well-paid work, a European-standard social wage, decent pensions & a strong safety net for those unable to work.”- @kcallinan50 https://t.co/4eyb9Ytzc1

[NIC ICTU @NIC_ICTU]

Our #BDC21 Video. This is our story. Tnx to @GanseeFilms & these great trade unionists

[Paddy Cole @PaidiCole]

Nobody has been untouched by the Covid crisis but I believe trade unionists do our best work when we are really up against it. Proud to be part of a movement that’s emerging stronger and more united from the pandemic. We need to be. There is still a better future to win. #BDC21

[Darragh O’Connor @DarraghIsHere]

“Decent and fair wages, collectively bargained, are the most effective instruments of wealth distribution” - Patricia King of ⁦@irishcongress⁩.

If you believe in equality and economic justice #JoinAUnion

https://t.co/JEh84DP0sl

[Kevin Callinan @kcallinan50]

I'm very proud and honoured to be elected @irishcongress President. We live in exciting times, full of possibility and opportunity, and we've an urgent responsibility to ensure we emerge from the pandemic with better jobs, better lives and a better planet. #BDC21 #NoGoingBack

[NewstalkFM @NewstalkFM]

Ireland needs a wealth tax to bring public services in line with other European nations.

Incoming @IrishCongress president @KCallinan50 https://t.co/AkmBY31pZ6

[Joe O'Connor @JoeOC99]

SNAs are playing an essential role in enabling our schools to remain open. They deserve their working environment to be as safe as possible.

It absolutely beggars belief that @Education_Ire are allowing a situation to persist whereby 1 in 5 SNAs do not have access to proper PPE.

[Fórsa trade union @forsa_union_ie]

@irishcongress has renewed calls for legislation to oblige employers to pay remote workers an allowance to cover some of the costs of working from home. ICTU also wants a review of the current €3.20-a-day rate that workers can receive tax-free. https://t.co/N5XIdjXshY

[Financial Services Union @fsuireland]

A campaign has been launched in Belfast over fears for 600 Ulster Bank jobs in the city. Last night city councillors backed a motion calling on Brandon Lewis and the city’s four MPs to back all-party meetings on the proposals.

https://t.co/SolX7fpXCi

[Fórsa trade union @forsa_union_ie]

Fórsa joins forces with our European colleagues, demanding investment in public health care both now, and beyond the pandemic. There must be investment in quality public health services for all.

#EuropeanHealthActionWeek

[Mark Wall TD @MarkWall1]

📣Update

👉Mother and Baby.
Good to see the government U-turn on such an important issue.

👉Housing.
We will continue to support you in every way we can.

👉KDOC.
Charges for Covid tests by KDOC before the 1st of September will get a refund. Contact KDOC for a refund.
@labour

[Ethel Buckley @EthelBuckley]

Reminder: #STOP67 webinar Wed. 4th November @1pm. Hear from the National Women’s Council, Active Retirement, Age Action and SIPTU on the next steps in the campaign for fair pensions ⁦⁦@NWCI⁩ ⁦@AgeAction⁩ ⁦@activeirl⁩ ⁦@SIPTU⁩ #FirstWednesdayWebinars

[Kildare Council of Trade Unions @KildareTUC]

The thanks you get for saving lives.

Disgraceful treatment of our essential workers.

[MASI - Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland @masi_asylum]

Two healthcare workers have been told by the @DeptJusticeIRL to leave state or be deported. In the middle of a pandemic. There are other essential service workers who are in the same position.

https://t.co/sSvZNBIRLH via @rte

[Kildare Council of Trade Unions @KildareTUC]

@PatriciaRyanTD1 @sinnfeinireland Welcome to Twitter 😊

[Workers Solidarity @WSMIreland]

Debenham workers & supporters are prevention a truck entering Whitewater in Kildare this morning to remove stock as part of the months long struggle for proper redundancy payments

[Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) @irishcongress]

Many of the essential workers who are getting us through this pandemic – including care workers and retail workers – are working for the minimum wage.

Is a ONE per cent pay increase how society thanks them?

#InThisTogether
https://t.co/A6roXLi1MV

[NewstalkFM @NewstalkFM]

The future of the Low Pay Commission is in the hands of the Government, according to the @IrishCongress General Secretary Patricia King. https://t.co/l3kgdBndni