Words: Aidan Rowe On Saturday 11th December, USI National Council passed a motion allowing the USI leadership to call for the renegotiation of the Croke Park Deal, so that public-sector pay can be further cut in the hope of protecting students’ frontline services. The motion was proposed by UCD Student’s Union, who recently released a…
Members of the NUIM IFUT Branch Committee sent the letter below to NUI Maynooth Student Union President congratulating the students on demonstrating in defense of Irish education and expressing grave concern at Garda actions on the Wednesday November the 3rd. They describe USI Presidents Gary Redmonds condemnation of those engaged in the occupation and sit-down…
At universities across Ireland (such as NUIM, UCD and NUIG) students took time today to offer solidarity to education workers in a real,practical way- by joining them on picket lines. The failure of the NUI Maynooth Student Union to support the one day strike did not deter a group of over 60 students from joining…
STRIKE ACTION BY CAMPUS TRADE UNIONISTS, 24 NOVEMBER 2009 All of the trade unions representing staff working on the Maynooth campus are taking part in a one-day strike on Tuesday November 24th. The strike is protesting against the threat of further government-imposed cuts in the pay of university employees. Action is being taken following ballots…
Universities are being subjected to the same market-based, profit driven policies that caused the crisis in the financial markets and face an increasing risk of a crisis in academic standards and credibility, David Robinson, Associate Executive Director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), stated at a conference organised by the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) in Dublin today…
On November 6th, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions is staging a series of nationwide demonstrations. Many students return home on Thursday night and Friday morning, with Friday traditionally the quiestest day on campus. We would urge students, and their families, to attend one of the demonstrations on November sixth.
