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Dublin Council of Trade Unions by 11-10 (The narrowest of margins) vote down ATGWU Motion calling on
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Wednesday April 14, 2004 18:12 by Paul Kinsella - Very disillusioned DCTU Delegate paulkinsella53 at yahoo dot com 53 Lorcan Grove, Santry, Dublin 9, Eire 085 - 1478100
The DCTU to have their May Day March as normal on May 1ST this year (2004) Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union (ATGWU) Motion calling on the Dublin Council of Trade Unions (DCTU) to revert to having their annual May Day as normal On May Day, May 1ST this year (2004) was only thrown out by the narrowest of margins (11-10) at the DCTU Monthly General Delegates meeting last night (Tuesday the 13TH, unlucky for some, I.E. The DCTU). That's how close we came to overturning the Dublin Council of Trade Union's (DCTU's) original disgraceful decision to cancel their traditional May Day March this year. However it still wasn't enough to defeat the DCTU hierarchy led by Sam Nolan and Arthur Hall (TEEU). Some of the stuff said by some of the DCTU Delegates was absolutely appalling, and they were following the black media propaganda of "thousands of armed anarchists going to reign terror on the law abiding citizens of Dublin on May Day" (I kid you not! This load of bollock was repeated several times by a number of the Delegates last night, and not matter how many times we rebutted their lies, they kept repeating them). Not only that they made several smart-arsed and condescending remarks about anti-globalisation and anti-capitalist activists, and there was a generally dismissive attitude towards the new and growing anti-globalisation/anti-capitalist movements. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6The Irish Times have published two articles so far on mayday, both rightly rubbished the mayday hysteria. Meanwhile a majority of the union bureaucrats swallow it wholesale. The IT under a PD is now to the left of DCTU? Oh sorry day.
Good report Paul and pleased to relate that I popped my IWU membership application off in the post this morning. :)
Thanks for that Paul. What sort of influence do the ATGWU have in the DCTU? If the motion had been passed would that have forced the DCTU to have re-examined the issue?
Who are the other major players in the DCTU and what has there stance been on the abandonment of the traditional May Day?
ok i understand the importance of organising structure in terms of geting a march together but whats stopping the all the unions members from going out on a march anyway ..... apart from any new union or aeip
There is nothing to stop individual members of trade unions from staging a Mayday March. We do not need the DCTU to do it for us, and we do not need their permission or their "blessing". I'm on for a Workers' March on the day.
Would love to have more details of who said what, and the tone of the various comments. And the political affiliations of the people who made those comments.
Have to pull you up, Paul, on a couple of things. There is nothing wrong with people being "middle aged" - I could be described as "middle aged" but I still have not lost the radical edge. There is a world of difference between me and Sam Nolan, one of those differences being that Sam is a traditional Stalinist and long-time member of the CP, and I have always taken an independent position.
Also on that note, you say
"There are very few young Delegates (Myself being one of the exceptions)," !!
Definitely have to pull you up on that one, Paul, - you are no spring chicken!
Having got that off my chest, I still think it is possible to get something together for Mayday without the union brass. After all, virtually all of the work of organising protests was always carried out by militants within the union rank and file. The top brass only attended for the photo opportunity.
Yes, they are very out of touch, but then most of them receive salaries equal to five or six times the pay of most of their members. So it should come as no surprise that they think like the boss class.
What if the union that proposed the defeated motion organised a trade union march on 1st May?
Don't forget, though there's no march, the DCTU are organising a number of events in Liberty Hall from 8 p.m. onwards on the 1st May. All unions and trade unionists are asked to support. Leaflets and posters available from all affilaited trade unions.
Anyway, sorry all, I'll be at the William Thompson Weekend in Cork. Will march there.