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category national | worker & community struggles and protests | news report author Tuesday November 10, 2009 23:57author by Paula Geraghtyauthor email mspgeraghty at yahoo dot ieauthor phone 0876101340 Report this post to the editors

Tens of thousands of public and private sector workers demonstrated to defend public services, pensions, jobs. Watch the vide report here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sn-u0eCFrA
Copyright Paula Geraghty
Copyright Paula Geraghty

Irish workers, unemployed and public service users are facing savage attacks on living standards by the Fianna Fail, Green Party and Mary Harney coalition. They want to take 4 billion off public sector workers and services, cut social welfare topay for the bad debts incurred by a failed banking system.
Watch the video report at this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sn-u0eCFrA
The Irish Congress of Trades Unions called a demonstration on November 6th 2009 to demand a fairer and better way. Tens of thousand of workers demonstrated all over Ireland.

The question on everyone's lips was 'what do we do next?'

For more on ICTU's campaign check out http://www.getupstandup.ie/

(c) Paula Geraghty

Related Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sn-u0eCFrA

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Video of Dublin demonstration.


author by Davepublication date Wed Nov 11, 2009 00:48author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Nice work Paula. You must have had cameras hanging out of you.

 
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