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Where’s the plan for construction apprentice’s pay? Sherlock Calls Out Minister Simon Harris’s new €750,000 advertising budget to attract workers back
Labour’s Worker’s Rights Spokesperson Senator Marie Sherlock has today called out Minister Simon Harris for his latest political announcement in attempting to increase the number of construction workers in this country. Senator …
Swift, heavy and enforceable fines for employers who deny collective bargaining rights to workers says Sherlock
Labour Party spokesperson on Workers’ Rights Marie Sherlock, has today called for swift, heavy, and enforceable fines to be handed out to employers who deny workers their civil right to collective bargaining through a trade union. …
Government has sided with platform operators over workers
Government must answer questions on role in blocking approval of Platform Workers Directive Labour workers’ rights spokesperson Marie Sherlock has said the Government must answer questions about why it blocked approval of the EU …
Latest report into RTÉ practises yet another shocking indictment of upstairs downstairs culture in the organisation
Commenting on the publication today by RTÉ today of the McCann Fitzgerald report into voluntary exit programme, Labour media spokesperson Marie Sherlock said the revelations today are yet another shocking example of an upstairs downstairs …
The rubicon has been crossed for decently paid workers
Distorted housing market now means that workers on single or combined income of €100,000 cannot afford homes in two thirds of Dublin postcodes. Growing inequality of power within workplaces in how workers are been managed, monitored and …
Pregnancy loss report underlines the need for Labour’s reproductive leave proposal
The report, published today recommends the introduction of policies to provide time off work following pregnancy loss before 24 weeks, among other measures. In 2021, the Labour Party introduced the Organisation of Working Time …
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