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Today, Friday December 9th, the Irish trade union movement is mobilising for a national day of action. This protest aims to defend the jobs of the Irish Ferries workers and to say no to the exploitation of immigrant labour and the race to the bottom that this type of capitalist greed will lead to. This blatant attack on workers' conditions has struck a chord with Irish workers across the country and today's demonstration promises to be the biggest Trade Union protest in decades.

Demonstrations & Rallies

  • Dublin: 1.30pm, Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square
  • Cork: 1.30pm, Connolly Hall
  • Galway: 2pm, Cathedral Car Park
  • Limerick: 1pm, Mechanics Institute, Hartstone Street
  • Sligo: 2pm, Blue Lagoon
  • Athlone: 2.30pm, Golden Island Shopping Centre
  • Waterford: 1.15pm, Waterford Industrial Estate
  • Rosslare: 1.30pm, Rosslare Harbour
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We will be reporting on the national day of action in support of the Irish Ferries workers. Our volunteers will be on the streets covering the march and updating our front page with breaking news and stories throughout the day. Please help us as much as you can. We need you to send us your photos and to write your impressions of the march. There are several ways in which you can get us your news as it happens.

This dispute has been brewing for the last few months since Irish Ferries announced their plans to reflag their ships in Cyprus, fire their entire workforce and replace them with immigrant workers earning less than half the Irish minimum wage.

The action by Irish Ferries has been roundly condemned by the Left. The Taoiseach has criticised Irish Ferries but has taken no action. On the bosses' side, disgracefully, the Irish Times claimed that the Trade Unions were engaging in "macho posturing" by trying to defend their members

We have also produced a PDF print version of the coverage on this site which you can download, print out and distribute on the march.
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 #   Title   Author   Date 
 1   Latvian unions support Irish Ferries protestors     Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group    Fri Dec 09, 2005 07:39 
 2   Finnish Seamen's Union wins lifting of injunction against protesting reflagging to Estonia     R. Isible    Fri Dec 09, 2005 07:45 
 3   Route?     Ciarán    Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:11 
 4   March route     Guesser    Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:44 
 5   calling all metropolitan indians     eeekkkkkk    Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:47 
 6   Capitalist     Capitalist    Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:55 
 7   capitalist     pat c    Fri Dec 09, 2005 13:11 
 8   What "Capitalist" really meant to say....     Starstruck    Fri Dec 09, 2005 13:13 
 9   Capitalist     Capitalist    Fri Dec 09, 2005 13:27 
 10   capitalist     pat c    Fri Dec 09, 2005 13:31 
 11   comments already made     being helpful    Fri Dec 09, 2005 13:36 
 12   so     pat c    Fri Dec 09, 2005 13:55 
 13   Several thousand here already. Large transportation and building sector representation.     via txt msg 13.18    Fri Dec 09, 2005 14:22 
 14   headin into the protest in dublin now, armed with me indy printflares to distribute     via txt msg 13.38    Fri Dec 09, 2005 14:39 
 15   Choppers first sign. No Luas second sign.     via txt msg13.40    Fri Dec 09, 2005 14:40 
 16   Crowd has swelled, hard to judge numbers, people are around 3 sides . .     txt msg 13.47    Fri Dec 09, 2005 14:49 
 17   as you approach O'connelll st     via txt msg 13.49    Fri Dec 09, 2005 14:50 
 18   Capitalist     Capitalist    Fri Dec 09, 2005 14:52 
 19   march kicks off proper from parnell statue to the rapture of applause . .     txt msg 13.48    Fri Dec 09, 2005 14:52 
 20   handed out my first bunch of Indy newsletters . .     via txt msg 13.54    Fri Dec 09, 2005 14:57 
 21   Great sight looking back towards garden of remembrance.     via txt msg 14.01    Fri Dec 09, 2005 15:04 
 22   polish lithuanian and scottish banners visible on dublin march     via txt msg 14.03    Fri Dec 09, 2005 15:05 
 23   midway through 20,000 estimate from an IMCer     imcer via phone    Fri Dec 09, 2005 15:09 
 24   IMPACT with loads of placards saying . . .     via txt msg 14.16    Fri Dec 09, 2005 15:20 
 25   Crowd at least 30,000     via txt msg 14.36    Fri Dec 09, 2005 15:38 
 26   40 minutes of marching now     txt msg 14.38    Fri Dec 09, 2005 15:40 
 27   back of march just now moving 45 mins after beginning     via txt msg 14.41    Fri Dec 09, 2005 15:43 
 28   Think I can see the back of the march now.     via txt msg 14.43    Fri Dec 09, 2005 15:45 
 29   Hopped up on a pole     txt msg 14.46    Fri Dec 09, 2005 15:48 
 30   Could have done with a few more loudspeakers dispersed throughout crowd     via txt msg 14.52    Fri Dec 09, 2005 15:55 
 31   chopper     Darren    Fri Dec 09, 2005 15:59 
 32   its not unusual     tom jones    Fri Dec 09, 2005 16:07 
 33   Polish banner     Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group    Fri Dec 09, 2005 16:10 
 34   ICTU     Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group    Fri Dec 09, 2005 16:21 
 35   must be at least 70,000. march tail is now near tcd gates     via txt msg 15.20    Fri Dec 09, 2005 16:22 
 36   Dogs Against Exploitation     Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group    Fri Dec 09, 2005 16:33 
 37   More pictures of Irish Ferries march     Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group    Fri Dec 09, 2005 16:35 
 38   Cork protest     juan pablo    Fri Dec 09, 2005 16:37 
 39   support to the Irish Ferries workers     edel daly    Fri Dec 09, 2005 16:39 
 40   Bertie We're Not Impressed     Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group    Fri Dec 09, 2005 16:39 
 41   Radio saying 80,000 in Diublin and 150,000 nationally     eeekkkkkk    Fri Dec 09, 2005 16:48 
 42   Rally has just finished     chekov    Fri Dec 09, 2005 17:02 
 43   More pictures of Irish Ferries march     Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group    Fri Dec 09, 2005 17:10 
 44   Pics1     Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group    Fri Dec 09, 2005 17:13 
 45   More pictures of Irish Ferries march     Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group    Fri Dec 09, 2005 17:17 
 46   Pics 2     Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group    Fri Dec 09, 2005 17:21 
 47   Last gash for irish unions     capitalist    Fri Dec 09, 2005 19:48 
 48   Polscy robotnicy popieraja pracownikow Irish Ferries!     Radoslaw Sawicki    Fri Dec 09, 2005 20:45 
 49   How cute     Rottweillerfan    Fri Dec 09, 2005 22:03 
 50   Dear Capitalist     Human    Fri Dec 09, 2005 23:17 
 51   3min video montage of yesterdays march     observer2    Sat Dec 10, 2005 22:20 
 52   The root cause of this problem     AgainstPoliticalCorrectness    Tue Dec 13, 2005 07:18 
 53   The above shows the poverty of thinking among racists     R. Isible    Tue Dec 13, 2005 07:39 
 54   Typical PC response     AgainstPoliticalCorrectness    Tue Dec 13, 2005 08:08 
 55   the protests on Hungarian News     redjade    Tue Dec 13, 2005 08:12 
 56   Also....     AgainstPoliticalCorrectness    Tue Dec 13, 2005 08:12 
 57   The reality     AgainstPoliticalCorrectness    Tue Dec 13, 2005 08:19 
 58   APC, you're so vain you thought my song was about you     redjade    Tue Dec 13, 2005 08:39 
 59   But     AgainstPoliticalCorrectness    Tue Dec 13, 2005 09:58 
 60   Against Racism, Xenophobia and Other Forms of Stupidity     R. Isible    Tue Dec 13, 2005 17:33 
 61   The reality     AgainstPoliticalCorrectness    Tue Dec 13, 2005 18:22 
 62   Also....     AgainstPoliticalCorrectness    Tue Dec 13, 2005 18:23 
 63   For Irish, Latvians fill role of bogeymen     brow    Tue Dec 13, 2005 18:43 
 64   Human Ireland - You are a dreamer     Capitalist    Tue Dec 13, 2005 20:33 


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