# Picket
This year
2023
# Picket
Strike action by mechanical workers underway outside Intel and Pfizer sites
The picket is placed at an Intel site in Leixlip, Co Kildare and Pfizer in Grange Castle, Co Dublin.
Last year
2022
Voices
Opinion: Care and community workers fill the gaps left by the State - they need a pay rise
We need to improve working conditions and pay for carers and community workers, writes Labour’s Duncan Smith.
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# Industrial Action
Pickets set to be placed at over 30 branches of Lloyds Pharmacy tomorrow
Lloyds Pharmacy last week issued a statement outlining it had agreed on a new deal.
# Picket
Bus Éireann strike day 4: Irish Rail services running fully as unions call for minister to intervene
The rail service said all trains are running normally this morning.
Voices
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 'I never pass pickets. We are all humans and need each other to survive'
Going on strike is one of the only weapons a worker has, writes Aodhán Ó Ríordáin.
# Out of the blue
"Devastated" Clerys workers picket landmark store following shock closure
The iconic Dublin store closed its doors for the last time last night after being put into liquidation yesterday afternoon.
# Picket
The Dunnes Stores strike hasn't stopped people shopping there
Sales have dipped recently, but they dipped more last year.
# Holy Thursday
As its workers strike over unfair treatment, Dunnes responds with 1-day only online offer
More than half of the company’s employees are on strike over “fair pay” and “a precarious working environment”.
Greyhound dispute could be set to end after 14-week lockout
A new deal has been agreed between representatives on both sides and now awaits a vote from workers.
# Westboro Baptist Church
Did the Empire State Building wear a rainbow flag after Fred Phelps' death?
There’s speculation that the building sent a message about the anti-homosexuality pastor.
# LRC
Plan for independent evaluation of pay ends dispute at Tyndall Institute
Staff from IFUT and Siptu had picketed on a number of occasions this year.
# UCC
Tyndall National Institute staff to picket over pay
The institute is part of University College Cork, but is not based on the main campus.
# Croke Park Agreement
GRA hold protest outside Croke Park talks
Gardaí are due to start enforcing a number of measures tomorrow in protest at the cuts which will see them refuse to use personal equipment and strictly follow safety procedures.
# Protest
St James's Hospital: No disruption to services expected during TEEU picket
No disruption to services is anticipated tomorrow during a planned picket by members of the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union, says hospital management.
# Picket
Trainee pilots to protest outside Dáil on Wednesday
The students, who are unable to complete their training, said it is the government’s responsibility to come up with a solution.
# EBS
EBS workers vote to end '13th month' strike action
94 per cent of Unite members withdraw their action and to accept a deal brokered at the Labour Relations Commission last week.
# Joe Paterno
Westboro Baptist Church to picket Paterno funeral
Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who died last Sunday, will be buried in a private funeral today.
# 13th month
EBS staff to hold second strike over '13th month' payment
Staff will picket EBS branches and the offices of its parent bank AIB, in protest at the withholding of a December payment.
# EBS
Union: We'll picket AIB too if striking EBS workers are not paid
However, Unite said it was hopeful the decision not to make a Christmas payment would be reversed.
# Men in the Middle
Irish refs may be asked to pass Scottish picket line
Scottish football chiefs look to Irish refs as SPL whistlers set to strike this weekend.
# Ref Justice
What do we want? New whistles! When do we want them? Now!
Scotland’s top football referees are set to bring the SPL schedule to a standstill after they vote to strike next week.
