@kcallinan60.bsky.social posted elsewhere the image showing results of an Ireland Thinks pool conducted yesterday on whether people support the school secretaries and caretakers

I'm so sad to hear that @GAA_Palestine have had to cancel their trip. We in @forsatradeunion.bsky.social were pleased and proud to sponsor the jerseys and kit for the children. #LetThemPlay

Happy Pride from Fórsa! From Budapest to Ballymena, we're sending our solidarity and pride to our LGBTIA+ members and communities bravely and proudly marching. Trade unions are for everyone! 💚Bród in Oibre, Bród in Fórsa 💚 #DublinPride

So..... higher cost of living + inadequate infrastructure + under-resourced public services + successive governments awash with money What could possibly be wrong?

I was delighted to join this evening's #RaiseTheRoof protest with @forsatradeunion.bsky.social colleagues.

The future is public. Remunicipalise. For quality, safety, and value.

I wasn't expecting to bump into DJ Próvaí and his fellow @kneecapceol.bsky.social musicians today. Bhí siad ag baint sult as craic mór. What they're doing for 🇵🇸 is remarkable. True solidarity. 👏👏👏

Our colleagues in many European unions, affiliated to @epsu.bsky.social, know from bitter experience that care of the vulnerable should not be left to profiteers. The 🇮🇪 government needs to change direction now. Thanks to Aoife Hegarty and #RTEinvestigates for shining a 🔦.

Government should consider allowing unions to collect subs from non-members who benefit from pay deals, consultation told

It's the first time in #Donegal for so many of our @forsatradeunion.bsky.social conference delegates. I'm telling them it's always 🌞 like this up here! 😉 I doubt there's a more beautiful place on 🌎. Great job by our Donegal health and local government branches. @govisitdonegal.bsky.social

Working from home is an election issue. But it's so more important than that. We must resist the diktats to return to the office. Instead, we should gather real evidence to inform policy. My piece in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

"I really couldn't believe it when the Liberal Party came out against working from home. Do they have no understanding of what it's like to be a modern family?". This from about 2:38 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=U11B...

I'm glad he got his answer in Australia tonight. Not just losing the election but his seat to boot. Irish politicians seeking to emulate Trump and Musk take note. @forsatradeunion.bsky.social will seek you out. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Starting #MayDay by marking 25 years of minimum wage. Kevin Callinan opens @IrishCongress's seminar by recognising the remarkable Evelyn Owens, trade unionist & chair of the National Minium Wage Commissiom '97/98 🧵

SHAMEFUL! This is from today's @financialtimes.com. On a great day for 🇮🇪 sport, this is not a league table position to be proud of. Unless you want to ape what's happening in the 🇺🇸. The Irish government has choices to make.

Clinton political adviser James Carville: "I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or as a . 400 baseball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody."

Interesting analysis below. Thanks to @alexcallinicos.bsky.social for highlighting.....

#JobFairy #SpéirGorm Want to work for workers? Are you energetic, motivated, and empathetic with organising and campaigning skills? We’re recruiting Assistant Industrial Officers for Dublin and regional offices. Deadline: Noon 7 May forsa.bamboohr.com/careers/42?s...

The trade union bloc at the Palestine march was honoured to meet UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese at the Gaza march today. Her bravery and honesty have been a beacon for so many. Keep marching. Keep boycotting. Keep demanding a permanent ceasefire and a free Palestine!

📷 @allontheboard.bsky.social #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025

95 years later, the far-right @AfD outpolls the Nazis in the 1930 German general election. "Those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it." #Bundestagswahl2025

I send solidarity from @forsatradeunion.bsky.social to @social.verdi.de, our sister union in Germany - Verdi, whose members were attacked at a child care workers demonstration today in Munich. Shocking and senseless. @epsu.bsky.social @psiglobalunion.bsky.social

On the money....

Yanis Varoufakis in conversation with Francesca Albanese on Palestine after the Ceasefire www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/01/30/y...

Spot on @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social and @the-tuc.bsky.social

Séamus agus Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta kicking off a great musical night in Christchurch Cathedral in aid of @FocusIreland sponsored by @IrishRail and MC'd by @MiseCiara. End the scourge of homelessness!

Always proud of @forsatradeunion.bsky.social members and staff, especially at the time of the annual Temple Street Toy Appeal - our neighbours. Great to see Sofia, Katie, Gary, and Kate with the legendary John!

I'm very proud of the work of Mehak Dugal and our other @forsatradeunion.bsky.social colleagues on the #StopTheStigma campaign, which is being recognised internationally this afternoon.

Et ensuite ? #MotionDeCensure

People power.

Huge recognition for @forsatradeunion.bsky.social solidarity around the 🌎 at today's @psiglobalunion.bsky.social executive board. Including the Pakistan lady health workers union, supported by our union for many years, which has gone national in recent days. A massive step forward for women in 🇵🇰.

"We're the people who are providing the service, and we're just not being heard or considered whatsoever." Well, HSE workers are making themselves heard now. Hear from St Vincent's hospital staff on how they feel about the 93.6% YES vote for industrial action.

This is worth 15 minutes of your time, especially if you have an interest in the first world war. #DisputingDisaster

Featuring my @forsatradeunion.bsky.social colleagues Katie Morgan and Westmeathlibrarian Edel Scally at the #UnityAndHope rally lat Saturday in Dublin. youtube.com/watch?v=26Zq...

ICYMI This weekend Irish workers and their unions where on the streets for the #UnityandHope rally. Large turnout. key demand included higher pay, funding for housing and public services - And no to the far-right. Here @forsatradeunion.bsky.social with @kcallinan60.bsky.social

On the streets of Dublin today for #UnityAndHope. Speaking up for public services that depend on many from across the 🌎 to provide them to the benefit of all citizens. @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social

📢 Final reminder! Rally for #UnityAndHope is tomorrow, Sat 23 Nov, 1PM, at the Larkin statue, O’Connell St, Dublin. Join us in standing against those spreading hate & division—let’s show them the power of solidarity. Also, bring an umbrella 😅 But don't let the rain stop us!

#WriterWednesday library-love moment.

A reminder today, as US politicians including the President fall over one another to attack the ICC over arrest warrants and defend Netanyahu…

The Holocaust Museum. Just saying.....

Get to this if you can

Over the past week, Bluesky’s growth has exploded, more than doubling to 15 million-plus users as people seek alternatives to X, Facebook and Threads. Its ascent has been so rapid that the company has been forced to grow up practically overnight #bluesky www.irishtimes.com/technology/b...

New to Bluesky and, like so many, hoping that it will be a better space for debate and ideas.