... is the title of a new Irish facebook group focussing on the situation of contract staff, teaching assistants, research assistants and other precarious workers in Irish universities, ITs, etc.They write:
"Neoliberalisation of third level institutions has casualised labour
within this sector and these workplaces are now a site of struggle in
ways not previously known. This page shares information on workplace
struggles in universities, colleges and ITs."
Verb. sap.
Monday 30 September 2013
Sunday 15 September 2013
Quebec student strike organiser touring Ireland
At the end of September Vanessa Vela, one of the organisers of the huge 2012 Quebec student strike, will be touring 7 Irish colleges (UCC, NUIG, UCD, TCD, Maynooth, Derry, Queens). Full details of the tour here.
See here for a youtube interview with others of the strike organisers.
Here's what the tour organisers, Workers Solidarity, say:
"There are two purposes to the tour. Firstly so that we can learn how the successful strike was organised in Quebec and discuss whether similar methods might work here. But as importantly we want to use the organisation of the tour in order to aid in the building of a network of militant student activists across the island."
See here for a youtube interview with others of the strike organisers.
Here's what the tour organisers, Workers Solidarity, say:
"There are two purposes to the tour. Firstly so that we can learn how the successful strike was organised in Quebec and discuss whether similar methods might work here. But as importantly we want to use the organisation of the tour in order to aid in the building of a network of militant student activists across the island."
Thursday 12 September 2013
Monday 9 September 2013
Some upcoming events
Advance notice of some events which may be of interest...
Friday, Sept 20, 6.30 pm, Clerys pub, Amiens St. Terry Fagan, oral historian and community organiser. Book launch for Dublin Tenements.
Thursday, Sept 26, 1 pm, John Hume 5, NUIM. "How the militant Quebec student movement defeated fees". Vanessa Vela, feminist student organiser. Full details to follow.
Thursday, Sept 26, 7 pm, TCD."Forgotten but not gone: recognising Ireland's Buddhist heritage in colonial Asia". Prof. Brian Bocking, UCC. Book launch for Buddhism and Ireland hosted by TCD MPhil in Race, Ethnicity, Conflict. Full details here.
Tuesday, Oct 8, 7 pm, Teachers Club. "Marxism and social movements". Colin Barker, Manchester Metropolitan University. Public talk and book launch for Marxism and social movements. Full details here.
Friday, Dec 6, TCD. "International solidarity: practices, problems, possibilities". One-day conference; keynote speaker is Peter Waterman (Networked Unionism, Democracia Global, World Social Forum, Interface journal).Full details to follow.
Friday, Sept 20, 6.30 pm, Clerys pub, Amiens St. Terry Fagan, oral historian and community organiser. Book launch for Dublin Tenements.
Thursday, Sept 26, 1 pm, John Hume 5, NUIM. "How the militant Quebec student movement defeated fees". Vanessa Vela, feminist student organiser. Full details to follow.
Thursday, Sept 26, 7 pm, TCD."Forgotten but not gone: recognising Ireland's Buddhist heritage in colonial Asia". Prof. Brian Bocking, UCC. Book launch for Buddhism and Ireland hosted by TCD MPhil in Race, Ethnicity, Conflict. Full details here.
Tuesday, Oct 8, 7 pm, Teachers Club. "Marxism and social movements". Colin Barker, Manchester Metropolitan University. Public talk and book launch for Marxism and social movements. Full details here.
Friday, Dec 6, TCD. "International solidarity: practices, problems, possibilities". One-day conference; keynote speaker is Peter Waterman (Networked Unionism, Democracia Global, World Social Forum, Interface journal).Full details to follow.
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