by Brendan Ogle | Feb 15, 2018 | Repeal the 8th
In 2015 in Croke Park the Unite Ireland Policy Conference debated the issue of Repeal of the 8th amendment to Bunreacht na hÉireann. I was a proud Unite member that day, not only because of the outcome of the debate, but because we had it. As an...
by Brendan Ogle | Feb 8, 2018 | Trade Union, Uncategorized
If, as I wrote last week, there is a reason why ‘Neo-Liberals have anti-trade union positions’, this should not be interpreted as applying to employers only. On the contrary, many employers realise that collective bargaining with their employees through...
by Brendan Ogle | Feb 1, 2018 | Anti Trade Unions, Uncategorized
If you are under 30 years of age there is a strong possibility that you have never read, or seen, a positive feature about Trade Unions in the mainstream media. In that environment a climate of suspicion towards, and even hostility to, collective...
by Brendan Ogle | Oct 23, 2015 | Homeless at the IFSC
Mapping inequality? The International Financial Services Centre where the body of a homeless man was discovered. Brendan Ogle: A homeless support group has described how the body of a homeless man was discovered in the International...