Press Releases

New government follows old format and dishes out more pain for low income workers and their families in budget 2012

Monday 12 December 2011, 11am

By John Douglas, Mandate General Secretary Budget 2012 saw the Fine Gael / Labour Government follow in the footsteps of its predecessor and target workers on lower and middle incomes to... more

Mandate accuses government of targeting low income workers and their families in budget 2012

Tuesday 06 December 2011, 05pm

Douglas says stealth tax rises and welfare cuts represent a ‘double whammy’ for lower income workers Union acknowledges increases in Universal Social Charge threshold but says Government should have gone... more

Unfair universal social charge has greater impact on low to middle income workers

Tuesday 06 December 2011, 10am

Government fails to sufficiently tackle unfair nature of USC in Budget Mandate Trade Union has highlighted their concerns about the unfair nature of the Universal Social Charge which they feel targets... more

Mandate calls on employers to ensure equal treatment for agency workers from 5 december

Tuesday 06 December 2011, 10am

From 5 December agency workers will be entitled to the same pay and conditions of employment as direct employees on the site to which they are deployed from day one... more

Child benefit cut is stealth tax on children - one family

Wednesday 23 November 2011, 11am

One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation for one-parent families, say that any reduction in Child Benefit would be a blow to all middle-earner families, but for some families, in particular those... more

The irish congress of trade unions calls for the government not to repay anglo loans

Tuesday 01 November 2011, 05pm

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions today added its voice to the calls for the Irish Government not to repay the $1billion or €700 million bond to the unsecured and... more

Internship scheme attracts just 825 – half of them from old scheme

Friday 02 September 2011, 12am

Of the 825 people who have started internships under the Government JobBridge scheme, 483 had moved from the pre-existing Work Placement Programme (WPP).... more

Help support trade unions in pakistan against unfair attacks

Wednesday 31 August 2011, 01pm

A message from Rubina Jamil, General Secretary of the All Pakistan Trade Union Federation calling for worldwide union assistance in resisting employer persecution.... more

Justice for the undocumented - fighting for the rights of migrants in ireland

Tuesday 09 August 2011, 05pm

There are an estimated 30,000 migrants including children and families living undocumented in Ireland. Justice for the Undocumented is fighting for their rights in today's Ireland. ... more

Mandate member speaks out against sunday premium cuts on rté six one news

Friday 29 July 2011, 02pm

Mandate member, Andrew McLoughlin spoke on RTÉ Six One News expressing his reaction to the decision by Government to slash the sunday premium rates announced by Minister Richard Bruton. http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1106310  (See clip... more
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