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tomboktu.bsky.social @tomboktu.bsky.social · Sep 6

@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

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · Jul 16

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

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Fórsa trade union @forsatradeunion.bsky.social · Jun 28

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

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · Jun 19

So.....

higher cost of living
+
inadequate infrastructure
+
under-resourced public services
+
successive governments awash with money

What could possibly be wrong?

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Jun 19

Ireland is second most expensive country in Europe, data shows

Prices here are much higher than the European average

www.irishtimes.com

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · Jun 17

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

Fórsa trade union @forsatradeunion.bsky.social · Jun 17

We're outside the Dáil at the Housing Protest. Are you here? We need to take to the streets!

The housing crisis is a workers' crisis, and we need real solutions NOW

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · Jun 10

The future is public.

Remunicipalise.

For quality, safety, and value.

EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · Jun 10

Here's your #remunicipalisation tool👇🏾

Citizens and their unions are fighting to make public services public again!

Remunicipalisation is happening across Europe. Cities are taking services back in-house, improving quality & saving money.

We're building our future - and it is public!

PSI - The global union federation of workers in public services

Public Services International is a Global Union Federation of more than 700 trade unions representing 30 million workers in 154 countries. We bring their voices to the UN, ILO, WHO and other regional ...

publicservices.international

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · Jun 5

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. 👏👏👏

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · Jun 4

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 🔦.

EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · Jun 4

🧵 The RTÉ Investigates (@news.rte.ie) doc airing tonight will expose shocking conditions in Emeis-run nursing homes in Ireland.

#Emeis will say it’s not the norm. We know it is.

EPSU has seen the same pattern across Europe for years. We’re horrified, but not surprised.
www.rte.ie/news/investi...

Serious care concerns found at leading private nursing home group

Staff shortages, unsafe care and undignified treatment has been uncovered in homes run by State's leading private care provider Emeis Ireland

www.rte.ie

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Jun 1

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

Fórsa says ‘free-riding’ is a growing problem for trade unions

www.irishtimes.com

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · May 16

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

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · May 13

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...

Kevin Callinan: Working from home is a real political issue

There is too much at stake for working from home to be seen as just a covid phenomenon. If we get it right, this can be central to our economic and social prosperity, writes Kevin Callinan

www.irishexaminer.com

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · May 3

"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...

Celebrations at Labor HQ after victory predicted | 2025 Federal Election | 9 News Australia

YouTube video by 9 News Australia

youtube.com

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · May 3

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...

‘We’ve made a mistake’: Peter Dutton backs down on work from home policy

The Coalition has also walked away from plans to sack 41,000 public service employees, raising questions about how it will pay for major election policies

www.theguardian.com

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Fórsa trade union @forsatradeunion.bsky.social · May 1

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 🧵

Callinan at the podium with a screen showing photos of Owens at different ages

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · Apr 14

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.

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · Apr 9

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."

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · Apr 9

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

Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · Apr 9

Adam Tooze on the ball just when we need someone to make sense of the Treasuries sell-off, and invoking Stuart Hall into the bargain. open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

Chartbook 370: Is a "Treasury market unwind" in progress? Wednesday morning and the overnight fin-fi panic. (Part 2)

A specter is stalking global financial markets.

open.substack.com

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Fórsa trade union @forsatradeunion.bsky.social · Mar 25

#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...

Assistant Industrial Officer (multiple appointments)

Fórsa is a membership led union: we empower workers to change their lives at work. We build worker power by engaging every worker in the jobs and workplaces that we organise. We are currently looking...

forsa.bamboohr.com

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Fórsa trade union @forsatradeunion.bsky.social · Mar 22

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!

Trade unions with banners and the UN special Rapporteur

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · Mar 18

#WorldSocialWorkDay

EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · Mar 18

Social workers hold communities together. They care, support, and advocate - yet their work is undervalued and underfunded.

This #WorldSocialWorkDay, we say: no more empty words. Social workers need real action - better pay, fair conditions & urgent investment in public services. #WSWD2025

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · Mar 18

x.com/PikettyWIL/s...

Thomas Piketty on X: "Reprendre confiance en l'Europe L'Europe a les moyens de dépasser définitivement les Etats-Unis sur les transports, le climat, la formation, la productivité, comme elle l'a déjà fait pour la santé. C'est la seule compétition civilisationnelle qui compte. https://t.co/IEZhyfX2Zt" / X

Reprendre confiance en l'Europe L'Europe a les moyens de dépasser définitivement les Etats-Unis sur les transports, le climat, la formation, la productivité, comme elle l'a déjà fait pour la santé. C'est la seule compétition civilisationnelle qui compte. https://t.co/IEZhyfX2Zt

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · Mar 8

📷 @allontheboard.bsky.social

#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2025

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · Mar 1

I remember a great Red Box gig in 2002 when she was at the height of her notoriety. 💔

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · Feb 23

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

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Kevin Callinan @kcallinan60.bsky.social · Feb 13

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

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Feb 13

At least 28 injured in suspected deliberate attack as car hits crowd in Munich – Europe live

Local authorities say suspected attacker is 24-year-old Afghan man

www.theguardian.com

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