Category: Enterprise Trade & Employment
Good jobs key to O’Connell Street regeneration
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour Party Clerys Quarter must be the benchmark for community benefits Labour spokesperson on workers’ rights, Senator Marie Sherlock said today (Wednesday, 16th November) said that good jobs with decent terms and conditions, as promised by developers taking over the Clery’s building, is one of the key measures…
Read more »New national industrial policy framework long overdue says Nash
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour Party Framework must pivot towards growth of exporting indigenous companies Opposition parties must be briefed on tech job losses Labour enterprise spokesperson Ged Nash has today warned that unless a new national industrial policy framework prioritised the scaling up of indigenous Irish enterprise, Ireland will continue to…
Read more »Workers must be protected from lay offs and redundancies this winter
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour Party Prospect of economic crunch demands robust planning by Government Labour spokesperson on workers rights Marie Sherlock said protecting work and livelihoods must be at the core of government strategy this winter. With recent announcements by major employers, coupled with today’s significant downward assessment by Ibec on…
Read more »Government must act quickly to implement landmark collective bargaining recommendations
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson for Workers Rights, Senator Marie Sherlock has today (Wednesday 5th October) warmly welcomed the work of the High-Level Group on Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations and said the ball is now firmly in the Government’s court to implement the very clear, incisive and landmark recommendations….
Read more »PhD staff left below the breadline
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyLabour spokesperson on Further and Higher Education Annie Hoey said the paltry increase of €500 in stipends for PhD staff will leave workers below the breadline. Senator Hoey said until a Living Wage is provided to all PhD staff we will continue to see an exodus of…
Read more »Serious questions for Low Pay Commission says Sherlock
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour Party Admission they don’t look at profitability of sectors with most minimum wage workers Labour’s Worker’s rights spokesperson Marie Sherlock has today (Wednesday, 28th September) expressed grave concerns over the Low Pay Commission’s admission about how they assess the appropriate national minimum wage. Speaking following a meeting…
Read more »Budget 2023 must provide a fair increase in social welfare payments
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour Party €20 increase must be provided Labour social protection spokesperson Seán Sherlock has demanded that government meet the rate of inflation and provide a €20 increase to social welfare payments. Speaking in advance of Budget 2023, Deputy Sherlock said double payments must made in October and December…
Read more »Government is dodging its responsibility to care and community sector
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyThousands of care and community sector workers taking strike action this week deserve better than a Government which continually seeks to dodge its responsibilities towards them and those who rely on the vital services they provide, says Labour Health Spokesman, Duncan Smith. After a visiting a picket…
Read more »Real cut in the minimum wage rise shows Government’s head is in the clouds
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyLabour Party spokesperson on employment rights Marie Sherlock has tonight (13th September) said the proposed increase in the minimum wage amounts to a real cut in wages for the lowest paid as we face double digit inflation . The six month wait to January 2023 is simply…
Read more »Wage support scheme needed to protect jobs this winter
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour Party Drogheda’s Premier Periclase plant ‘canary in coalmine’ as redundancy notices set to be issued Planned energy supports won’t be sufficient to stave off job losses in industry Labour finance spokesperson Ged Nash has called today (Tuesday, 7th September) on the government to create a new short-term wage support…
Read more »Striking journalists deserve respect and fair pay
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyLabour Party Senator and spokesperson for Employment Affairs, Marie Sherlock. has today (Wednesday, 31st August) said that management at Reach newspapers must respect its workers and negotiate with the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) on fair pay and conditions. Speaking at a solidarity action in support of…
Read more »Government must take the lead and provide pay rises for squeezed workers
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour Party Government sitting on Low Pay Commission recommendation on minimum wage Report must be published now and rise introduced in October, not January Labour finance spokesperson Ged Nash has said both private and public sector workers need an immediate and significant pay rise to combat the cost…
Read more »Lack of imagination will lead to strike action
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyLabour employment affairs spokesperson, Marie Sherlock has today (Tuesday, 19th July) warned that the lack of imagination shown by the Government to deal with public sector pay will lead to strike action this autumn. Senator Sherlock said: “It’s over a month since the breakdown of negotiations between…
Read more »Maximum temperature limits needed in law for all workplaces
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyLabour Party Senator and spokesperson for Employment Affairs, Marie Sherlock. has today (Monday, 18th July) called for the immediate introduction of legally defined maximum temperature limits for outdoor and indoor work in Ireland as we face the likelihood of increased summer temperatures. Senator Sherlock said: “Temperatures hitting…
Read more »Government must prevent ‘summer of discontent’ across community sector
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyThe Government should immediately engage with trade unions representing workers in the care and community sector following the announcement of industrial action across the sector, beginning next month, according to Labour spokesperson on health and disability, Duncan Smith. “At the weekend SIPTU members in the Irish Wheelchair…
Read more »Richmond Road closure demands govt action on artists’ spaces
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyLabour arts spokesperson Marie Sherlock has said the closure of Richmond Road studios today (Thursday, 23rdJune) marks a sad day for Dublin and the artists’ community. With 20 artists’ studios in Dublin closing over the past 10 years, Senator Sherlock said government must put a strategy in…
Read more »Minister must intervene to settle Covid test centre swabbers pay dispute
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyLabour health spokesperson Duncan Smith has today (Thursday, 23rd June) challenged the Minister for Health, Simon Donnelly to step up and resolve an escalating dispute between SIPTU and public health service management over a review of pay rates for Covid test centre swabbers. Deputy Smith said: “It…
Read more »Bitter pill of public sector pay restoration for the highest paid means public sector talks must restart now
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyCommenting on the public sector pay restoration, Labour employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock has today (Wednesday, 22nd June) said Government must urgently re-start public sector pay talks and put adequate pay increases proposals on the table for low and middle paid public sector workers. Senator Sherlock said: “Public…
Read more »Workers can’t wait for a living wage says Sherlock
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyGovernment pushing Living Wage commitment beyond lifetime of its term in office is unacceptable Labour employment and workers’ rights spokesperson, Marie Sherlock has today (Tuesday, 14th June) sharply criticised Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar over meek proposals to introduce a Living Wage in Ireland…
Read more »Promise of “free hot desks” doomed to fail without a proper right to flexible work
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyLabour Party spokesperson on employment and workers’ rights, Marie Sherlock, has today (8th June) said the shockingly low uptake of “free hot desks” to support remote working is down to the Government’s failure to take remote working seriously and legislating for a right to flexible work. Senator…
Read more »Real and meaningful action needed now from Government to support hard pressed workers and families
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour Party Government must act now to support all wage earners. An increase in small benefit exemption an easy and meaningful first step Reacting to reports that there will be no meaningful action before October to address the spiralling cost of living, Labour Senator Marie Sherlock has today…
Read more »Time for government to get real about flexible work
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartySupporting the call of Grow Remote for a right to flexible work, Labour employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock has today (Tuesday, 26th April) called on government to fast-track Labour’s Right to Flexible Work Bill 2022. Speaking ahead of the resumption of pre-legislative scrutiny of the Right to Request…
Read more »Ongoing insecurity of SNA role must be reviewed
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyFollowing a seminar hosted by Labour Party, Labour education spokesperson Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock have called for stronger workers’ rights for SNAs. Deputy Ó Ríordáin said: “In the week of teachers’ unions conferences, we in the Labour Party wanted to highlight the disparity…
Read more »Labour says Government sick pay scheme leaves low paid workers short changed
Enterprise Trade & Employment Archives – The Labour PartyLabour employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock has today (Wednesday, 30th March) said the Government’s Sick Pay scheme is too timid and fails to sufficiently protect the thousands of low to middle income earning people who will be out of pocket, if out sick. Senator Sherlock said: “Finally, and…
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