Laura Bambrick

Concern as number of unemployed young people jumped by a percentage point in just one month Approximately one in eight people between 15 and 24 who are eligible to work are unemployed.

High minimum wage? (No) Generous welfare payments? (No) A canary in the coal mine? (Too soon to say) I’ve some words here on the 4,500 jump in the monthly youth unemployment rate in yesterday’s CSO estimates. jrnl.ie/6785620

12 weeks.
Monday 27 October.
When the next bank holiday is.
The biggest gap between two long weekends.

866,874 of beneficiaries were aged over 66 and 1,288,428 were aged under 18 (61% of the 3.5m total beneficiaries of social protection in 2024).

‘Irish working mothers are at a significant financial disadvantage’ – unions back calls for full year’s maternity leave A demand for a year’s maternity leave on full pay for workers is set to intensify after being backed by most trade unions.

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I spoke to the Indo about a motion passed at our conference for a firefighters union’s Fight for 52 (52 weeks full pay for employees on maternity leave) to be ICTU policy.

Enough pearl-clutching about falling fertility. Get mad at the financial penalty on working families and join our Fight for 52!

€12 on the pension would push it over €300 a week (currently €289.30) and put the breaks on mounting accusations of an uncaring government.

Once more unto the breach! #NED25

The career boost of marrying well Emotionally competent partners are valuable to workers and bosses alike

“For women with high ambition, you must find a partner who will support your career. Otherwise, the evidence is clear: just stay single.” www.ft.com/content/e808...

Half a billion handout with no strings attached.

Our #BDC25 conference packs are being dropped off at affiliated union HQs today for onward delivery to delegates.

Can’t wait? Activity report and conference agenda now available online www.ictu.ie/publications...

Ever wonder if the guy next to you in the office is getting paid more for the same work? Now you can find out Picture this: you’re on a coffee break with a colleague with whom you’ve worked alongside for years. You have a lingering suspicion that you’re paid less than them – despite being in the sale role and...

When our mothers were young workers, job interviewers could ask about their family planning or childcare arrangements!

Soon we’ll ban asking job applicants about their earnings to ensure if you’re in a job where you’re underpaid or undervalued, low pay won’t follow you for the rest of your career.

GONE TO PRINT🤸🏻‍♀️
2-year union activity report 🗓️
165 pages 📑
200+ photos 📸
ZERO typos 🤥
5-star www.three-creative.com/ designer 🧑‍🎨
4 weeks till we see y’all at our #BDC25 👋

Nine weeks. Monday 4 August. In case you’re wondering when the next bank holiday is.

Some woman for one woman 🫡

Delighted Betty will be bringing her passion and know-how to our ICTU retired workers’ committee.

EU source:
“Can he not just f*** off and let us have a Friday”
#Trumptariffs

Over 1 million people (1,034,900) are now working from home at least some of the week.

Over half a million (554.5m) usually work more than half the time from home, up almost 15,000 year-on-year.

Reports of the death of remote are greatly exaggerated!

CSO, Q1 2025 Labour Force Survey.

Applications now open for five board members of the pensions auto-enrolment authority.

One member will have knowledge or experience in matters relating to the interests of employees

Closing date: 6 June Apply via publicjobs.ie www.publicjobs.ie/en/index.php...

Lovely to be in Costa del Donegal for a conversation on low staff morale in our health & welfare services and breaking the vicious cycle of understaffing, burnout, sickness &/ or staff churn.

The size of our public sector must keep pace with our growing, ageing & more complex needs population.

Denis O'Brien says remote working is a 'load of nonsense' - do you agree? Ireland has the second highest rate of remote working in the EU, according to an ICTU spokesperson.

Denis O'Brien says remote working is a 'load of nonsense' - do you agree?

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Here's how much you need to earn to afford Dublin's newest 'affordable' homes For new two-bed apartments at the site, households will need minimum annual salary of €75,000.

“If you are earning €75,000 you are in the top 10% of highest earners in the country,” Bambrick said.

“Even average two-income couples will struggle to meet the mortgage requirements,” Bambrick added. jrnl.ie/6704010

Hear, hear!

ICTU Celebrate 100 Years And May Day May Day is marked in Ireland as a public holiday for the first time and trade union celebrates one hundred years.

Happy May Day weekend🚩

More than 160 countries celebrate May Day and the contribution of workers. In 66 countries, May 1st or the first Monday is a national holiday.

Ireland was one of the last to make May Day a holiday - in 1994, and it marked our centenary.

WATCH: RTÉ News report bit.ly/3EPB6fw

Let us eat cake #MayDay2025

Happy May Day fellow wage slaves 🚩

It’s better in a union.

New delay to mandatory pension a ‘bitter pill to swallow’ for workers The latest delay to the start of the new auto-enrolment pension scheme will be a “bitter pill to swallow” for thousands of workers without a workplace pension.

New delay to mandatory pension a ‘bitter pill to swallow’ for workers
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Auto-enrolment delay is a bitter pill to swallow Responding to the Cabinet’s decision to delay the roll-out of auto-enrolment, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions said:

This delay must be viewed in the context of decisions taken in the past fortnight. The promised 10 sick days halved, the living wage kicked out for 3 years and abolishing sub-minimum youth rates deferred indefinitely.

Our response to auto-enrolment rollout delay. www.ictu.ie/news/auto-en...

CWU accuses X of being anti-worker and anti-union The Communications Workers' Union (CWU) has announced its decision to formally close its account with X, formerly Twitter, accusing the platform of being anti-worker, anti-union, and anti-democratic.

The Communications Workers' Union has announced its decision to formally close its account with X, formerly Twitter, accusing the platform of being anti-worker, anti-union, and anti-democratic

Delighted to be back where it all began for me to share my cheat sheet for wannabe policymakers at TCD alumni careers night.

Twice as many in all demographics oppose, as support, government’s decision to break their promises on a living wage and sick pay.

Business Post/ Red C opinion tracker poll