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McCann: Solidarity with the strikers

written by cassoscoop April 26, 2023
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Former People Before Profit Foyle MLA Eamonn McCann said has expressed his solidarity with strikers across Derry seeking better payment,

Said Mr McCann: “People Before Profit stand fully with teachers, civil servants, road service workers, university staff and all others taking industrial action for better pay and against another cycle of Tory/Stormont cuts.

“Frustration at the DUP’s cynical boycott is on everyone’s lips but Westminster and Stormont have done down workers pay and funding for core services for many years.

“All the main Stormont parties have talked out of both sides of their mouths. The end result is year after year of wage cuts and funding cuts.

“We have always argued resistance from below is key to demanding change – and we are starting to see this.

“We need to see more of it because the truth is we are facing a tidal wave of Tory austerity.

“At the heart of these strikes is the question of what kind of society we are going to have?

“Will workers, our children’s education, our health service and all in our communities be properly valued or is privatisation and massive profits for corporations all that matters?

“This can only be answered when workers and all communities come together for the common good. Challenging communal division and corporate profiteering goes hand in hand.

“Workers are striking back on picket lines and May 18th is an opportunity to use the ballot box to strike back with People Before Profit.”

McCann: Solidarity with the strikers was last modified: April 26th, 2023 by cassoscoop

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