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Sunday, 28 November 2010

Workers rise up in Dublin and Rome (& a conference is held in London)‏

Over 100 000 joined in yesterday’s Dublin protest against austerity measures organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11849568


In Rome members and supporters of Italy’s leading trade union confederation CGIL assembled in a national demonstration in support of youth, decent work and migrants rights: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20101127/tpl-uk-italy-protest-d1a0d5d.html

The British TUC is planning a national demonstration on 26 March and yesterday the broad based Coalition of Resistance held a successful conference aiming to build on recent protests by students and trade unionists. A report can be read here: http://another-green-world.blogspot.com/