The Week at Work

By Left Bloc

Reviewing the weekly news and how those stories impact on workers.... more

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The podcast currently has 176 episodes available.

The Week at Work episodes:

April 16, 202297. Attacks on gay community, tackling cost of living & celebrating Russian deaths
This week Dave and Michelle discuss:
Vigils for Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee

People want more action taken to tackle rise in cost of living

Northern Ireland elections

SDLP candidate assaulted

Wild seal in rehab after being fed by beachgoes

Junior Doctor hit-piece

Gaza attacks framed as “clashes”

Celebrating Russian deaths

UN estimates close to 1m refugees have returned to Ukraine

Hotels looking for more money to house refugees

Holohan’s truly extraordinary €20m secondment

Clare Daly & Mick Wallace more popular on Chinese news than Conor McGregor

Amazon profits triple in Ireland

The political centre cannot hold – we need a new consensus
And much more…
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1h 5min
April 10, 202296. Holohan Hooley, DAA fire & Rehire & Housing Crisis
This week Dave and Michelle discuss:
O’Devaney sell off

Homes for people fleeing Ukraine

Holohan hooley

DAA fire and rehire

Clapgate

Elon musk and twitter

Kingspan

Top civil servant hiring process

Sinn Fein poll on IRA support

Private health insurance profits
And much more…
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1h 6min
March 27, 202295. 800 Workers Sacked, Neutrality Poling & New Labour Leader
This week Michelle is joined by Glenn Fitzpatrick & Stiofán Ó Nualláin to discuss:
Construction lobby,

Neutrality polling,

UVF hijack,

800 workers sacked,

New Labour leader & ‘International view’ on Ukraine
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51min
March 13, 202294. Ukraine, Sanctions & Being Worth $99m a Year
This week Dave and Michelle discuss:
Ukraine could trigger recession

Western hypocrisy on sanctions

Ireland’s neutrality under threat

Ireland can afford to take in Ukrainian refugees

Tim Cook is worth $99m – or so we’re told

Future of Labour depends on the party offering a real alternative to populism

Joan Burton & Frances Fitzgerald discuss politics

Father of two killed when tree fell on his car ‘had not wanted to go to work’ during Storm Ophelia red weather alert
And much more…
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1h 5min
February 27, 202293. Ukraine invasion, FG hammered in polls & Inflation pressures
This week Dave and Michelle discuss:
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia

Sanctions on Russia

Far right & hard left make strange bedfellows in their support of Putin

Fine Gael drop to lowest support level since 2005

Poll shows lack of support for pension rescue strategy (or does it?)

New homes supply has ‘gone into reverse’, property lobbyists claim

Working from home – improvements to new Bill required
& much more
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1h 2min
February 20, 2022 92. Healthcare, Housing, Poverty Index, Stardust
This week, Michelle, Clare, and Conor discussed:
Misogyny in healthcare
Hyperemesis
Health Committee
Environmental emissions targets
Gov. threatens civil society
Housing planning laws
Stardust
Poverty index report
Employment statistics

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1h 5min
February 13, 2022 91. Leaked HSE audio, abolition of hospital charges & how to blow up a pipeline
This week Michelle and Conor discussed
- Leaked HSE audio & insight to push back from Dept officials
- Rejection of abolishing hospital charges & the mini budget
- How to blow up a pipeline
- Rents out of welfare payments
- linking welfare & pensions to cost of living
- Go ahead for religious detox centre with no medical oversight
- recommendations for pay increases
- climate action sabotage
- Afghan funds
- Ukraine & Russia fears and the push for military industrial complex in Ireland in new Defence force report.
- Valentine’s fraud
...more
1h 5min
February 06, 202290. State funding of Vultures, Employers must cough up and the retirement age debate
This week Dave and Conor are joined by Left Bloc & Unite member Glen Fitzpatrick to discuss:
Ires Reit profiting from state rent subsidies

Extra measures to tackle cost of living must be once-off, warns McGrath

Israel is an apartheid state

Russia v USA narrative

Hospitality groups lobby for overseas recruitment campaign to bring back skilled workers

Varadkar may ban use of service charge to top up wages of waiting staff in hospitality sector

Pensions age debate – ignore workers, listen to economists?

The DUP and the Stormont crisis – a new first Minister on the way

Bloody Sunday Anniversary

“Employers must cough up”: pressure rises for wage hikes
And much more…
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59min
January 23, 202289. Gender based violence, wealth taxes and Bloody Sunday
This week Dave and Conor discuss:
Gender based violence coverage

Closure of only women’s refuge in north

Bloody Sunday – 50th anniversary next week

Inflation as class war

Dunnes Stores worker explains how they *won* 10% pay increase

Killian Woods on what is an affordable home, and who benefits from the definition

Ryan intervenes (or does he) on ‘senseless' Shannon LNG plan

How to prevent a wealth tax - by the Irish Tax Institute
And much more…
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1h 14min
January 19, 2022 88. The Trade Union Freedom Bill
On this special episode, we talk to Gerry Carroll, MLA for West Belfast about his proposed Trade Union Freedom Bill which has the capacity to radically reform worker's rights in Northern Ireland.
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40min

FAQs about The Week at Work:

How many episodes does The Week at Work have?

The podcast currently has 176 episodes available.