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Dispatch · 27 Oct 2026

Dooley says the unions walked workers up the hill and down again by cancelling the second public sector strike day.

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  • Dooley recalls that on October the 14th over 300,000 public sector workers went on strike across Ireland, which he calls the largest strike in recent times. A second day was planned for October the 21st. He says it was cancelled after the Irish government said it was willing to talk about a draft framework for future negotiations with the trade union movement, and the public services committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions decided to call it off.
  • He says this is no surprise. He argues the unions have capitulated to the government and are signed-up members of the establishment, and he points to the Industrial Relations Act of 1990, which he says denies unions the right to strike without the government's permission. He says the language was that the action was suspended pending talks at the Workplace Relations Commission and some form of pay agreement, and that now it does not look likely. He says the workers were marched up the hill and down the hill and may soon be marched back up.
  • Dooley argues ordinary workers should lead the union movement, not highly paid officials he calls beholden to successive governments. He says the unions stayed silent on mass immigration, and on the big profits made by employers who keep wages down in a low wage economy where he says one in five workers are on low pay. He says the leadership should have taken the question back to the members, who could decide whether to continue, and that members were never asked about the negotiations or any agreement.
  • He says the strike came from rank and file members hurt by the cost of living and underresourced public services. He points to what he says happened last April with the fuel processors, when the government relented under pressure from below. He calls for private and public sector workers to come out in an all-out strike against the globalist establishment, and asks viewers to say in the comments what they make of the union reaction.
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00:00

Hello everyone

Hello everyone. Back on October the 14th, over 300,000 public sector workers took to the picket lines around Ireland. This was the largest strike we've seen in recent times in Ireland. Now, the second day of strike action was planned for a week later, October the 21st, but this was cancelled because the Irish government said they were willing to go into talks to look at creating a draft framework for future negotiations with the trade union movement. So the.

Trade union movement met and the public services committee of the Irish Congress of trade unions decided to cancel the second day of strike action. Is this any real surprise coming from the trade union movement in Ireland that completely have capitulated to the Irish government and they're fully signed up members of the establishment in terms of the Industrial Relations Act of 1990 which denies essentially the trade unions the right to strike without permission of the Irish government.

And rather than continuing the strike action, they pulled it. And the language was they were just suspending the strike action pending negotiations and talk to the Workplace Relations Commission and also to move forward as some form of pay agreement. Well, now it doesn't look likely. So, after marching the workers up the hill and down the hill pretty quickly, they're looking now to probably march the workers back up the hill. Well, it's fundamentally important now more than ever to understand this as an.

Ordinary worker that ordinary workers should be leading the unions movement, not these overpaid, highranking officials in the trade union movements which are completely beholden to successive governments and are part of the establishment and actually dradicalize so much action around workers rights, pay and conditions. Remember the trade union movement were completely silent on the mass immigration agenda. Ireland's a low wage economy where one in five workers are on low pay and they are completely silent on the massive profits that have been.

02:39

Made by those big employers while keeping wages down

Made by those big employers while keeping wages down. But they have no interest in standing up for real workers rights because then they wouldn't have pulled the strike. They would have brought it back to their members so the members could decide on whether they should pursue strike action and continue it rather than so-called suspended. And now the language is to defer it. So let's see how this transpires over the next period of time and see what comes.

“So let's see how this transpires over the next period of time and see what comes”

Of it. But this strike be came because of the ordinary rank and file members who are suffering in the main part from the cost of living disaster and underresourced public services as well. And when were they asked about these negotiations or when were they also asked in relation to any agreements that could be forthcoming or not forthcoming as it is transpiring as I speak and at the same time we've also seen the pressure coming on the union leadership.

Because of what took place last April with the fuel processors where they stood up and the government relented because of pressure from below, but they're completely complicit because been hamstrung through the Industrial Relations Act and also because they've batted their eyelids at the Irish governments time and time again rather than stand up for ordinary workers. But it's the private sector, public sector workers, everybody should come out.

There should be an allout strike in Ireland against the globalist establishment and that's really needs to hold these people to account to start serving the interests of the people of Ireland. So, thanks so much for supporting my videos. Really appreciate them. And let me know in the comments what you think about this typical reaction from the trade union movements, the completely out of touch trade union movements who were quite happy to be in the same corridors as the corrupt.

Political establishment. So from Dublin Stevenfell.

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27 Oct 2026 · Government · 4:53

Dooley says the unions walked workers up the hill and down again by cancelling the second public sector strike day.

Dooley says the Irish Congress of Trade Unions cancelled the second day of public sector strike action after the government offered talks on a draft framework for future negotiations. He argues the union leadership has capitulated to the establishment, that rank and file members were never asked, and he calls for an all-out strike against what he calls the globalist establishment.

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TL;DR
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Dooley recalls that on October the 14th over 300,000 public sector workers went on strike across Ireland, which he calls the largest strike in recent times. A second day was planned for October the 21st. He says it was cancelled after the Irish government said it was willing to talk about a draft framework for future negotiations with the trade union movement, and the public services committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions decided to call it off.
02
He says this is no surprise. He argues the unions have capitulated to the government and are signed-up members of the establishment, and he points to the Industrial Relations Act of 1990, which he says denies unions the right to strike without the government's permission. He says the language was that the action was suspended pending talks at the Workplace Relations Commission and some form of pay agreement, and that now it does not look likely. He says the workers were marched up the hill and down the hill and may soon be marched back up.
03
Dooley argues ordinary workers should lead the union movement, not highly paid officials he calls beholden to successive governments. He says the unions stayed silent on mass immigration, and on the big profits made by employers who keep wages down in a low wage economy where he says one in five workers are on low pay. He says the leadership should have taken the question back to the members, who could decide whether to continue, and that members were never asked about the negotiations or any agreement.
04
He says the strike came from rank and file members hurt by the cost of living and underresourced public services. He points to what he says happened last April with the fuel processors, when the government relented under pressure from below. He calls for private and public sector workers to come out in an all-out strike against the globalist establishment, and asks viewers to say in the comments what they make of the union reaction.
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4:53
Transcript · auto-captions, polish pending

Hello everyone

Hello everyone. Back on October the 14th, over 300,000 public sector workers took to the picket lines around Ireland. This was the largest strike we've seen in recent times in Ireland. Now, the second day of strike action was planned for a week later, October the 21st, but this was cancelled because the Irish government said they were willing to go into talks to look at creating a draft framework for future negotiations with the trade union movement. So the.

Trade union movement met and the public services committee of the Irish Congress of trade unions decided to cancel the second day of strike action. Is this any real surprise coming from the trade union movement in Ireland that completely have capitulated to the Irish government and they're fully signed up members of the establishment in terms of the Industrial Relations Act of 1990 which denies essentially the trade unions the right to strike without permission of the Irish government.

And rather than continuing the strike action, they pulled it. And the language was they were just suspending the strike action pending negotiations and talk to the Workplace Relations Commission and also to move forward as some form of pay agreement. Well, now it doesn't look likely. So, after marching the workers up the hill and down the hill pretty quickly, they're looking now to probably march the workers back up the hill. Well, it's fundamentally important now more than ever to understand this as an.

Ordinary worker that ordinary workers should be leading the unions movement, not these overpaid, highranking officials in the trade union movements which are completely beholden to successive governments and are part of the establishment and actually dradicalize so much action around workers rights, pay and conditions. Remember the trade union movement were completely silent on the mass immigration agenda. Ireland's a low wage economy where one in five workers are on low pay and they are completely silent on the massive profits that have been.

Made by those big employers while keeping wages down

Made by those big employers while keeping wages down. But they have no interest in standing up for real workers rights because then they wouldn't have pulled the strike. They would have brought it back to their members so the members could decide on whether they should pursue strike action and continue it rather than so-called suspended. And now the language is to defer it. So let's see how this transpires over the next period of time and see what comes.

“So let's see how this transpires over the next period of time and see what comes”

Of it. But this strike be came because of the ordinary rank and file members who are suffering in the main part from the cost of living disaster and underresourced public services as well. And when were they asked about these negotiations or when were they also asked in relation to any agreements that could be forthcoming or not forthcoming as it is transpiring as I speak and at the same time we've also seen the pressure coming on the union leadership.

Because of what took place last April with the fuel processors where they stood up and the government relented because of pressure from below, but they're completely complicit because been hamstrung through the Industrial Relations Act and also because they've batted their eyelids at the Irish governments time and time again rather than stand up for ordinary workers. But it's the private sector, public sector workers, everybody should come out.

There should be an allout strike in Ireland against the globalist establishment and that's really needs to hold these people to account to start serving the interests of the people of Ireland. So, thanks so much for supporting my videos. Really appreciate them. And let me know in the comments what you think about this typical reaction from the trade union movements, the completely out of touch trade union movements who were quite happy to be in the same corridors as the corrupt.

Political establishment. So from Dublin Stevenfell.

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