Kevin Callinan
@kcallinan60.bsky.social
Trade union leader. Pushing back against cynicism.
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President Catherine Connolly has called for action on war, genocide and climate change, saying the normalisation of war “has never been and will never be acceptable” to Ireland, a nation with a long tradition of neutrality and peacekeeping.
#VMNews
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November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
President Catherine Connolly has called for action on war, genocide and climate change, saying the normalisation of war “has never been and will never be acceptable” to Ireland, a nation with a long tradition of neutrality and peacekeeping.
#VMNews
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@kcallinan60.bsky.social posted elsewhere the image showing results of an Ireland Thinks pool conducted yesterday on whether people support the school secretaries and caretakers
September 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
@kcallinan60.bsky.social posted elsewhere the image showing results of an Ireland Thinks pool conducted yesterday on whether people support the school secretaries and caretakers
I'm so sad to hear that @GAA_Palestine have had to cancel their trip. We in @forsatradeunion.bsky.social were pleased and proud to sponsor the jerseys and kit for the children. #LetThemPlay
July 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'm so sad to hear that @GAA_Palestine have had to cancel their trip. We in @forsatradeunion.bsky.social were pleased and proud to sponsor the jerseys and kit for the children. #LetThemPlay
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Happy Pride from Fórsa!
From Budapest to Ballymena, we're sending our solidarity and pride to our LGBTIA+ members and communities bravely and proudly marching.
Trade unions are for everyone!
💚Bród in Oibre, Bród in Fórsa 💚 #DublinPride
From Budapest to Ballymena, we're sending our solidarity and pride to our LGBTIA+ members and communities bravely and proudly marching.
Trade unions are for everyone!
💚Bród in Oibre, Bród in Fórsa 💚 #DublinPride
June 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Happy Pride from Fórsa!
From Budapest to Ballymena, we're sending our solidarity and pride to our LGBTIA+ members and communities bravely and proudly marching.
Trade unions are for everyone!
💚Bród in Oibre, Bród in Fórsa 💚 #DublinPride
From Budapest to Ballymena, we're sending our solidarity and pride to our LGBTIA+ members and communities bravely and proudly marching.
Trade unions are for everyone!
💚Bród in Oibre, Bród in Fórsa 💚 #DublinPride
So.....
higher cost of living
+
inadequate infrastructure
+
under-resourced public services
+
successive governments awash with money
What could possibly be wrong?
higher cost of living
+
inadequate infrastructure
+
under-resourced public services
+
successive governments awash with money
What could possibly be wrong?
Ireland is second most expensive country in Europe, data shows
Ireland is second most expensive country in Europe, data shows
Prices here are much higher than the European average
www.irishtimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
So.....
higher cost of living
+
inadequate infrastructure
+
under-resourced public services
+
successive governments awash with money
What could possibly be wrong?
higher cost of living
+
inadequate infrastructure
+
under-resourced public services
+
successive governments awash with money
What could possibly be wrong?
I was delighted to join this evening's #RaiseTheRoof protest with @forsatradeunion.bsky.social colleagues.
We're outside the Dáil at the Housing Protest. Are you here? We need to take to the streets!
The housing crisis is a workers' crisis, and we need real solutions NOW
The housing crisis is a workers' crisis, and we need real solutions NOW
June 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I was delighted to join this evening's #RaiseTheRoof protest with @forsatradeunion.bsky.social colleagues.
The future is public.
Remunicipalise.
For quality, safety, and value.
Remunicipalise.
For quality, safety, and value.
Here's your #remunicipalisation tool👇🏾
Citizens and their unions are fighting to make public services public again!
Remunicipalisation is happening across Europe. Cities are taking services back in-house, improving quality & saving money.
We're building our future - and it is public!
Citizens and their unions are fighting to make public services public again!
Remunicipalisation is happening across Europe. Cities are taking services back in-house, improving quality & saving money.
We're building our future - and it is public!
PSI - The global union federation of workers in public services
Public Services International is a Global Union Federation of more than 700 trade unions representing 30 million workers in 154 countries. We bring their voices to the UN, ILO, WHO and other regional ...
publicservices.international
June 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The future is public.
Remunicipalise.
For quality, safety, and value.
Remunicipalise.
For quality, safety, and value.
I wasn't expecting to bump into DJ Próvaí and his fellow @kneecapceol.bsky.social musicians today. Bhí siad ag baint sult as craic mór. What they're doing for 🇵🇸 is remarkable. True solidarity. 👏👏👏
June 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I wasn't expecting to bump into DJ Próvaí and his fellow @kneecapceol.bsky.social musicians today. Bhí siad ag baint sult as craic mór. What they're doing for 🇵🇸 is remarkable. True solidarity. 👏👏👏
Our colleagues in many European unions, affiliated to @epsu.bsky.social, know from bitter experience that care of the vulnerable should not be left to profiteers.
The 🇮🇪 government needs to change direction now.
Thanks to Aoife Hegarty and #RTEinvestigates for shining a 🔦.
The 🇮🇪 government needs to change direction now.
Thanks to Aoife Hegarty and #RTEinvestigates for shining a 🔦.
🧵 The RTÉ Investigates (@news.rte.ie) doc airing tonight will expose shocking conditions in Emeis-run nursing homes in Ireland.
#Emeis will say it’s not the norm. We know it is.
EPSU has seen the same pattern across Europe for years. We’re horrified, but not surprised.
www.rte.ie/news/investi...
#Emeis will say it’s not the norm. We know it is.
EPSU has seen the same pattern across Europe for years. We’re horrified, but not surprised.
www.rte.ie/news/investi...
Serious care concerns found at leading private nursing home group
Staff shortages, unsafe care and undignified treatment has been uncovered in homes run by State's leading private care provider Emeis Ireland
www.rte.ie
June 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Our colleagues in many European unions, affiliated to @epsu.bsky.social, know from bitter experience that care of the vulnerable should not be left to profiteers.
The 🇮🇪 government needs to change direction now.
Thanks to Aoife Hegarty and #RTEinvestigates for shining a 🔦.
The 🇮🇪 government needs to change direction now.
Thanks to Aoife Hegarty and #RTEinvestigates for shining a 🔦.
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Government should consider allowing unions to collect subs from non-members who benefit from pay deals, consultation told
Government should consider allowing unions to collect subs from non-members who benefit from pay deals, consultation told
Fórsa says ‘free-riding’ is a growing problem for trade unions
www.irishtimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Government should consider allowing unions to collect subs from non-members who benefit from pay deals, consultation told
It's the first time in #Donegal for so many of our @forsatradeunion.bsky.social conference delegates.
I'm telling them it's always 🌞 like this up here! 😉
I doubt there's a more beautiful place on 🌎.
Great job by our Donegal health and local government branches.
@govisitdonegal.bsky.social
I'm telling them it's always 🌞 like this up here! 😉
I doubt there's a more beautiful place on 🌎.
Great job by our Donegal health and local government branches.
@govisitdonegal.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It's the first time in #Donegal for so many of our @forsatradeunion.bsky.social conference delegates.
I'm telling them it's always 🌞 like this up here! 😉
I doubt there's a more beautiful place on 🌎.
Great job by our Donegal health and local government branches.
@govisitdonegal.bsky.social
I'm telling them it's always 🌞 like this up here! 😉
I doubt there's a more beautiful place on 🌎.
Great job by our Donegal health and local government branches.
@govisitdonegal.bsky.social
Working from home is an election issue.
But it's so more important than that.
We must resist the diktats to return to the office.
Instead, we should gather real evidence to inform policy.
My piece in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
But it's so more important than that.
We must resist the diktats to return to the office.
Instead, we should gather real evidence to inform policy.
My piece in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Kevin Callinan: Working from home is a real political issue
There is too much at stake for working from home to be seen as just a covid phenomenon. If we get it right, this can be central to our economic and social prosperity, writes Kevin Callinan
www.irishexaminer.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Working from home is an election issue.
But it's so more important than that.
We must resist the diktats to return to the office.
Instead, we should gather real evidence to inform policy.
My piece in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
But it's so more important than that.
We must resist the diktats to return to the office.
Instead, we should gather real evidence to inform policy.
My piece in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
"I really couldn't believe it when the Liberal Party came out against working from home. Do they have no understanding of what it's like to be a modern family?".
This from about 2:38 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=U11B...
This from about 2:38 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=U11B...
Celebrations at Labor HQ after victory predicted | 2025 Federal Election | 9 News Australia
YouTube video by 9 News Australia
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May 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"I really couldn't believe it when the Liberal Party came out against working from home. Do they have no understanding of what it's like to be a modern family?".
This from about 2:38 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=U11B...
This from about 2:38 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=U11B...
I'm glad he got his answer in Australia tonight.
Not just losing the election but his seat to boot.
Irish politicians seeking to emulate Trump and Musk take note.
@forsatradeunion.bsky.social will seek you out.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Not just losing the election but his seat to boot.
Irish politicians seeking to emulate Trump and Musk take note.
@forsatradeunion.bsky.social will seek you out.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘We’ve made a mistake’: Peter Dutton backs down on work from home policy
The Coalition has also walked away from plans to sack 41,000 public service employees, raising questions about how it will pay for major election policies
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm glad he got his answer in Australia tonight.
Not just losing the election but his seat to boot.
Irish politicians seeking to emulate Trump and Musk take note.
@forsatradeunion.bsky.social will seek you out.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Not just losing the election but his seat to boot.
Irish politicians seeking to emulate Trump and Musk take note.
@forsatradeunion.bsky.social will seek you out.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Starting #MayDay by marking 25 years of minimum wage.
Kevin Callinan opens @IrishCongress's seminar by recognising the remarkable Evelyn Owens, trade unionist & chair of the National Minium Wage Commissiom '97/98 🧵
Kevin Callinan opens @IrishCongress's seminar by recognising the remarkable Evelyn Owens, trade unionist & chair of the National Minium Wage Commissiom '97/98 🧵
May 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Starting #MayDay by marking 25 years of minimum wage.
Kevin Callinan opens @IrishCongress's seminar by recognising the remarkable Evelyn Owens, trade unionist & chair of the National Minium Wage Commissiom '97/98 🧵
Kevin Callinan opens @IrishCongress's seminar by recognising the remarkable Evelyn Owens, trade unionist & chair of the National Minium Wage Commissiom '97/98 🧵
SHAMEFUL!
This is from today's @financialtimes.com.
On a great day for 🇮🇪 sport, this is not a league table position to be proud of.
Unless you want to ape what's happening in the 🇺🇸.
The Irish government has choices to make.
This is from today's @financialtimes.com.
On a great day for 🇮🇪 sport, this is not a league table position to be proud of.
Unless you want to ape what's happening in the 🇺🇸.
The Irish government has choices to make.
April 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
SHAMEFUL!
This is from today's @financialtimes.com.
On a great day for 🇮🇪 sport, this is not a league table position to be proud of.
Unless you want to ape what's happening in the 🇺🇸.
The Irish government has choices to make.
This is from today's @financialtimes.com.
On a great day for 🇮🇪 sport, this is not a league table position to be proud of.
Unless you want to ape what's happening in the 🇺🇸.
The Irish government has choices to make.
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Clinton political adviser James Carville: "I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or as a . 400 baseball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody."
April 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Clinton political adviser James Carville: "I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or as a . 400 baseball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody."
Interesting analysis below. Thanks to @alexcallinicos.bsky.social for highlighting.....
Adam Tooze on the ball just when we need someone to make sense of the Treasuries sell-off, and invoking Stuart Hall into the bargain. open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
Chartbook 370: Is a "Treasury market unwind" in progress? Wednesday morning and the overnight fin-fi panic. (Part 2)
A specter is stalking global financial markets.
open.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Interesting analysis below. Thanks to @alexcallinicos.bsky.social for highlighting.....
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#JobFairy #SpéirGorm
Want to work for workers? Are you energetic, motivated, and empathetic with organising and campaigning skills?
We’re recruiting Assistant Industrial Officers for Dublin and regional offices.
Deadline: Noon 7 May forsa.bamboohr.com/careers/42?s...
Want to work for workers? Are you energetic, motivated, and empathetic with organising and campaigning skills?
We’re recruiting Assistant Industrial Officers for Dublin and regional offices.
Deadline: Noon 7 May forsa.bamboohr.com/careers/42?s...
Assistant Industrial Officer (multiple appointments)
Fórsa is a membership led union: we empower workers to change their lives at work. We build worker power by engaging every worker in the jobs and workplaces that we organise.
We are currently looking...
forsa.bamboohr.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#JobFairy #SpéirGorm
Want to work for workers? Are you energetic, motivated, and empathetic with organising and campaigning skills?
We’re recruiting Assistant Industrial Officers for Dublin and regional offices.
Deadline: Noon 7 May forsa.bamboohr.com/careers/42?s...
Want to work for workers? Are you energetic, motivated, and empathetic with organising and campaigning skills?
We’re recruiting Assistant Industrial Officers for Dublin and regional offices.
Deadline: Noon 7 May forsa.bamboohr.com/careers/42?s...
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The trade union bloc at the Palestine march was honoured to meet UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese at the Gaza march today.
Her bravery and honesty have been a beacon for so many.
Keep marching. Keep boycotting. Keep demanding a permanent ceasefire and a free Palestine!
Her bravery and honesty have been a beacon for so many.
Keep marching. Keep boycotting. Keep demanding a permanent ceasefire and a free Palestine!
March 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The trade union bloc at the Palestine march was honoured to meet UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese at the Gaza march today.
Her bravery and honesty have been a beacon for so many.
Keep marching. Keep boycotting. Keep demanding a permanent ceasefire and a free Palestine!
Her bravery and honesty have been a beacon for so many.
Keep marching. Keep boycotting. Keep demanding a permanent ceasefire and a free Palestine!
Social workers hold communities together. They care, support, and advocate - yet their work is undervalued and underfunded.
This #WorldSocialWorkDay, we say: no more empty words. Social workers need real action - better pay, fair conditions & urgent investment in public services. #WSWD2025
This #WorldSocialWorkDay, we say: no more empty words. Social workers need real action - better pay, fair conditions & urgent investment in public services. #WSWD2025
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
95 years later, the far-right @AfD outpolls the Nazis in the 1930 German general election.
"Those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it."
#Bundestagswahl2025
"Those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it."
#Bundestagswahl2025
February 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
95 years later, the far-right @AfD outpolls the Nazis in the 1930 German general election.
"Those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it."
#Bundestagswahl2025
"Those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it."
#Bundestagswahl2025
I send solidarity from @forsatradeunion.bsky.social to @social.verdi.de, our sister union in Germany - Verdi, whose members were attacked at a child care workers demonstration today in Munich. Shocking and senseless. @epsu.bsky.social @psiglobalunion.bsky.social
At least 28 injured in suspected deliberate attack as car hits crowd in Munich – Europe live
At least 28 injured in suspected deliberate attack as car hits crowd in Munich – Europe live
Local authorities say suspected attacker is 24-year-old Afghan man
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I send solidarity from @forsatradeunion.bsky.social to @social.verdi.de, our sister union in Germany - Verdi, whose members were attacked at a child care workers demonstration today in Munich. Shocking and senseless. @epsu.bsky.social @psiglobalunion.bsky.social