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Catherine McGinty, 26 Apr
People Before Profit activist Eamonn McCann has said the party stands
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.
He added: "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."