Comment on Family friendly? by Damian O'Broin (@damianobroin)
It’s a subject close to my heart as well, but as an employer rather than an employee. If ‘flexibility’ becomes a perk to be offered to senior or proven employees, you’ve already lost. That’s not...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 26th September, 2012 by Gearóid
TCD’s Philosophy Society in crass attention seeking shock. https://www.facebook.com/events/286729988104132/
View ArticleComment on Family friendly? by LeftAtTheCross
“the importance of autonomy and happiness in productivity and performance” No, no, no. There’s a simple disconnect going on here. Work is not about happiness, it’s not about “flourishing”. “My attitude...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 26th September, 2012 by CMK
Co-sponsored by AIB, no less. One of whose bondholders will be the grateful recipient of the Irish welfare state on 1 October when that 1 billion bond is cashed in.
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 26th September, 2012 by AS
Interesting to see the Phil Hogan travellers story. It’s remarkable the extent to which this is considered defensible. Anecdotally at least, I’m always surprised that anti-traveller attitudes are...
View ArticleComment on Family friendly? by Damian O'Broin (@damianobroin)
I think we may be a bit at cross purposes here. I’m not referring to tele-working. I’m talking about flexible working. There’s a difference. I can assure you I don’t have any romantic notions of...
View ArticleComment on Family friendly? by LeftAtTheCross
Easy to descend into cross purposes, especially on a subject as huge as the nature of work. A results oriented relationship is extremely open to abuse due to the unequal power relations. Just to twist...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 26th September, 2012 by Dr. X
Folklore in Achill holds that when the railway was built it would carry corpses on its first journey and also on its last. I don’t know what produced the first set of corpses: but the railway, which...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 26th September, 2012 by smiffy
They have to do something to fill the time until the next invitation to Nick Griffin/David Irving/etc etc etc
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 10th October, 2012 by CL
Walmart workers strike: -.The first retail worker strike against Walmart has spread from Los Angeles, where it began last week, to stores in a dozen cities, a union official said Tuesday.-...
View ArticleComment on That “other context”… by Justin Moran
Could be putting two and two together to get six, but I heard yesterday from two different people that there’s a rumour the ‘context’ refers to the upcoming review of local government. I noticed the...
View ArticleComment on The Friends of the International Brigades in Ireland Essay...
Unfortunately we’re not in a position to accept essays in Irish. While this is due in part to our own lack of Irish, we also have a Spanish participant on the judging panel who, for obvious reasons,...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 10th October, 2012 by ejh
I am horrified to learn that my <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/09/sharon-bowles-bank-england-governor" rel="nofollow">wicked stepmother</a> is in the running to be the...
View ArticleComment on SP statement on ULA by FergusD
Just a few thoughts: It seems the non-aligned ULA members/supporters here were hoping for something that the SP, at least, wasn’t expecting to happen, or happen for some time – the formation of a new...
View ArticleComment on SP statement on ULA by Lost Soul
Can anyone name a modern mass Left formation, in any country, which has so-called ‘Trotskyite’ groups at its centre. This is a genuine question, as it is my belief that these groups are more about...
View ArticleComment on SP statement on ULA by pat
FergusD I think you are more or less spoton. But just to say that it was never ruled out that the ULA could have played a role in setting up a new party within 6 months or a year of it being...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 10th October, 2012 by EWI
I see Romney has at long last deployed his long-rumoured “etch-a-sketch” campaign strategy. Will the US media call him on saying completely different things depending on the audience?
View ArticleComment on SP statement on ULA by revolutionaryprogramme
Well leaving aside the issue of whether the SP helped give the impression that the ULA was more of a party project than they really thought it should be, I think the wreckage that is the ULA pretty...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 10th October, 2012 by Bella Ciao
Over 200 mainly young people at anti-fascist public meetings, mural unveilings and gigs in Dublin last weekend. You’d think the SWP or SP might have sent a paper seller.
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