Respect At Work

Respect at Work is a civil society campaign fighting for legislation to improve workers’ rights.

Join the campaign: https://respectatwork.ie/about/

Right now, Ireland has some of the weakest workers' rights legislation in Europe. Workers have no right to organise their union or to collective bargaining. We have a chance to change that.

The Respect At Work campaign.

Who We Are

Respect at Work is a civil society campaign fighting for legislation to improve workers’ rights.

Ireland has some of the weakest workers’ rights in Western Europe.

That means far too many people are afraid to stand up for better at work.

400,000 workers in Ireland are low paid. Many more can’t afford to cover their bills.

Working hours are getting longer, contracts are getting less secure and people are struggling.

It’s time to demand better. It’s time to demand respect at work.

If you agree, join us.

Dr Gareth Murphy (FSU) on The Last Word with Matt Cooper to talk about Union Busting, Collective Baraining and European Directive.

Our Demands

In the General Election campaign, we asked parties and candidates to take action.

Our campaign wants to ensure that everyone has the right to stand up for better working conditions without fear of retribution from their employer.

Workers can face victimisation or even dismissal when they try to unionise.

Laws are in place to prevent this happening in other countries and Ireland should be no different.

We asked parties and candidates to take the following pledge:

“I pledge to support legislation which promotes collective bargaining, protects workplace representatives and ensures the right to access a trade union at work.”

89 TDs have signed the pledge to date, representing a majority of the new Dáil.

Union Busting.