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Frank Jones

@frankjonesdgs

General Secretary of the Irish Federation of University Teachers IFUT

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KNEECAP STATEMENT: Since our statements at Coachella — exposing the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people — we have faced a coordinated smear campaign. For over a year, we have used our shows to call out the British and Irish governments' complicity in war crimes.

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📢 Are you a university staff member who’s not an IFUT member? We want to hear from you! Take our short, confidential survey and help shape the future of higher education. 👉unions21.fillout.com/t/ka9gjPS6Fuus #HigherEd #IFUT #WorkersRights

📢 Are you a university staff member who’s not an IFUT member?
We want to hear from you!

Take our short, confidential survey and help shape the future of higher education.
👉unions21.fillout.com/t/ka9gjPS6Fuus

#HigherEd #IFUT #WorkersRights
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This #MayDay, IFUT launches "Academic Matters – What’s Changed?" as part of Irish Congress (ICTU) #BetterInAUnion Week.We want to hear from all staff in Irish Higher Education who are in a union or not. Your anonymous input will help us fight precarity, organise for decent work &

This #MayDay, IFUT launches "Academic Matters – What’s Changed?" as part of <a href="/irishcongress/">Irish Congress (ICTU)</a>  #BetterInAUnion Week.We want to hear from all staff in Irish Higher Education who are in a union or not.

Your anonymous input will help us fight precarity, organise for decent work &amp;
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Instead of screaming into the void, consider completing IFUT’s survey on the current state of higher education at your institution.

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Thank you to IFUT for this opportunity. Shout out to any SIPTU colleagues in #HEI to consider completing it. Open to all staff, all unions & non-unions. #BetterTogether

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Both IFUT and SIPTU members have condemned as hypocrisy the Government proposing to pay additional monies to overseas academics and university lecturers in an attempt to attract them to Ireland while workers in the sector struggle with precarious work practices and

Both <a href="/ifut/">IFUT</a> and <a href="/SIPTU/">SIPTU</a> members have condemned as hypocrisy the Government proposing to pay additional monies to overseas academics and university lecturers in an attempt to attract them to Ireland while workers in the sector struggle with precarious work practices and
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The @IFUT General Secretary Frank Jones welcomes delegates to ADC: “Our collective voice delivered results – and the work continues.” #TradeUnionWins #StrongerTogether

The @IFUT General Secretary <a href="/FrankJonesDGS/">Frank Jones</a> welcomes delegates to ADC: “Our collective voice delivered results – and the work continues.”
#TradeUnionWins #StrongerTogether
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📣 Frank Jones , IFUT General Secretary @ #IFUTADC2025 “It’s been a busy and exciting year—and our union is stronger for it.” 💪 🔹 Membership up 50% over the last decade 🔹 Ambition to repeat this growth in the next 5 years 🔹 Launch of a new IFUT website soon—built for and

📣 <a href="/FrankJonesDGS/">Frank Jones</a> , IFUT General Secretary @ #IFUTADC2025

“It’s been a busy and exciting year—and our union is stronger for it.” 💪

🔹 Membership up 50% over the last decade
🔹 Ambition to repeat this growth in the next 5 years
🔹 Launch of a new IFUT website soon—built for and
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Miriam Hamilton- IFUT is delivering—case by case, campus by campus, and now, system-wide. Key wins: ✅ CIDs, promotions, back pay, and salaried conversions across multiple HEIs ✅ Sectoral pension dispute for hourly-paid staff now at WRC ✅ Landmark BIMM victory showed

Miriam Hamilton- IFUT is delivering—case by case, campus by campus, and now, system-wide.

Key wins:
âś… CIDs, promotions, back pay, and salaried conversions across multiple HEIs
âś… Sectoral pension dispute for hourly-paid staff now at WRC
âś… Landmark BIMM victory showed
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Prof Michael Hinds, incoming IFUT President for the next two years, addresses ADC today with a strong message of solidarity and renewal. We look forward to his leadership. #IFUTADC #UnionLeadership #Solidarity

Prof Michael Hinds, incoming <a href="/ifut/">IFUT</a>  President for the next two years, addresses ADC today with a strong message of solidarity and renewal. We look forward to his leadership. #IFUTADC #UnionLeadership #Solidarity
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📢 Did you know IFUT is the only union in Ireland exclusively organising workers in Higher Education? Whether you're a lecturer, tutor, researcher, librarian or TA—IFUT is here to protect your rights. 💪 Join us: ifut.ie Because together, we are stronger.

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📅 June 4th – UN International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. The ongoing conflict in Gaza has had a devastating impact on children, with many killed, injured, or displaced. The Irish Congress (ICTU) of Trade Unions (ICTU) has invited workers, unions, and employers

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IFUT and AMLÉ Sign Historic MoU to Advance Staff-Student Solidarity in Higher Education The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) has today signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn (AMLÉ), the national student union, in a

IFUT and AMLÉ Sign Historic MoU to Advance Staff-Student Solidarity in Higher Education

The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) has today signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn (AMLÉ), the national student union, in a
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Our General Secretary Frank Jones attending the EIS 179th AGM in Aviemore. Great to stand with our Scottish colleagues as they celebrate a year of progress and set priorities for the year ahead. ✊📚 #EISAGM #UnionSolidarity #EducationUnions

Our General Secretary <a href="/FrankJonesDGS/">Frank Jones</a> attending the <a href="/EISUnion/">EIS</a> 179th AGM in Aviemore.

Great to stand with our Scottish colleagues as they celebrate a year of progress and set priorities for the year ahead. ✊📚 #EISAGM #UnionSolidarity #EducationUnions
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It’s very important that workers and their families turn up at this protest. The state has failed the next generation on housing. House prices have risen 3 to 4 times higher than wages in the last decade. We need “a radical reset” in housing policy now

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We need our young men to be inspired by the courage and the bravery of women like Nikita Hand, and not by thugs and gurriers like Conor McGregor, says Owen Reidy. #BDC25

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At #ICTUBDC2025, IFUT President Dr Michael Hinds Michael Hinds moved a crucial motion calling for urgent public investment in higher education and protection of educators’ wellbeing. The message was clear: defend staff, defend democracy, act now. #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom

At #ICTUBDC2025, IFUT President Dr Michael Hinds <a href="/notaprofessor/">Michael Hinds</a> moved a crucial motion calling for urgent public investment in higher education and protection of educators’ wellbeing.
The message was clear: defend staff, defend democracy, act now.
#HigherEd #AcademicFreedom
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📣 IFUT General Secretary Frank Jones Leads Key Meeting on Higher Education Issues Frank Jones, General Secretary of the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT), took part in a meeting yesterday with Deputy Erin McGreehan, Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on