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PWO TCD

3 days

Joint statement from PWO, @tcdsu and @TrinityBDS in response to targeted attacks to the Students’ Union, union leaders and @tcddublin ’s attempts to crack down on peaceful protest. FULL STATEMENT HERE ▶️

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

2 years

Great turnout from PhDs at the Dáil today demanding livable incomes & equal pay for all Let's build on this momentum by organising together on our campuses- get involved by contacting us @pgwa_ie We're working with @USI_Postgrad & @SIPTU to form a fighting PhD union, join us!

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

2 years

Wow €500 stipend increase to only a select number PhD researchers so that they can *checks notes* still earn less than minimum wage 🫠

Department of Further and Higher Education

@DeptofFHed

2 years

Increase of €500 in stipends for PhD students funded through SFI and IRC. Postgraduate fee contribution grant to increase by €500, benefiting approximately 2,400 students. #Budget2023 #Budget2023Ireland

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

2 years

Average annual rent in Dublin: €22,920 Max. annual PhD stipend in Ireland: €18,500 Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this! The future of Irish research is dying 🫠 #PhDRights #PhDLife @AcademicChatter @PhDVoice

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

8 months

TCD's decision to further increase their high rents during a cost of living crisis that have people stretched to the limits is totally out of line with their claims of concern for student & PGR welfare. Housing for need, not for greed.

Trinity News

@Trinity_News

8 months

🚨TCDSU block access to Long Room in protest of 2% rent hike.

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

6 days

We believe @LindaDoyle ’s recent email addressing @tcdsu ’s campaign against increases in master’s fees is unacceptable and sets a dangerous precedent for students’ rights and activism on campus. Let’s unpack what’s wrong! 🧵

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

The PhD system in Ireland is broken. We deserve to be paid a living stipend for the research that we do. #PayUsEnoughToLive so that the future of Irish research can flourish! @USI_Postgrad @tcdsu #PhDVoice #AcademicTwitter @AcademicChatter

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

A €500 increase for a few but not all PhDs falls far short of what we need + deserve Campaigning forced govt to recognise us in #Budget2023 , escalation will bring us closer to livable incomes & working rights Soon we'll host an open meeting to build for that action, join us 💪

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

3 years

A long overdue increase for IRC stipends announced today for all existing & new scholarships. An increase of €16,000 to €18,500! However, the increase still does not fully cover fees & is not equivalent to the living wage. A great start but more reform to come! #PostgradRights

IrishResearchCouncil

@IrishResearch

3 years

@IrishResearch welcomes the increase in stipends and salaries for our early career researchers announced by Minister @SimonHarrisTD and the @DeptofFHed today. #LoveIrishResearch Read more here:

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

Full support and #solidarity to #MedicalScientists on strike today. They're asking for basics, for pay equality & respect for their profession. 20% of medical scientist posts are vacant, this cannot continue. Govt must act. Show your support if you're near a picket today💪

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

7 months

The motion to remove the Mandate of support between TCDSU and PWO TCD has failed to pass. We look forward to putting these events behind us, working on the underlying issues which lead to such a motion being tabled and working alongside the SU in solidarity once again.

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

Minister @SimonHarrisTD agrees with the 'sentiments' of @pb4p motion to #RemoveTheBarriers to higher education yet does not support it. This means the Minister does not support postgraduate workers' rights #PostgradRights

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@PWO_TCD

1 year

It’s such a slap in the face to people actually pursuing a PhD in Ireland to see someone like Bertie Ahern being awarded an honorary degree - a man whose government left the country in such a state that there is now a €307 million funding gap in the higher education sector 🙃

RTÉ News

@rtenews

1 year

The conferring of an honorary doctorate on the former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and the peace activist Monica McWilliams has been interrupted by a group of student protesters

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

Costs are rising & so are we. Amazing turnout at the @COLCIreland protest and great representation from PhD researchers calling on the government to pay us enough to live!! #CostOfLivingSept24

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

Some exciting news regarding our National campaign! Our website () is now live! 🎉 you can find info on our charter, our local groups & PhD stories from our members as well as other resources which we will be adding to! @pgwa_ie #PhDLife #PhDChat

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@PWO_TCD

4 years

Are @tcddublin serious about keeping and attracting PhD students? Why are they offering them basic rooms for €1040/month (without living expenses) when the top PhD stipend is €1500/month (average= €1335 )? @TCDdeanresearch @TrinityGSU @dngrstd #supportirishphds #housingcrisis

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@PWO_TCD

4 years

MOTION CARRIED!!! The @TrinityGSU support the TCD PhD workers rights group. We look forward to collaborating with the GSU on making worker's rights and better conditions for PhDs a reality! #supportirishphds @shazoye @GoddessGuide @AntiCasualUcd @MaynoothUniRA @ConorReddy95

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

Our committee members Eoghan & Shaakya had a lovely discussion today with @hazechu about the current conditions for PhD researchers here & what we can do to bring about the changes necessary to protect Ireland’s future as a place for research & innovation #PhDVoice #PhDRights

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

1 year

While the announcement from TCD today that they will increase internal funding to 25k, we are disappointed to see that the measures do not extend far enough to cover those covered by departmental funding as well 1/6https://

Trinity News

@Trinity_News

1 year

College is to increase the stipend for three postgraduate research schemes to €25k annually, starting from September. TCD PWO called the increase "a step in the right direction".

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

2 years

Average PhD stipend: ~€16k TD salary, before expenses or allowances: €102,204 TD salaries have increased several times since this govt took office. PhD stipends (for some) have been increased once in the last decade. #PayUsEnoughToLive #PhDRights

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

8 months

Debunking @tcddublin 's claims: A thread --

College: Book of Kells protest “counterproductive” – Trinity News

College has called the student demonstration held outside the Old Library today “counterproductive”. Student demonstrators blocked the entrance of the Book of Kells exhibition from 9am today in...

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

1 month

This is a PhD vacancy currently open at @TCDBusiness : where do we even start unpacking everything that is wrong with this? 🧵

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

2 years

Wise words spoken by @ShaakyaV and others in this piece. A PhD is a skilled, full-time commitment and PhD researchers deserve a living income. Good to see this point recognised more and more across our sector and in the media. #PhDRights

‘I wouldn’t advise anyone to do a PhD in Ireland’

Campaigners says postgraduate researchers play a vital role in universities, yet many live below the minimum wage

www.irishtimes.com

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

2 years

PhD stipends are untaxed but still far below a livable income. We, a group of low paid workers struggling to keep our heads above water will not get this tax credit or any other support towards renting. @SimonHarrisTD @DarraghOBrienTD

Mícheál Lehane

@MichealLehane

2 years

Looks €12 weekly increase in welfare payments and State pension is now agreed. Permanent €500 tax credit for renters. €1000 cut to third level fees this year and €500 next year. Plus 30-40% of energy increases for businesses and farms will be returned in payment by Revenue

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

This is welcome news, we hope other Seanad candidates take a stand for PhDs and early career researchers. It's time for change. #PhDRights #PhDChat #PayUsEnoughToLive

The University Times

@universitytimes

2 years

Seanad bye election candidate and Green Party councillor Hazel Chu has said that PhD students and postdoctoral researchers will leave Ireland if they continue to be paid less than the living wage

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@PWO_TCD

1 year

Here are just a small portion of the amazing signs our @PWO_Ireland members brought to the PWOtest today!! 😍✊🏻 #PGRsDeserveBetter

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

Huge thanks to everyone who showed up to our postering & pints event! It was great seeing so many PhD researchers getting involved. It is clear that a change must be made to the current PhD system in Ireland! #PhDRights #phdchat #phdlife

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

The Postgraduate Workers Alliance of Ireland has written a letter to @SimonHarrisTD @DeptofFHed . This is in response to his recent comments in the Dáil where he stated he would be happy to meet reps from postgraduate workers alliances #PostgradRights @pgwanuig @AntiCasualUcd

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

1 year

Howdy fellow hungry hunters!! We have just the thing for you - FREE PIZZA in the Graduate Common Room this Thursday (April 6th) at 7pm! It will be a great opportunity to meet some of the PWO Committee & other TCD PGRs! Hope to see you there 🍕

brian lucey https://mastodon.social/@brianlucey

@brianmlucey

1 year

@NathanCAGray @GaRoDean My honest to take is that postgraduate students aren't employees. I worry about stipends that are overly generous because in my view a hungry hunter is the best hunter. I also think a lot of this as being driven by reasonable envy of industry linked stem stipends

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

We are incredibly disappointed & frustrated with @GoddessGuide 's suppression of the release of the TCD PhD COVID-19 survey results. This frustration is echoed by TCD PhD community. This survey highlights the many ways #COVID19 has impacted TCD PhDs...(1/8) #supportirishphds

The University Times

@universitytimes

3 years

Graduate Students’ Union President Gisèle Scanlon has blocked a group from releasing the results of a survey about difficulties faced by PhD students

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

2 years

Committee members Eoghan & Shaakya had a busy afternoon meeting with @SimonHarrisTD & @hazechu to discuss all things #PhDRights It was a productive discussion and will hopefully be the first of many on our way to recognising PhD researchers for the workers they are! @DeptofFHed

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@PWO_TCD

4 years

Happy #InternationalWorkersDay to all PhD candidates, research assistants, post-docs and university staff! Thank you for ensuring the continuity of research and teaching in our HEIs during #COVID19 #supportirishphds #MayDay2020

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@PWO_TCD

26 days

Blockade demanding workers rights, fair pay, maternity and paternity leave, and basic workplace dignity from @tcddublin @LindaDoyle

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

Our statement on the @TrinityGSU 2021 election results

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

Great to see our Dean of Research supporting worker's rights for PhDs! Our campaign also needs to involve senior academics to help us promote & win #PostgradRights (1/)

The University Times

@universitytimes

3 years

Trinity’s new Dean of Research Wolfgang Schmitt has said that PhD students should be considered workers and receive the benefits to match

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

4 years

A great way to attract prospective researchers & students from both at home & abroad. PhD stipends and researcher salaries have not changed for >10yrs yet rents have doubled @MurphyEoghan @mitchelloconnor #loveirishresearch #murphyout #supportirishphds

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@PWO_TCD

3 months

Great turnout today for our Valentine’s Day rally! Our lovely members delivered a box of valentines to Provost @LindaDoyle with PhD researchers’ wishes for fairer wages, contracts and workers’ rights. If you #LoveIrishResearch you should #LoveIrishResearchERS as well 💝💕💌

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

2 years

What Ireland says about itself on the global stage is totally out of step with what it values in practice. If research and innovation are truly crucial to our society and economy, then researchers must be valued accordingly. At the minute we barely survive.

César Jesús-Valls

@cjesusvalls

2 years

A fantastic summary plot about the average PhD salary, cost of living and their ratio for different countries. Unsurprisingly in Spain (and in many other countries) a PhD stipend is below the cost of living. #phdchat #PhDVoice #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

25 days

A massive THANK YOU to everyone who came to our direct action today. A great display of strength, unity, dignity and solidarity ✊🏻 This marks a sea change in PhD direct action for our rights. COLLECTIVE ACTION WORKS and we proved it today. #PGRsDeserveBetter

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

2 years

Solidarity from PhDs in 🇮🇪 to PhDs in 🇮🇳

Biswa

@Biswa_sci_1

2 years

@Pri_Borpujari @NonEUPhdsociety @pgwa_ie @PhdsPcau @PhDRights Please support PhD scholars of India 🙏 We are long protesting for fellowship hikes. Nobody is listening to us @IndiaDST is ignoring @DrJitendraSingh is not at all listening Please support us to amplify our voice 🙏 @AIRSAIndia

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

1 year

Without postgraduate researchers, universities would not be able to function. Besides our research projects, they depend on us to teach, demonstrate and supervise (often unpaid!). Enough is enough, #PGRsDeserveBetter Join PWO -

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

4 years

Shame on @nuigalway ! This is blatant exploitation of research students. Teaching is WORK and must be paid. It is NOT contributing to a research student's education. Solidarity with @pgwanuig ✊ @USI_Postgrad @TheUSI @SimonHarrisTD @DeptofFHed any response to this?

Ashley Cahillane

@AshleyCahillane

4 years

I was supposed to be finishing a conference paper this afternoon, but I haven't been able to concentrate since receiving this email from @nuigalway . All research students must provide 'an unpaid teaching contribution'. Are we slaves? So disheartening. #NUIG #RipOffNUIG #phdchat

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

It is hard to put into words the deep disappointment that postgrads feel toward the running of the @TrinityGSU EGM. Currently the GSU represent us at College meetings and in workplace disputes. We deserve better than this! #PostgradRights @tcdsu

The University Times

@universitytimes

3 years

At a chaotic EGM, GSU members shot down a proposal to formally divest from Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union – but only on the second vote, after the results of the first vote were deemed unclear

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

8 months

Homes for need, not greed! @tcddublin have no moral standing here. PhDs are paid 30% below minimum wage (or less). Campus housing is extortionate. All other avenues were tried, and failed. So we will force TCD to accept human rights. @LindaDoyle @Trinity_News @universitytimes

The University Times

@universitytimes

8 months

The Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union and the Postgraduate Workers' Organisation have staged a protest at the Long Room entrance in opposition to College's decision to increase the price of student accommodation by the maximum legal limit

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@PWO_TCD

7 months

It is incredibly disappointing to see TCDSU motion tabled to remove the mandate of support that the @tcdsu passed for the PWO, at the time known as PGWA. The goals of the PWO remain the same today as they were when the mandate was first adapted; ... 1/

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

#PGofTCD Hi, I’m Eoghan – the current vice chair for the TCD PGWA committee. I am a final year PhD researcher in acoustics & metamaterial design. Despite paying over €7k in fees each year, there were no courses or modules available in the university related to my field. (1/4)

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

Great to see so many people in support of increasing stipends. PhD researcher's are integral to every university in this country and yet are paid less than minimum wage whilst we are in the middle of a cost of living crisis. Enough is enough! #PhDRights @PhDVoice #PhDChat

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

Good news for future PhD researchers but we need to go further. If €28k is what govt believe it takes to recruit + retain PhDs, all PhDs should receive an increase. Beyond this, we'll keep fighting for an employment based model + to end precarity across Irish universities! 💪

Simon Harris TD

@SimonHarrisTD

2 years

Delighted to announce Innovate for Ireland - a partnership between Government and industry to help Ireland retain and recruit research talent. We want to grow the next leaders in research and respond to the great challenges of our time. Read more here:

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@PWO_TCD

5 years

Denmark also considers it's PhDs employees with living wages, pensions and working benefits. Denmark has similar sized economy and population to Ireland. It invests 2x the amount of money in higher ed. & research while also having excellent public services🤔1/3 #supportirishphds

James Melville 🚜

@JamesMelville

5 years

Denmark pays its students $1,000 a month to go to university and charge no tuition fees. Students are seen as an investment in the future rather than a cost.

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@PWO_TCD

4 days

Postgraduate researchers in TCD do not have a right to maternity leave :))))))) #PGRsDeserveBetter

Trinity College Dublin

@tcddublin

4 days

The @TCD_TCMCR at the @TCD_SNM believes in placing women at the centre of its research activities, and all research conducted is with and for them. Today's conference with @NWCI is a fine example of this. #MaternalMHMatters @WMMHday #researchMATTERS

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@PWO_TCD

4 years

This is an important opportunity to have our voices heard. All PhDs from TCD and Irish universities should attend, please spread the word #supportirishphds @AntiCasualUcd @MaynoothUniRA @UccPhd @shazoye @GoddessGuide @ArchivePsych @ConorReddy95 (1/10)

The University Times

@universitytimes

4 years

Trinity will next week host a higher education debate ahead of #GE2020 . Organised by @IUAofficial , @TheUSI and @THEA_Irl , it will feature education spokespeople from several parties

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

The recognition of postgraduate workers is being debated in the Dáil! 🙌 ✊ #PostgradRights @pgwanuig @AntiCasualUcd @USI_Postgrad @tcdsu @NUS_USI

Conor Reddy 🇵🇸

@ConorReddy95

3 years

Our @pb4p Dáil motion to #RemoveTheBarriers calls for ⛔ #ScrapFees for all 💶 Enhance + expand student supports 👨‍🏫 Recognise post-grad workers + support living incomes 👩‍⚕️ Pay students on placement 🏘️ Tenants rights for ALL student renters 🎓 Move from LC to Open Access

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

*cries in phd stipend*

Gavan Reilly

@gavreilly

2 years

I ask if the Govt does believe it’s possible to live on €22,782 a year. Varadkar says most minimum wage earners are not the main breadwinner in the house and the government doesn’t want to price those people out of the market

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@PWO_TCD

1 year

Thank you to everyone who joined for poster making & postering yesterday. Can’t wait to see all these fab signs out in action at our protest this Thursday to demand that #PGRsDeserveBetter (📍dining hall steps, front square TCD, 11am - marching to the Dáil at 11:15am)

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@PWO_TCD

5 months

PWO Trinity would like to express complete solidarity with the students who occupied Regent House in protest at TCD’s refusal to heed the international call for a boycott of Israeli institutions and divestment from business interests in the Palestinian occupied territories. 🧵

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@PWO_TCD

4 years

Workers rights for PhDs needs to be on the agenda @SimonHarrisTD ! Research leaders in the EU/EEA consider PhDs as workers, it's time Ireland caught up! @TrinityGSU @TheUSI @GoddessGuide @AntiCasualUcd @MaynoothUniRA @pgwanuig @sefspostgraducc #supportirishphds #loveirishresearch

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@PWO_TCD

4 years

RESULT!!! Thank you for showing out in force to protest this unfair pay cut which targets the college's most vulnerable workers! We're glad FC members disapproved of cutting casual pay and will reverse it #supportirishphds @tcdsu @TrinityGSU @theusi @ConorReddy95

Trinity News

@Trinity_News

4 years

The issue will be discussed further at a future meeting of the finance committee.

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

The TCD PhD Workers' Rights Group expresses solidarity with the student nurses. Too often the excuse of education is used to exploit the labour of our youth. Whether it's student nurses on the frontline of #COVID19 or researchers & teaching assistants #educationnotexploitation

Bert✨

@meadhbh1997

3 years

The Dáil will be meeting tomorrow to discuss Covid strategies. Paying student nurses and midwives and interns fairly should be one of their top priorities. Huge thanks to @RBoydBarrett and @Ginosocialist for giving students a platform tonight to share their stories.

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

This afternoon we had the opportunity to speak with @Costellop and @FNDuffy about the current state of PhD programmes in Ireland, and how they can be reformed to improve the conditions for researchers and maintain our history of research excellent #PhDRights #AcademicChatter

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

Embarrassing! If we are to take careers in research seriously, this is where we can start! Pay PhDs a living wage and recognise them as workers! #PostgradRights @DeptofFHed @SimonHarrisTD @LindaDoyle @TrinityGSU @pgwanuig @AntiCasualUcd @USI_Postgrad

Sarah Ennis

@sarahe145

3 years

Day 13 #30DayChartChallenge | Prompt - 'correlation' An informative plot today, visualising the relationship between minimum wage and PhD income in several European countries 💰💰💰 💻:

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We are attending the @COLCIreland protest on Saturday because PhD researchers are paid less than minimum wage in the midst of a cost of living crisis. We are calling on the government to raise the stipend & pay us enough to live!! #CostOfLivingSept24

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

A PhD is the first step in a career in research. @IUAofficial @JimMiley must listen to PhDs when creating the Research Career Development & Employment Framework (RCF). To disregard PhDs, is to disregard their contribution to research #supportirishphds

PhD rights have been ignored in new employment framework, says SIPTU

PhD researchers are not entitled to sick leave, annual leave, maternity leave or other workers’ rights.

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@PWO_TCD

1 year

If @DeptofFHed wants Ireland to be at the forefront of research, then we need to remove the discriminatory barriers faced by non-EU PhD Researchers. This is why worker status is so important!! It's absolutely disgraceful that this has happened @IrlEmbNigeria @DeptJusticeIRL

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@TheOlaAbagun

1 year

So many emotions today. Officially gave up my fully funded scholarship & deregistered from my PhD programme @SETUIreland after over 1 year of agonizing visa applications/appeals with @IrlEmbNigeria . Hurt by such a deeply discriminatory & systematically racist family visa process.

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

For almost half of the @IrishResearch monthly stipend, you too could live in a shed.

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@PWO_TCD

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Our statement about protests at @tcddublin and @LindaDoyle ’s response ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #RipOffTCD

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@PWO_TCD

4 years

Great turnout at today's protest, rejecting unjust cuts to casual pay proposed by HR. We are still waiting for the result of today's meeting #supportirishphds @TheUSI @TrinityGSU @AntiCasualUcd @universitytimes @Trinity_News @shazoye @GoddessGuide @ConorReddy95 @dngrstd

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@PWO_TCD

6 months

Happy #WorkersRightsDay to you all ✊✊✊ #L áNanOibtithe faoi mhaise faoi chumas daoibh ✊✊✊

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

Energy bills, groceries, transport costs, clothing and rent are all rising, but our stipends remain fixed at a level far below the national living wage. Workers are rightly demanding inflation-beating pay rises through their unions. What do we do, as unrecognized workers?

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

7 months

Open letter to @tcddublin @LindaDoyle by @PWO_Ireland @PWO_TCD @tcdsu against shocking de-prioritisation of PhD/PGR issues. Our members are struggling to make ends meet during Ireland’s worst cost-of-living crisis -- Trinity must do better than "try again later and we may listen"

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

1 year

Saying the quiet part out loud - shameful to hear official from the university boast about ignoring the concerned voice of members of the university protesting a Government minister who has put countless people at risk of homelessness

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

4 years

Struggling in your PhD? Want to talk about it? We're holding an online forum this Thursday at 6:30pm for PhDs in TCD to discuss difficulties among people who can relate. Email us at phdworkersrights @gmail .com to join! #supportirishphds #phdchat #WorldMentalHealthDay

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

1 year

This is beyond grim. PhD researchers are essential to the functioning of universities & deserve a living wage. #PhDVoice #AcademicChatter

PWO Ireland

@PWO_Ireland

1 year

We teach your students We write your papers We mark your exams We supervise your labs Is this all we are worth?

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

4 years

Our group's co-founder is running in #GE2020 . We need more voices for PhDs and higher ed. in the Dáil to help put an end to the crisis in higher ed. & research! Make sure you ask your local candidates if they #supportirishphds . Best of luck to Conor!

Conor Reddy 🇵🇸

@ConorReddy95

4 years

Live in Dublin North West? Want to help elect a young activist and first time candidate for @pb4p in #GE2020 ? Message me for a window poster or if you can leaflet you road/estate! 😃 All help is greatly appreciated! 🙏 #VoteReddy1 #VoteLeft

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

3 months

After two years of campaigning and protesting, PGR rights are still systematically overlooked in Trinity. We are preparing to go on strike. #PGR_STRIKE

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

3 years

In case you're wondering what happened at last night's @TrinityGSU EGM...

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

1 year

It was great to stand in solidarity with so many people at yesterdays #IrelandForAll march. @PWO_Ireland are fighting for the equal treatment of all PGRs in Ireland & to end the discriminatory practices faced by international researchers.

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

5 months

A statement regarding yesterday’s events in Dublin. We stand together!

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

7 months

Open letter by PWO TCD in response to @tcdsu 's allegations of electroal misconduct. The letter may be read below or at this link: @tcdsu : this is unacceptable. We deserve fair and accessible elections. #PGRsDeserveBetter @Trinity_News @universitytimes

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@PWO_TCD

1 year

At 11am on Thursday March 23rd, we ask all postgraduate researchers (PGRs), students and other members of faculty to join us as we gather outside the dining hall in Front Square and march to the Dáil to demand better conditions for all PGRs in Ireland! (1/3)

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

Unfortunate to see this but it is the right thing to do. During a global pandemic, the current GSU exec have put their own selfish interests before TCD postgrads. TCD postgrads deserve better! #postgradrights @tcdsu

Trinity News

@Trinity_News

3 years

The Capitation Committee plan to withhold funding from the GSU for the upcoming academic year, following concerns over how the GSU Board handled complaints surrounding the union’s chaotic EGM.

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

2 years

Love how we have been asking the government to pay PhD researchers a living stipend yet we are ignored whilst they give themselves ANOTHER pay rise 🙃 @DeptofFHed @SimonHarrisTD

Irish Independent

@Independent_ie

2 years

Revealed: TDs in line for pay rise of more than €6,500 to bring salaries to nearly €108,000

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

3 years

"These are workers, working through lockdown, running tutorials, labs & classes, going completely unpaid while students pay extortionate fees. Taoiseach, do you think you think it is acceptable for people to work for free in our universities?"👏 #supportirishphds

Paul Murphy 🏳️‍⚧️

@paulmurphy_TD

3 years

Stop the exploitation of post-grad workers in our universities - challenging the Taoiseach

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

2 years

@SadhbhO Hi Sadhbh, Based on current rates of tax, USC and PRSI, a gross income of €30k translates to a net income of around €25k for a single person with no kids, still significantly more than the €18.5k stipend @IrishResearch pay.

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@PWO_TCD

25 days

The latest from our #BookofKells blockade. Check out the Fair Postgraduate Worker Agreement to learn more about our demands #PGRsDeserveBetter

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

2 years

Pls just tell us what’s happening with the PhD stipend I can’t take the wait anymore! #Budget2023

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

2 years

@lewysj @PhDStudentsIrl @TCDPGAdvisory @PhDVoice @ThePhDPlace I think the most pressing issue right now is increasing the stipend. There are a lot of other issues but I think a living stipend would make a huge difference to people doing PhDs!

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

4 years

ANNOUNCEMENT: TCD PhD COVID-19 IMPACT SURVEY We are delighted to announce the launch of the "COVID-19 Impact Survey for TCD PhDs" this Friday 24th of July in collaboration with @TrinityGSU Please participate! #supportirishphds

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

2 years

Our committee had a productive Monday evening postering around campus!! Keep an eye out for them & also scan the QR code for a crazy surprise 😌 #PhDRights #PhDVoice #AcademicChatter

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

3 years

Vote John Tighe for @TrinityGSU President, a vote for #PostgradRights

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@PWO_TCD

2 years

An important thread highlighting how unfairly non-EU PhDs are treated in Ireland. Being a PhD Researcher here is already stressful enough without adding these extra burdens! @DeptofFHed #PhDRights @PhDVoice #phdchat

Anjan Venkatesh

@AnjanVenkatesh

2 years

A very long thread I've considered making for a very long time- massive problems with the Irish Residence Permit. If you have a few minutes, strap in! 🧵(1/20)

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

4 years

Brilliant to see another Irish university joining the fight for PhD workers rights, especially in these uncertain times! A big welcome to our colleagues at NUIG! @TrinityGSU @ConorReddy95 @USI_Postgrad @Eurodoc #SupportIrishPhds #LoveIrishResearch

PWO Galway

@pwo_ug

4 years

We are a self organised group composed of PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers at NUI Galway who are concerned with making sure we are treated fairly as researchers and are recognised as workers for the teaching and other duties we provide to the university.

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

4 years

“There are 14,500 fixed term researchers in Ireland, they are the workhorses of the research sector but at the moment they are on shaky ground...they also are not eligible for the wage subsidy scheme.” @lawlessj TD 👏 #supportirishphds #loveirishresearch

University lecturers warn of ‘enrolment chaos’ in autumn

Federation says staff left in ‘limbo’ over plans for next academic year

www.irishtimes.com

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PWO TCD

@PWO_TCD

3 years

So if you can't afford it, move to a different university in a different city... A marvelous plan for research in Dublin universities... What could go wrong 🤷 #PostgradRights

Mick Caul

@caulmick

3 years

Move Somewhere Cheaper! Conor Skehan former chair of the Housing Agency. He has repeatedly claimed that homelessness is "normal" was "trying for years" to get the government to "recognise and normalise the situation" in Ireland #not1home #rtept

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

If you are a TCD Postgraduate and would like to get involved in the campaign for postgraduate workers' rights, then join the TCD Postgraduate Workers Alliance #PostgradRights

Join the TCD Postgraduate Workers Alliance

We are a group of Trinity postgraduates who believe that our contribution to Irish research and higher education should be valued properly. The purpose of our group is to recognise, establish and...

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@PWO_TCD

1 year

We are marching from Front Square (TCD campus) to the Dáil tomorrow (23/03) at 11am to make it loud and clear to the government that #PGRsDeserveBetter In the middle of a cost-of-living crisis, the highest paid PGRs in Ireland are only being paid 22% below the minimum wage (1/3)

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

We, along with @AntiCasualUcd & @pgwanuig , would be delighted to meet with you @SimonHarrisTD to discuss issues affecting postgraduate workers' rights. But just to clarify- research is WORK, teaching is WORK. It is not education or upskilling #supportirishphds

Paul Murphy 🏳️‍⚧️

@paulmurphy_TD

3 years

Minister, how can you justify not paying the postgrads teaching in our universities?

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@PWO_TCD

7 months

@SimonHarrisTD @DeptofFHed @FineGael @SimonHarrisTD this is abandonment of all the PhDs who form the single most central and most critical aspect of higher education and research in Ireland It's living wages, worker's rights, nonEU rights, disabled rights, and respect for all PhDs. Or we push for a national strike

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@PWO_TCD

4 years

Proud to see TCD PhDs working hard to develop a treatment for #COVID ー19 . A reminder that Irish PhDs are at the forefront of COVID-19 research. #supportirishphds #loveirishresearch

Irish Times Video

@irishtimesvideo

4 years

► VIDEO: Inside the Irish lab trying to develop a treatment for Covid-19

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

Check out our op-ed in UT by group co-founder and secretary @ConorReddyPBP #postgradrights

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@PWO_TCD

3 years

Current @TrinityGSU President @GoddessGuide who is currently facing a vote of no-confidence for numerous constitutional breaches is re-running. Surely this can't be allowed? #PostgradRights

The University Times

@universitytimes

3 years

Incumbent GSU President Gisèle Scanlon and former executive officer John Tighe will contest the union's presidential election

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