Praxis: The Artists’ Union of Ireland are celebrating a policy success, as several changes put forward by our members to the Basic Income for the Arts scheme were implemented by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and the Gaeltacht. Regarding the aims of the scheme, we find that the focus has rightly shifted to…
April 2nd in Cork, union members gathered from across the island, with many contributing via Zoom, for the second Annual General Meeting of Praxis: The Artists Union of Ireland. The campaign that members most felt the need for was ‘A Wage To Live On’, which is to promote the Living Wage as a minimum…
Aramark is an American corporation that operates three Direct Provision centres for the State in Cork, Clare and Westmeath, and are commercially involved in the US prison system and ICE. The Direct Provision system is an oppressive and dysfunctional migrant prison system which has successfully enriched private companies like Aramark over many years. …
2021 has rewritten the story of artists in Ireland. Not just for the COVID-19 pandemic, and the wreckage it has made in our lives and work, but for the decision that you and 200 other artists made to join a trade union to change things for good. Artists have been in a state of…
Praxis: The Artists Union of Ireland is calling for the wellbeing of artists to be the first priority of the new pilot for a Basic Income Guarantee Scheme for artists in Ireland. We welcome the proposed scheme, which we want to see permanently improve the living and working conditions of artists in Ireland. Artists…
The following bullet points are non-exhaustive and have been tailored for artists. Since the pandemic began, we have witnessed the Arts sector come to a complete stand-still, on multiple occasions. As artists, we understand the frustration and the desire to return to a state of ‘normality’, however, we must demand a return to…
On the 24th of May, Praxis had its first meeting with the Arts Council of Ireland. As part of our ongoing campaign to build an artist-led public funding applications system, Praxis’ Chairperson, Kerry Guinan, and Outreach Officer, Ruairí ó Donnabháin, met with Arts Council’s Director, Maureen Kennelly, and Strategic Development Manager, Toby Dennett. We…
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), similar to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the European Union–Mercosur agreement, is an EU free trade business agreement that was negotiated in secret between the EU and Canada over five years from 2009 to 2014. The European Parliament approved the deal in February 2017 and…
Artists make Ireland a lively, cultural place to live and visit and their work should be properly valued. That is the message from Praxis: The Artists Union of Ireland, as they launch their new trade union on March 30th. Praxis was founded a year ago by a group of artists who came together to create…
A trade union is a collective of workers, banding together to improve working conditions and pay, address safety concerns, discrimination or inequalities, provide work-related services to members and to give a voice to workers in an industry or workplace. Did you know? Artists were some of the first trade unionists. From the 12th century, artists…
In early 2020 (just before COVID-19 landed in Ireland), A4 Sounds in Dublin hosted a group of artists to participate in an experiment as part of their artistic programme ‘We Only Want the Earth.’ The experiment asked if a trade union model was feasible and desirable for artists in Ireland. To investigate, the artists involved…
