The idea of Community Action Tenants Union – CATU Ireland is simple, a union for people outside of their workplaces. They want to take the basic ideas of membership, collective direct action, and grassroots democracy from where people work to where they live.
They hear every day of the economic issues plaguing people across this island: sky-rocketing rents, stagnant wages, slashed public services, and an erosion of our public spaces. Most of them have lived through this.
They think that the only way to beat those behind this – the landlords, banks, companies and politicians – is to get organised ourrselves, and NOT just on an individual basis. They strongly believe that real power lies in the hands of ordinary people – tenants, communities, and workers – and change can only come when we act together.
CATU is not just for renters, they want to facilitate all people to defend their communities and housing (as long as they don’t directly profit from the commodification of housing/communities).
Basically if you’re not a landlord (or someone who makes profit from property or carries out evictions) then CATU is for you!!
Their vision is of an organisation in cities and towns across this island, uniting tenants in a coordinated struggle on issues we all share.
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