“management UNION OFFICIAL WHO DO WE NEGOTIATE WITH FIRST?…”
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Socialist Republic1981Trade unions and workers' strugglesEconomy, the EEC and EuropeTrade unions and workers' strugglesEconomy, the EEC and Europe
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| management ———_—————— UNION OFFICIAL WHO DO WE NEGOTIATE WITH FIRST? can. The vicious increases in VAT to mark. In addition to the greatest increases in living costs in Europe — outside Greece — Southern Ireland has one of the highest rates of unemployment. The jobless total in the an increase of 25,000 on last year. Hardship and poverty have become a reality of life for a broad section of workers. Conditions are being made vices. In this situation workers can only look to their organised strength in the trade union movement to defend themselves.
NO COMMON INTERESTS The decision of the executive counwithin’the framework of the existi Employer Labour Conf in the face to the rank ployer Labour Confere on the concept of “give and But workers have taken as much as they 15% on daily consumer goods has sent the inflation rate soaring past the 20% ordinary people. 26 Counties now stands at 125,000 — worse by the drastic cuts in public sercil of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to recommend the opening of pay talks small farmers and other downtrodden media. and outcast sections of the community. The trade union movement needs to develope a healthy contempt for the mouthings of the rich and powerful and a more active concern for the actual needs of the Despite the ICTU’s continued participatation in the Employer Labour Conference and its hopes for a new “National Understanding” there are many signs that the majority of workers are not happy with their approach. ONE DAY STRIKE Workers have for ten years seen that conciliation hearings, the Labour Court, and so on, are just methods of preventing them from keeping up with the cost of living. The powerful public service sector and RTE are two groups of workers beginning the fightback. The This fight back must be strenthened with a clear and common programme: * No preconditions for negotiations * A minimum 30% cost of living increase accross the board. * Full indexation of wage increases and tax thresholds. * No cuts in public services but a crash programme of useful public works.
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