Trade Unions Must Fight For Real
Socialist Republic1981Trade unions and workers' strugglesTrade unions and workers' struggles
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ECONOMY IN CRISIS and screamed at workers as we prepbe offered wage increases at all. And if we say no to the offer we can expect nothing at all. WORLD BANK ABOUT TO STEP TN are just three of the headlines TO GIVE?
are to consider whether to enter negotiations for another National Wage Agreement. The impression being given is that we are lucky to With a drop of 11% in real wages in the past 15 months WHAT HAV E THE WORKERS LEFT A new concept in wage bargaining is needed. It is time for the trade union movement to get rid of the fiction that there exists a common interest between workers, employers and the state. The Federated Union of Employers and the Government prove every day that there is no such common interest. The only common interest which exists is between the workers break the current National Under- , standing. The INTO has called for strike strike action against cut in primary education. An EEPTU resolution to Dublin Trades Council calls on the Labour Party to resign from the Coalition. Some workers have not waited for instruction from above. Workers in Unidare, Irish Dunlop and Tara Mines have been on strike for higher wages and improved conditions. This fightback must be co-ordinated in the same way that the employers co-ordinate the support of government and