Government and Employers Launch Attack as Economic Crisis Deepens

4 nearing the 8% mark. As a result, the volume of that a National Coaliti t i unemployment. The government pleads that dem i noditi A aearin eh ote eo] ; un e i workers are buying is also decreasing, for the oli So i i these things are the result of an international ing i i i Soh D and i.e. the amount of commodities that already rej i i ionary l wide crisis, against which an Irish government fi i i é el ete glans ox ag ad : ’ » agall irst time in a few years. The current number of between the ~orki is powerless. It is true that Ireland is feeling the the Cent i hae ere tans and , tal Bank Report says that “Retai/ sales the emplo} 1 : : t vers and gove i government’s attempts to deal with it declined”. So the govern 3? . end te AM tbo ler ‘uy, e period, the volume of retail sales has actually by offeri *s ive” ts to dea i f ments’ and employers Glowin j What the government is aiming at is to cut i pac cies i ee a t policy for the economic crisis amounts to this: s well i i : the spending power of the workers. This wa : : : aS well as tax concessions and social-welfare tig fame lg epnveneage te a As t increases that can be recovered by inflation, will i vs let inflation and unemployment undermine the i i Geile died wake fas Seating yay aids hes i ered in return for restricting wages and > buying power of the workers so that we can be offered i icti : alan Gi are oes ane, sabes - : eing 2 g& these lines must be firmly resisted by the able to keep. Instead of having to use them b instincti i cenit een le Sei i Workers are instinctively seeing through along th i ; i i Pp all profits made through exports. acceptin j following such a course they will be able to kee inni T; ; i Heoga deer he fechiiak ook eae. . By this scheme. Even the trade union leaders are worki ass; > p beginning to feel the pressure. The November issue must be mad f i isis. up the profit margins during the present crisis of Liber f TG ici i 1 Weunen cece t #; ty (paper of the ITGWU) criticises the cannot do that then they are z j ss ba aici only introduced this Labour Party for pursuing an insufficiently and should be disposed of. The de ssid Spelt t via a : a : 3 y are a burd E Lf ginning of the year, itis already - expansionist economic policy, within the before the working class today, is the road sa ginning to show results. Prices are soaring up at National Coalition government. An unnoticed socialism!

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