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  • Public sector must lead all of us to the next level 20 Jul 2008 06:30 GMT
    ... before the end of the month. , "unions and employers are still divided on issues ... of jobs are being lost each month, Ireland's competitiveness as an economy has been eroded, ... are interested in Ireland and working with Irish companies need to know, what is it ...

  • Ripping off the visitors must end 20 Jul 2008 05:31 GMT
    ... and all other rip off merchants in Ireland did not get the message before now. ... and all other visitors, sets foot on Irish soil, he or she is fleeced. It's ... Begg to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, under its Code of Ethics; (2) Only ...

  • HSE's union pact over ambulance contracts 19 Jul 2008 23:36 GMT
    ... The Health Service Executive (HSE) agreed a late-night pact ... (HSE) agreed a late-night pact with trade unions aimed at terminating multi-million euro contracts with ... agreed to terminate publicly-advertised contracts with three Irish companies after Siptu served the HSE with ...

  • Never mind Lisbon, what about Carla? 19 Jul 2008 11:06 GMT
    ... that the French President is to visit Ireland next week on the serious business of ... resistance of the public sector and trade unions to change, and the constraints caused by ... the reform treaty was derailed by the Irish just before he took over the six-month ...

  • It is Europe that is confused about treaty -- not the Irish 19 Jul 2008 05:32 GMT
    ... putting an entirely undemocratic obligation on the Irish people to think again. The Irish people ... president is a Europe in confusion about Ireland, and trying to confine that confusion to ... criteria would there develop all-European political parties, unions, press coverage and the involvement of all ...

  • Tri-Nations acts to stop exodus 18 Jul 2008 21:59 GMT
    ... 19:54 GMT, Friday, 18 July 2008 20:54 UK Southern ... among those to join English, French and Irish clubs, while Dan Carter will take a ... the South Africa, New Zealand and Australia unions, runs both the Super 14 and the ...

  • Strike results in rubbish-strewn city streets 18 Jul 2008 11:32 GMT
    ... as the second day of a council workers' strike took its toll. The area surrounding ... other services across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Unison said half a million workers - ... bitter row over the below-inflation offer, which unions complained failed to keep pace with rising ...

  • Threat of further strikes as council workers return 18 Jul 2008 10:58 GMT
    ... may be on the cards unless council workers get a better offer than a 2.45per ... services across the region. Members of the unions, Unison and Unite (TGWU), staged the nationwide ... took action in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Employers put the figure at 100,000. The ...

  • Strike results in rubbish strewn city streets 18 Jul 2008 09:30 GMT
    ... as the second day of a council workers' strike took its toll. The area surrounding ... other services across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Unison said half a million workers - ... bitter row over the below-inflation offer, which unions complained failed to keep pace with rising ...

  • NESC calls for continued infrastructure investment 18 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT
    ... investment in infrastructure must be maintained if Ireland is to withstand the current economic downturn. ... is a coalition of groups representing employers, trade unions, farming organisations, the voluntary sector and government ...

  • Unions urged to give up pay demands 18 Jul 2008 04:40 GMT
    ... Ireland's business lobby has warned trade unions they must face up to the economic realities and give up their pay demands. ...

  • Dr Ian Morris 17 Jul 2008 23:33 GMT
    ... hailed from a family with a strong trade union background. His maternal grandfather was general secr ... joined the South Stafford regiment in Northern Ireland and was then sent to West Africa, ...

  • SEIU exaggerates private equity advantages 17 Jul 2008 22:21 GMT
    ... countries — including the United Kingdom, France, Ireland and Spain — tax private equity profits ... others, many of whom are members of labor unions. Through 2007, all private equity investors earned ...

  • Council workers walk out for second day but 'biggest strike in years' is branded a flop 17 Jul 2008 19:53 GMT
    ... to the atmosphere, it was electric Council workers walk out for second day but 'biggest ... shut and rubbish uncollected in the streets. Unions claimed more than 500,000 workers continued with ... of councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by the Local Government Association revealed that ...

  • 4,000 schools 'closed by strike' 17 Jul 2008 18:10 GMT
    ... support staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been taking part in the walk-out ... part in the walk-out by local government workers over pay. Union Unison said the 4,000 ... action in Wales alone. Members of three unions have been taking part in the strike ...

  • '80%' OF BINS COLLECTED AS NORMAL DURING STRIKE 17 Jul 2008 18:09 GMT
    ... Cemetery Service also operated as normal. The Irish Linen Centre was open for business as ... on behalf of council employers in Northern Ireland, Councillor Jimmy Spratt said: "Council employers across ... have been in discussions with the trade unions regarding pay for some months now and ...

  • Warning over 'summer of discontent' 17 Jul 2008 18:08 GMT
    ... protests from civil servants and public sector workers over pay following the 48-hour walkout by ... authority workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland took part in a second day of ... a below-inflation pay offer of 2.45% which unions complained failed to keep pace with rising ...

  • Warning over 'summer of discontent' 17 Jul 2008 17:29 GMT
    ... protests from civil servants and public sector workers over pay following the 48-hour walkout by ... authority workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland took part in a second day of ... a below-inflation pay offer of 2.45% which unions complained failed to keep pace with rising ...

  • Talks on council workers` pay 17 Jul 2008 16:49 GMT
    ... two-day stoppage. "What we need is the unions and us to engage and then we ... for employers to come back to the trade unions nationally and say this is what ... Thousands of public sector workers across Northern Ireland are going on strike over pay. Do ...

  • Public sector strikes making an impact on second day 17 Jul 2008 15:28 GMT
    ... and city in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Classroom assistants, refuse collectors, admin workers, street sweepers, and other grades stopped work ... workers. Delegations from the UCU and NUT unions joined them. In Huddersfield around 200 rallied, ...

  • Services disrupted as council workers strike over pay offer > 17 Jul 2008 13:32 GMT
    ... staff strike over pay. The industrial action, which extended across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was called after unions rejected a below-inflation rise, saying the big increases in the cost of food and fuel ...

  • Wage cut unrealistic 17 Jul 2008 12:55 GMT
    ... in an effort to ease pressure on Irish businesses during the economical downturn. Around four percent ... income to cushion wage reductions.” The largest Trade Union in Ireland SIPTU has expressed their horror at the ...

  • 'Biggest strike in years' branded a flop after just '100,000 council workers join picket lines' 17 Jul 2008 12:32 GMT
    ... branded a flop after just '100,000 council workers join picket lines' Tens of thousands of ... shut and rubbish uncollected in the streets. Unions claimed more than 500,000 workers joined the ... of councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by the Local Government Association revealed that ...

  • A state funeral would be a fitting tribute 17 Jul 2008 11:56 GMT
    ... more than she did in life. The Labour party, having vehemently opposed her at the ... would have secured a settlement in Northern Ireland anyway). In contrast, Thatcher not only transformed ... world view of cynicism and appeasement. Trade unions were brought within the law. Privatisation of ailing, ...

  • Public services plunged into chaos as strike bites 17 Jul 2008 11:53 GMT
    ... bins went unemptied as thousands of council workers went on strike yesterday. Services across the ... back to work".' The Unison and Unite unions said about 500,000 workers in England, Wales ... 500,000 workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to joined the 48-hour action, which began ...


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