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September 4th: Unite, which represents workers at the ESB’s Moneypoint plant, today (Wednesday) warned that the “provocative” tone of a communication sent by management to Moneypoint workers could threaten industrial peace at the plant.
September 04
Further Trade Union Degeneration-Brian Gould Cork https://wp.me/pKzXa-ZB Over the last few years Amalgamation of Unions have taken place. Notable FORSA, (the three Civil Servants /Local Authority workers Unions), CONNECT Electricians,Engineers, Carpenters, Plumbers, Constructions Trades), SIPTU bring some of the smaller Unions under their wing. The above new 3 Unions now hold a Majority of Votes in ICTU This is a move to a FEDERATION of Unions. ICTU would Negotiate on behalf of ALL Unions It is a move to a Trade Association and NOT a Movement of Workers Less input from the Rank and File Members. Full Time Paid Officials (ICTU) Negotiating and making the Decisions on Wages, Salaries, and Working Conditions UNIONS were formed by the Rank and File Members NOT by Careerist in Trade Unions or Trade Associations Rank and File Members were NOT afraid of taking Civil Disobedience Full Time Paid Officials agreed to FEMPI, and IRA (Industrial Relations Act) which means No Civil disobedience Unions in the 21st Century have become the Garda Police men for the Government Quote from Trade Union President in 1920 Cissie Cahalan is true today as it was then -Brian Gould Cork Cissie Cahalane Cork) President Iris Union of Distributive Workers and Clerks( Now MANDATE TRADE UNION) 1920 “The movement as we know it today has accepted capitalism in practice, in theory they repudiate it” It is the same in 2019 -Brian Gould
September 04
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