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Union Post July 2009 PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRISH CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS THEUNION POST NEWS YOU CAN USE JULY 2009 CONGRESS BDC CONFERENCE 13 PAGES OF REPORTS & SPECIAL PICTURES FROM TRALEE TRALEE 2009 STRAIGHT TALKING BEGG TELLS COWEN CUTS CAN’T FULL STORY BEAT SLUMPP2/3 Subscribe FREE at [email protected] UNION POST Time for unions to CUTS AGENDA WON’T SOLVE CRISIS seize the moment 4 CONGRESS general secretary David Begg has warned the Taoiseach there is “only a certain dis- tance” the trade union movement can go with government in dealing with the economic crisis. Attack on every In responding to Brian Cowen’s address to the Biennial Delegate Conference on July 10, he said Irish worker 9 the trade union movement did not believe savage public spending cuts and wage deflation was the way to beat the recession. He told him, “no country in history has deflated its way out of a crisis”. Mr Begg also described as “disturbing” a recent proposal by top IDA official Barry O’Leary for a 15 per cent wage cut for employees working for multinationals, and dubbed it a “nonsensical proposition”. Why Breen ruling He claimed such views were being put foward “at every hand’s turn” as solutions to the prob- is a crucial victory 14 lem of competitiveness, but pointed out you would not “get a dead cat’s bounce” from cutting wages against the backdrop of a global trading General secretary David Begg turns to Brian Cowen and collapse. Protestors outside BDC 09 as Peter gives his considered response to Taoiseach’s address Mr Begg added: “Most economists if they’re Bunting bids farewell to Taoiseach honest about it would recognise that wages are a small part of the competitive position of the cians saying they had taken action only at the end country.” CONFERENCE PICTURES of a long process and in defence of their union, KEVIN COOPER [email protected] Cowen’s vision for recovery And he insisted: “ We are not going to sign up following a concerted campaign against accepted for a deflationary policy – that would be irrespon- industrial relations’ structures by some employ- sible.” utional justice” and putting in place a “progressive ers. IN HIS address to conference, Taoiseach Brian happy to announce that the government has INTO blasts Batt’s Cowen told delegates he had “great respect for Mr Cowen had earlier addressed 800 delegates taxation system”. Welcoming the publication of new legislation published today the Employment Agency Regu- classroom cutbacks 25 Mr Begg said: “What we need is a comprehen- and belief in the trade union movement in Ire- lation Bill, 2009 which addresses a significant and observers at BDC 09 in Tralee, the first time on agency workers, Mr Begg urged quick passage land”. sive system of taxation which will supply the rev- legislative commitment under Towards 2016. he has done so. of the long-delayed Employment Rights’ Compli- He said the economy had been hit by “some “This Bill will modernise the legislative provi- enue necessary to keep the country running.” Some protestors raised placards in opposition ance Bill. of the most seismic events in our living history” sions in this area, providing an appropriate reg- to education and health cuts, but did not disrupt He added that cuts in the public service were He said its provisions – if they had been en- and needed “all of our focus, determination and ulatory framework with effective redress the Taoiseach’s speech. attacking the wrong target, given that “our prob- acted when promised – would have addressed continued co-operation” to pull out of the reces- mechanisms.” In his wide-ranging response, Mr Begg noted lem is not the size of our public service, but the some of the key issues in the electricians' dispute sion. On public services, he said: “This unprece- the 150-year sentence handed down to US fraud- collapse of our tax base”. Talking of the governmentʼs “vision for eco- dented crisis calls for an unprecedented and and claimed it would have prevented “renegade nomic recovery”, he claimed its goal was to de- ster Bernie Madoff and asked whether the Mr Begg referred to comments made by the imaginative response” and asked delegates to employers” dragging the TEEU through the velop “a critical mass” of innovative firms to “reflect on the need for change in that context”. Taoiseach could organise the sentencing for “even Minister of Fiance earlier this year that if any courts. provide well-paid jobs “for this and future gen- Turning to Europe, he claimed it was the gov- 150 weeks” of those “who have wrecked our fi- other country had attempted such cuts in the erations”. In conclusion, Mr Begg drew parallels between ernmentʼs view that the Lisbon Treaty was nancial system”. public service, “there would be a revolution”. The Taoiseach told delegates he believed jobs Proud to wear the the situation faced by Mr Cowen and former “good for workers” especially with the coming He reminded Mr Cowen of what he called the He told the Taoiseach: “We must know from were central to economic recovery and “sup- Taoiseach Sean Lemass when the latter saw his into force of the Charter for Fundamental Rights 33 the events of this week that a revolution is a bit porting jobs was at the very heart of the govern- Red Hand badge “the threshold of decency” and listed the mini- efforts to reform the state’s industrial relations if the referendum is passed. mum wage, social insurance contributions, pen- of political overstatement but certainly a break- mentʼs approach”. machinery frustrated by an aggressive local capi- He confirmed that further resources were to Mr Cowen added: “At the European Council sions and support for children with special down of stability in industrial relations is entirely talist class and the heavy hand of the Department be applied from “less urgent spending” to the last month and in response to Irish pressure, UNION POST was produced by Brazier Media possible if this gets out of control.” for the Irish Congress of Trade Unions educational needs as areas that “shouldn’t be in- of Finance. jobs agenda. our European partners adopted a Solemn Decla- He criticised the composition of the so-called terfered with”. He told him: “If you are a disciple of Lemass – Mr Cowen added: “There should be no doubt- ration on the importance the EU attaches to Bord Snip Nua and observed: “Nobody on that workers' rights. Irish Congress of Northern Ireland Committee Mr Begg also attacked the “cutbacks commen- and I believe you are – my advice to you is follow ing the scale and depth of my commitment and Trade Unions Irish Congress of Trades Unions committee will suffer as a result of the cutbacks that of the government to the jobs crisis.” “That declaration sets out in a single, simple tariat” whose only solution to the crisis was to your instincts and you’ll get the support of the 31/32 Parnell Square 4-6 Donegall Street Place they propose” noting some on the committee Emphasising the governmentʼs commitment text the importance the European Union at- Belfast BT1 2FN slash public service provision, pointing out that Dublin 1 people and we will have a more sustainable and to protect employment standards, he said: “As taches to a Social Europe – and makes clear Ireland Northern Ireland “those people must have ice in their veins”. had a “long history of antipathy to the public just society at the end of your tenure as further clear evidence of this and of ongoing de- that growth and competition are not ends in Tel: +353 1 8897777 Tel: 02890 247940 Rather he insisted the way ahead lay in “distrib- service”. Mr Begg defended the striking electri- Fax: +353 1 8872012 Fax: 02890 246898 Taoiseach.” livery with the Towards 2016 framework, I am themselves.” Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.ictu.ie Web: www.ictuni.org THE THE WEB EDITION OF THE UNION POST IS SAVED IN A3 LANDSCAPE FORMAT DESIGNED & EDITED BY BRAZIER MEDIA Email: [email protected] UNION POST Get it in A4 IF YOU WANT A4 EMAIL YOUR REQUEST TO [email protected] 2 UNION POST S July 2009 July 2009 S UNION POST 3 Gilmore pledge to enshrine in law protection Outgoing ICTU president Patricia McKeown received a standing ovation from podium and floor after addressing conference Now is time to seize moment of workers as and change world for better priority in govt TRADE unions have reached a defining point in moral standards”.Though acknowledging social ular now leaves this society on the edge of the LABOUR leader Eamon Gilmore has pledged to for concentrating on only one aspect – banking. union movement was that jobs should be at the their history and must now “seize the moment”. partnership had brought some benefits, she abyss.” Flagging up how Irish unions had often introduce a legal right to collective bargaining for He said: “There is the banking crisis, the fiscal centre of any strategy to deal with the slump. The call came in a rousing speech from outgo- pointed out the current government was wedded risen above “rightful self-interest” to focus on the workers when his party returns to government. crisis, and the jobs crisis. Each of them is linked. ing ICTU President Patricia McKeown at the to the neo-liberal model and were in thrall to needs of others, Ms McKeown spoke of that He voiced support for Congress attempts to Tuesday morning session in Tralee. what radical thinker Noam Chomsky called the other crisis - the food crisis - sweeping the globe.
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