We are very pleased to welcome this guest post from Roderic O’Gorman (left) on the implication of the Lisbon Treaty for workers’ rights. For information on Roderic, see his profile on the ‘Guest Contributors’ page. Although-as some readers may know-Roderic is an active member of the Green Party, this post is submitted strictly from a(…)
Fine Gael’s Enterprise, Trade & Employment spokesman Leo Varadkar this morning has stated it will introduce legislation which recognises the rights of workers to engage in collective bargaining if elected to government. Every time Mr Varadkar speaks, I feel an unmistakable whiff of sulphur, but his argument takes the battle to the likes of Cóir(…)
In today’s Irish Times, the Tánaiste [Irish deputy prime minister] and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan (left) writes about the implications for workers rights of the Lisbon Treaty. As might be expected, the Tánaiste denies suggestions that a yes vote for Lisbon in next month’s constitutional referendum would do damage of any(…)
