Union revolt will doom our chances of recovery [Independent.ie]
- Published: 03 January 2010
TWO statements this week will put Ireland's chances of economic recovery in sharp definition. One, from Brian Lenihan, the Minister for Finance, will tell us what needs to be done this year if the public finances are to be stabilised and the economy revitalised. The other, from the trade union movement, will tell us how trade union leaders plan to disrupt that recovery with a rolling programme of strikes.
The choice for those on the frontline -- those public sector workers who still have jobs during a recession that has so far seen a quarter of a million people lose theirs -- is relatively simple: are you prepared to back the plan for recovery, or do you side with the shriller voices of the union leadership?
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