Trade unions must not be provoked into doomed actions, leader warns [IrishTimes]
- Published: 07 April 2010
ASTI GENERAL secretary John White said members “must have full and comprehensive information on their options” when voting whether to accept or reject the public service agreement.
Addressing delegates at the ASTI annual convention in Galway yesterday, Mr White acknowledged that members of the union’s standing committee found many of the aspects of the agreement unacceptable.
Indeed, the committee had been loud in its expression of “total and vehement” opposition to the agreement but Mr White urged delegates to consider the ramifications of all options.
“Acceptance would entail detailed negotiations of all of the elements,” he said. “Rejection could involve possible imposition of elements of the deal.”
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