Public Meeting: Social Partnership Deal 'Towards 2016'

dublin | worker & community struggles and protests | event notice Tuesday June 20, 2006 19:40 by FG

Briefing Meeting:
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SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP:
A GOOD DEAL FOR WORKERS?

Thursday 22 June
8pm
Central Hotel,
Exchequer St

Speakers:
Paddy Healy (President, TUI)
Jo Tully, (Vice President, Irish Nurses Organisation)
Bernard Lynch (ASTI activist)
Mick Martin (SIPTU Activist, Insurance & Finance Branch)
Des Derwin ( SIPTU, Dublin REC, Electronics & Engineering Branch)
Paul Hansard ( SIPTU, NEC, Construction Branch)
(All speakers in personal capacity)

The latest social partnership deal is being hyped by spin doctors. But bitter experience has taught many union activists that it is better to look at the small print.

There are Always Alternatives: There is little enthusiasm for social partnership deals amongst many trade unionists but they are often accepted from fear that they could be worse.

However 'There is no Alternative' was a slogan of Thatcher - not the union movement.

Having the courage to say NO is often how our movement advances.

This meeting is sponsored by the People Before Profit Alliance.