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offsite link The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?

offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

offsite link Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of

offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by

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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

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Human Rights in Ireland
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offsite link News Round-Up Thu May 15, 2025 00:56 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link UAE to Be Allowed to Own as Much as 15% of The Telegraph Wed May 14, 2025 19:55 | Will Jones
Labour is to allow the United Arab Emirates ? an autocratic foreign government ? to own up to 15% of the Telegraph, three times the level envisaged when Parliament passed the legislation last year.
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offsite link Has the Royal College of Psychiatrists Killed the Assisted Suicide Bill? Wed May 14, 2025 17:40 | Will Jones
Kim Leadbeater's assisted suicide bill has been described by MPs as a "farce", an "embarrassment" and "beyond a joke". But last night's damning statement from the Royal College of Psychiatrists may be the fatal blow.
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offsite link The Hidden Mechanisms of Unfreedom Wed May 14, 2025 15:41 | Alex Klaushofer
When politicians claim the public supports extreme measures like banning meat or digital ID you can be sure that behind it is a Citizens' Assembly or other dubious method for manufacturing 'consent', says Alex Klaushofer.
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offsite link Saving Greenery From the Greens Wed May 14, 2025 13:00 | Sean Walsh
Greens have hijacked environmental concern and turned it into a branch of radical Leftist politics. But in truth conservatism cares about conserving our home. Conservatives need to reclaim green politics, says Sean Walsh.
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New voice for Electrical Contractors

category national | worker & community struggles and protests | news report author Sunday June 01, 2008 19:45author by Dave Butler - NECIauthor email nationalelectricalcontractors at gmail dot com Report this post to the editors

A new repersentive group is being formed to speak for the majority of Electrical Contractors in Ireland who have no voice when it comes to talks about pay and conditions. This group is to be called The NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS OF IRELAND (NECI). A meeting is being held in the Radisson Hotel Athlone on Saturday the 7th of June and all interested Electrical Contractors are invited to attend. A steering group has being set up to oversee the formation of the new organisation.


The need for the new group was highlighted when the three parties to the Registered Employment Agreement that is in force in the Electrical industry agreed, in principle a rate increase of €1.05 per hour and went to the labour relation’s commission to sign off on the increase. Because of objections lodged by concerned Electrical Contractors who felt they could not afford the increase in the present economic climate an open hearing was held in the commission on the 22 of May. The new group was represented at this hearing and voiced objections not only to the €1.05 rate increase but to the whole Registered Employment Agreement.

The objection to the whole agreement is based on section 27 (3) Part C of the 1946 Industrial relations act which states that the Labour Court must be satisfied that party's to the agreement must be substantially representative of the body's they are speaking for. It is the NECIs opinion that the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) with 59 members and the Association of Electrical Contractors Of Ireland (AECI) with 360 members are not representative of the approx 4000 contractors who employ people. This hearing has now been defered to the 16th of June.

The new group have being called rouge employers by TEEU who realise the serious threat that the existing agreement is under. NECI objective is to be involved in the negations for a new Registered Employment Agreement that is fair to all employers and workers in the sector, not as TEEU claim to reduce all electricians pay to the mimium wage. In fact the NECI would like a system in the new agreement where top performing employees could be paid more than the existing retes.

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