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SIPTU statement on Lisbon Treaty
Date Released: 09 Jun 2008“We believe next Thursday’s referendum on the Lisbon Treaty entails a critically important decision for the Irish people, for workers in Ireland and perhaps for the people of Europe as well.
“We would very much like to be able to recommend to our members that they should support the Treaty. We will do so if the Government confirms that entitlement to the benefits of collective bargaining (and the prohibition against discrimination for those seeking to avail of it), which is enshrined as a fundamental right in the Treaty, will actually apply to workers in Ireland.
“This is one of the key provisions of the Treaty, which balances the interests of workers with those of business. It is an essential provision in a proper democratic society and it applies in one form or another already in virtually every other country in the EU.”
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