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SIPTU welcomes breakthrough on Agency Workers Directive

Date Released: 10 Jun 2008

SIPTU General President Jack O’Connor has welcomed the breakthrough on a draft EU Directive for agency workers.

He said, “SIPTU welcomes the decision by member states to back an EU Directive providing for equal treatment for agency workers.  Once again, an EU Directive will improve people’s rights at work in Ireland.  Indeed, in the absence of the EU, working conditions in Ireland would still be very primitive. 

“This decision will begin the process of alleviating the plight of tens of thousands of our most vulnerable workers.  It will also help mitigate the degree to which their exploitation serves to undermine standards of employment in the economy generally here.” 





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