The new edition of a national social partnership pact, accepted by the government and social partners, was officially adopted on September 5th. Called « Towards 2016 », it focuses on the affirmation of employment rights. After 6 years of tough negotiations, the social partners went back to a program of social and employment policies, valid 10 years. (Ref 06855)
It is during a special conference, on September 5th, 2006, that the members of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions approved the new social pact. Up to this meeting, debates took place within confederations (nurses, teachers, etc), some of them questioning the wage issue of the agreement and fearing that wages will not catch up with inflation. Furthermore, the agreement was not backed by either political parties, the Sinn Fein calling to vote against it, saying these questions deserved a public d
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