I'm no fan of social partnership, I should say that before I comment further. The main reason I am not is because in my view it is undemocratic.
My gripe here is different. In another thread a link was given to rte.ie where David Begg was quoted as saying "Arriving for the meeting, ICTU General Secretary David Begg said that it was now clear that inflation averaging 5% was a long-term phenomenon, which was eroding wages".
Mr Begg is a smart man, why does he choose to ignore the much more important point that 5% inflation will wipe out our economy in a matter of a few years?
Why does he suggest that the best course of action is to further damage the economy by handing out even bigger pay increases to his members?
With these sort of blinkered agenda from one of the vested interest groups at the table what chance have we to address the loss of competitiveness in our economy?
My gripe here is different. In another thread a link was given to rte.ie where David Begg was quoted as saying "Arriving for the meeting, ICTU General Secretary David Begg said that it was now clear that inflation averaging 5% was a long-term phenomenon, which was eroding wages".
Mr Begg is a smart man, why does he choose to ignore the much more important point that 5% inflation will wipe out our economy in a matter of a few years?
Why does he suggest that the best course of action is to further damage the economy by handing out even bigger pay increases to his members?
With these sort of blinkered agenda from one of the vested interest groups at the table what chance have we to address the loss of competitiveness in our economy?