Rank and file gardaí have warned of potential industrial unrest in the future unless the Government gives them the right to be part of a trade union and to go on strike. The Garda Representative Association (GRA) said on Thursday that planned new industrial relations legislation had inherent defects and expressed concerns at its capacity to fully resolve longstanding grievances in An Garda Síochána. “If it proceeds unamended, the Bill risks leaving in place a continuing sense of injustice with the attendant possibility of future industrial unrest,” the GRA said. The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018 proposes giving gardaí access to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) and Labour Court. The GRA maintained the new legislation would “only partly address existing deficiencies in industrial relations legislation governing An Garda Síochána”.

Source: The Irish Times September 13, 2018 20:48 UTC