Photograph: iStockCompanies are making it harder for trade unions to organise or represent their workers, a new report suggests, and are using tactics such as refusing officials physical access to workplaces, monitoring employee communications and victimising activists to weaken union activity. The research, which is to be launched on Wednesday at an event in Dublin, includes a survey of trade union officials regarding their experience of attempting to organise and represent members in Irish workplaces. The directive requires governments to promote collective bargaining in countries where coverage falls below 80 per cent. “The best way to make work pay is by promoting and supporting collective bargaining, said Irish Congress of Trade Unions, general secretary, Owen Reidy. It is unacceptable that hundreds of thousands of workers across the State are still denied access to unions and collective bargaining.”

Source: The Irish Times October 09, 2024 11:02 UTC