Unions refusing to jump on the 'Yes' bandwagon
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THE main unions have not embraced Lisbon II despite the Taoiseach's hard-won legal guarantees.
Brian Cowen's assurances have made little difference to workers' representatives, who claim there is nothing new on the table this time around.
Unite and the TEEU said they are still advocating a 'no vote', while the biggest union Siptu and retail union Mandate are remaining neutral.
Unions said the Government's proposed new Solemn Declaration on Workers' Rights does not go far enough and will not be legally binding -- unlike the guarantees on abortion, taxation and neutrality.
They also want the Government to guarantee that the collective bargaining clause, which means employers must recognise unions, be given force of law, which they argue is the case in most EU countries.
- Anne-Marie Walsh
