Mandatory trade union recognition ‘damaging’

IBEC has claimed any concession by the Government to mandatory trade union recognition will not only be unconstitutional but will also threaten the creation of thousands of jobs.

The employers’ body said it strongly opposed any attempt to force employers to have to negotiate with trade unions acting on behalf of its staff.

IBEC director Brendan McGinty said Ireland’s “voluntarist” industrial relations tradition had been a key part of the country’s economic success.