Rising pressure for an increase in pay packets
Siptu general president Jack O Connor has talked of plans for a campaign to raise the wages of the lower paid, while the CEO of the Labour Relations Commission, Kieran Mulvey, has raised the prospect of a rise in the number of pay claims targeted at more successful firms.
The union leadership continues to argue that a boost to domestic spending from higher pay for low- to middle-income earners would produce economic benefits that outweigh any impact on competitiveness.
