So Myles Duffy (Letters May 14) criticises National Bus and Rail Union members because they have the temerity to actually want to maintain a standard of living.

THE Irish Congress of Trade Unions is heartened to see Senator Shane Ross give such enthusiastic backing to our call for the state to purchase the West Link toll bridge with a view to making it toll-free.

AS the largest civil society organisation on the island - representing some 750,000 working people - the Irish Congress of Trade Unions expects to draw its fair share of criticism and comment.