Union leaders warn of ‘sustained and relentless’ industrial unrest

THE Taoiseach has been warned by two of the country’s most senior trade unionists that his Government’s economic policies are pushing the country towards significant, prolonged industrial unrest.

Brian Cowen was greeted with placard-bearing delegates when he arrived at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions biennial conference in Tralee yesterday afternoon.

When he addressed the conference a number held their placards aloft bearing slogans including “No More Health Cuts”, “Protect Our Children, No More Education Cuts” and “Tax the Greedy Not the Needy”.