No campaign union leaders condemn Referendum Commission

TRADE union leaders opposed to the Lisbon treaty have called for the group tasked with providing objective information on both sides of the Lisbon debate to step down amid claims of pro-treaty bias.

Announcing their intention to support the no campaign yesterday, several union leaders from Unite, SIPTU and the TEEU insisted legal guarantees secured on sensitive issues by the Government for the treaty were “empty political promises”.

They went on to allege the Referendum Commission was not objective and the “thrust” of its latest leaflet on the referendum was towards a yes vote.