Union leader wants general strike over country’s economic direction

THE Unite trade union is lobbying within ICTU in support of a general strike as a “clear message to the government in waiting” that it must change the country’s economic direction.

The 60,000-member union’s motion for a general strike was presented to the ICTU executive council last month and was referred on to the union umbrella group’s powerful general purpose committee, which will meet on January 11.

In the lead-up to this meeting, Unite has been asking rank-and-file trade unionists to voice their support for a general work stoppage.