ICTU seeks senior economist to head up research unit

THE Irish Congress of Trade Unions has advertised for a highly-qualified senior economist to head up a special economic unit which, it hopes, will bring a united trade union approach to the economic crisis.

Over the next five years, ICTU-affiliated unions are to invest at least €1.5m in the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU).

This will, ICTU says, “provide high-quality research and analysis that will contribute to the achievement of greater levels of equality and fairness across the island of Ireland”.