Time to fight for Irish workers

IT seems to have been forgotten that in 2008-2009 Hibernian-Aviva, which became Aviva subsequently, transferred 580 positions in Ireland to Bangalore in India.

Thus, a company earning high profits on policies in Ireland made even bigger profits at the expense of Irish workers. A suggestion was made at the time that we should transfer our policies elsewhere within Ireland (re)creating the jobs here. We, as a nation — out of greed, perhaps, with little consideration for or consolidation with our fellow workers — ignored such suggestions.

Let us now at last come to our senses and in a time of economic recession and job losses in general transfer our policies over to Irish-based companies paying Irish-based wages and with Irish-based jobs.