Big business should pay up

RECENTLY the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) suggested workers should accept pay rises less than the current inflation rate, to drop Irish prices to the 2% eurozone level of the eurozone.

Now, IBEC is looking for support from their own members in campaigning amongst its members for a “Yes” vote to the Nice Treaty. It makes you wonder: is this due to a desire to see Ireland flooded with cheap foreign labour after enlargement of the European Union?Community?

Remember, workers in general are not sold on the EU. They are aware of the prosperity of some sectors, due to as a result of what they perceive to be massive grants, subsidies, money in the post and hand-outs from Brussels. But they themselves see no personal gain, other than having a job.