Big business should pay up
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.
Their bosses executives and senior management, who often make disastrous business decisions, give themselves huge rewards in bonuses and share options, while staff , equally contributing work-wise, get no share of the profits but very often the sack, or reduced wages.
Employees outnumber employers and a “Yes” vote from them would carry real weight. More effective action from the IBEC, therefore, should win workers to the Yes camp direct its campaign at in attempting to attain a Yes would be to woo those workers by having its members share profits proportionately with their employees. right down the line.
Let appreciation and fair play be seen to prevail rather than dictatorship and greed and your Yes vote to Nice is guaranteed.
James A Gleeson,
Thurles,
Co Tipperary
