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24/04/2012
Gilmore Urges Workers To Vote 'Yes' For Treaty
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore says it a matter for union executives whether to endorse a No vote in the fiscal treaty referendum - but he said he was calling on individual workers to vote Yes.
Mr Gilmore said he respected the right of unions to give advice to their members but he said every worker is paid in euro and the stability of the Euro was important to workers and to pensioners.
He said it was important to public sector workers that Ireland had access to emergency funding if necessary.
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan said that the advice of unions to members to vote No was, in general terms, bad.
He said their primary concern should be to protect jobs and a No vote could put jobs at risk.
He said he was not union bashing but that anything that reducing Ireland's attractiveness to foreign investment is bad and could continue the tendency of companies like Dell to move elsewhere.
Some unions have already announced their position.
(H/GK)
Mr Gilmore said he respected the right of unions to give advice to their members but he said every worker is paid in euro and the stability of the Euro was important to workers and to pensioners.
He said it was important to public sector workers that Ireland had access to emergency funding if necessary.
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan said that the advice of unions to members to vote No was, in general terms, bad.
He said their primary concern should be to protect jobs and a No vote could put jobs at risk.
He said he was not union bashing but that anything that reducing Ireland's attractiveness to foreign investment is bad and could continue the tendency of companies like Dell to move elsewhere.
Some unions have already announced their position.
(H/GK)
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