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Statement from ATGWU re Bin Charge Campaign![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The following statement was issued today by Mick O'Reilly (ATGWU) The ATGWU totally disassociates itself from the statement made by the ICTU General Secretary David Begg. This statement clearly states that the ICTU does not believe that its own policies in relation to bin charges are worth fighting for. The entire statement is a scurrilous attack on working class communities, resident’s associations and thousands of PAYE workers and trade unionists who are fighting for the policies of the ICTU. The picture painted of these people by David Begg, as marionettes who are being manipulated for political ends, is both patronising and insulting to the communities concerned. The idea that if people acquiesce to these charges jobs will be secure and privatisation of refuse services will be stopped is simply not true. The opposite is the case. In many councils around the country where these charges have been introduced, privatisation has followed. If these charges are introduced in Dublin, privatisation will surely follow and Mr. Begg is misleading workers to say otherwise. The failure of the ICTU leadership to call for support for demonstrations demanding the release of Cllr Clare Daly and Joe Higgins TD is a disgrace. No greater love could be shown to the government by the leadership of the ICTU than to attack working class communities who dare to have the nerve to fight for trade union policies and oppose unjust taxes. To attack those who struggle, to proclaim that struggle cannot change the policies of governments is to devalue and deface the whole history of trade unionism. |
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