Howlin: “The Government should re-enter talks with public sector workers as the current Lansdowne Road Agreement is out dated – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

Howlin: “The Government should re-enter talks with public sector workers as the current Lansdowne Road Agreement is out dated




The leader of the Labour party Brendan Howlin has said the current Lansdowne Road Agreement is out dated and should be re-negotiated.

Speaking over the weekend the Mr Howlin who was part of the original negotiating team said the Government must re-enter talks as soon as possible.

The Labour part explained the terms were only supposed to be a short term plan, and the government need to give back to those whose wages have been cut the most.

Mr Howlin said: “Well I negotiated the Lansdowne Road agreement and in fact the agreement before that as well.”

“I asked workers in the public sector, to step up to the plate when the country needed them, to work longer hours, to take reductions in pay and they did that voluntarily.”

“But it was understood that it was anchored in an emergency and that it would be unwound once the emergency was done.”

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