Ireland’s trade unions are to press for European Union-wide legislation in a bid to overcome Irish laws that allow employers not to recognise unions in pay disputes. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) is to push for the introduction of an EU directive which would override national legislation, to harmonise laws on collective bargaining rights in member states.

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