![]() |
|
| Wednesday, 23rd February 2011 |
Mandate Trade Union Ezine - Issue 9 |
IN THIS ISSUEMake them hear, loud and clear Get Out and Vote Mandate News Election 2011 Minimum Wage War begins LINKS |
Make them hear, loud & clear ![]() With the election only days away, this is the last chance to put the candidates under pressure to sign up to some of the issues that matter most to Mandate members. So how do you join in? Easy. Just click on the image above and watch Mandate's Election viral video on the Mandate website. Once it ends click on the image and follow the instructions on how to send the Election 2011 candidates a message on what's most important to us. It takes less then 1 minute. So there's no excuse! Get Out and Vote The time for in-depth political analysis is over. The time for televised leader debates is over. The time for politicians to kiss babies and tell us what they think we want to hear is over. Mandate News Election 2011 ![]() Mandate News Election 2011 has hit the shelves and as the name suggests the magazine aims to make some sense out of all the political noise we are being bombarded with at the moment. Why's it necessary? Because we want to make sure of the very best outcome for Mandate members on polling day, this Friday, 25th February. The only way to do this is for Mandate members to be informed and mobilised on how to use their vote to the best possible effect. Click for More Minimum Wage War begins ![]() SIPTU have mounted pickets on The Davenport Hotel and the Mont Clare Hotel, off Dublin's Merrion Square, as the worst predictions for the recently enacted Minimum Wage legislation have come to pass. When the legislation was being debated, the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan TD, gave assurances that existing employees on 8.65 euro an hour could not have their wages reduced without their consent. However, in Dublin's city centre, the O'Callaghan Hotels Group has been trying to force its workers to agree to a reduction in their wages from the previous Minimum Wage of 8.65 euro per hour to a paltry 7.79 euro per hour - the alternative for these workers was to lose their jobs. Click for More Sign up to Mandate on its social networking websites and stay up to date!!
|
|
| Published by Mandate Trade Union Copyright © 2011 Mandate Trade Union. All rights reserved. Address: O'Lehane House, 9 Cavendish Row, Dublin 1 - Tel: 01 8746321/2/3 - Fax: 8729581 - Email: info@mandate.ie - Privacy policy |