Ms Edel McGinley:

We would typically meet them off-site. We would not go on-site to workers. We would not want to expose them in any way. We get in touch with people worker-to-worker by word of mouth and build our connections that way.

It is a big issue for the State more generally around collective bargaining and the recognition of trade unions to bargain collectively in the meat industry and other industry. The lack of recognition of unions by employers is a real problem in the State. What SIPTU is referring to in its submission is that lack of recognition. There is a lot of hostility towards unions and worker representative organisations from employers and employer bodies.