Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed)

2:50 pm

Mr. Brian Nolan:

The Technical Electrical and Engineering Union, TEEU, is Ireland's largest craft union, representing over 40,000 members employed throughout the Irish economy, including many thousands in mechanical, electrical and power-lines contracting, all of which were covered by the following REAs prior to the McGowan v. Labour Court Supreme Court judgement of May 2013. Those agreements would be the construction industry wages and conditions of employment agreement-----