Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

What of the other Bills in the programme, namely, the amendment of section 4 of the Competition Act on the right of workers, employed and unemployed, to be represented by their trade unions? I also referred to legislation on the recognition of the right to organise. A third Bill raised with the Government by the social partners would have made the former compliant with outstanding ILO regulations regarding the full right of the worker to be represented by a trade union, a right that would not be quenched by arrangements concerning unregulated competition.

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