Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

They could have counteracted the major power imbalance between a ruthless employer like Dunnes Stores and low-paid workers. They could have introduced collective bargaining legislation. They could have fully transposed the EU directive on part-time work. They could have outlawed exclusivity contracts, which even the Tories in Britain have done. Instead of subsidising low-pay employers through the family income supplement and social welfare, they could have introduced a living wage.

This is my question. Is this the model of the Tánaiste and the Labour Party for a so-called recovery? Is the vision based on the best small country to exploit workers and a recovery for the rich built on the super-exploitation of the rest, people working for free, low-hour contracts and precarious work as well as bullying and exploitation of workers like those in Dunnes Stores?

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