Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is promised legislation. Why, in this day and age, is SIPTU allowed to block this? What is going on? Big Jim Larkin and James Connolly would turn in their graves over this. The ambulance drivers are entitled to freedom of expression and to join the Psychiatric Nurses Association. They are entitled to do what they want. They provide front-line services and respond to all calls, as they did yesterday during strike time. Why are they not allowed to determine what union represents them?

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