'The time is up for Thatcher's children'- CPSU Rally Dublin 18th Feb
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Friday February 20, 2009 10:12
by Paula Geraghty
mspgeraghty at yahoo dot ie
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Thousands of CPSU members, who are on the lowest grades of pay and are mostly women, took part in a lunchtime protest outside the Dail on Wednesday in opposition to the Pension levy.
The Irish government want low paid workers to pay for the economic crisis by introducing a 'pension levy'. This means low paid workers in Clerical Officer grades will be forced to pay, against their will, an extra €40/50 minimum per week.
This is not a levy but a pay cut for the lower paid. Over three thousand civil service workers from all over the country, came out to protest at a lunchtime rally in Dublin outside the Dáil on Wednesday 18th February.
This attack is a Thatcherite move- break the strongest unions, ie the Public Sector and then go for the private sector.
This is a rough cut which provides a sense of what happened. Events are happening so fast it's a serious challenge to turn the edited work around.
(C) Paula Geraghty
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