International law may be broken unless bargaining processes strengthened
New report says collective coverage at an historic low in Ireland
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Ireland is in danger of breaching international law unless collective bargaining processes are strengthened, a new trade union-commissioned report has found.
The report says that collective bargaining coverage is at an historic low in Ireland. It says the number of workers who benefit from collective bargaining in Ireland is about 33.5 per cent, the second lowest among among the 14 countries in EU membership since before 2004.
The report – Collective Benefit: harnessing the power of representation for economic and social progress – which is to be launched on Monday, says 24.4 per cent of workers in Ireland are unionised overall but in the private sector the figure is 18 per cent.