Unions - Root of all evil? Certainly not. Have they outlived their usefulness? now that would be a better debate.
As someone who works in this area, all I can say is that some of the worst forms of bullying, intimidation and harassment I have witnessed in the workplace has been from militant trade unionists intent on getting their way.
Fortunately not all trade unions are like this but it does exist and it does put people off as well as the perception that this country is run by a government that cannot make decisions based on the democratic mandate they recieve from the people but have to stall and change decisions because of TU inflexibility and militancy.
Maybe it's human nature but in the areas they are strong the TU's tend to take the mcikey with their objections eg. Dublin Airport 2nd Terminal, Dart Trains etc, etc.
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