Appeal over College jobs
APPEAL TO BISHOP OVER COLLEGE JOBS A trade union leader in Clare has called on the Bishop of Killaloe to demand social justice for Clare workers at St. Flannan’s College in Ennis. Paddy Kenneally from Crusheen, secretary of the Clare Plasterers’ Union said the refurbishment project at the College has failed to employ a single Clare plasterer. The men working at St. Flannan’s are from Galway and Mayo sub contractors while Clare tradesmen are banned from the site, he said. These sub-contractors are totally ignoring all CIF and REA Agreements in relation to trade union labour. We have raised the issue with the CIF but the employers do not care because of the current difficult economic situation. Up to fifty percent of Clare construction industry trades people are idle with block layers and plasterers badly hit. We are now calling on the Bishop of Killaloe to make a positive contribution to social justice by raising the matter with the College and urging the employment of Clare plasterers. There is a slowdown in the industry and the College can Assist in maintaining local jobs by employing Clare tradesmen on the site.
APPEAL TO BISHOP OVER COLLEGE JOBS A trade union leader in Clare has called on the Bishop of Killaloe to demand social justice for Clare workers at St. Flannan’s College in Ennis. Paddy Kenneally from Crusheen, secretary of the Clare Plasterers’ Union said the refurbishment project at the College has failed to employ a single Clare plasterer. The men working at St. Flannan’s are from Galway and Mayo sub contractors while Clare tradesmen are banned from the site, he said. These sub-contractors are totally ignoring all CIF and REA Agreements in relation to trade union labour. We have raised the issue with the CIF but the employers do not care because of the current difficult economic situation. Up to fifty percent of Clare construction industry trades people are idle with block layers and plasterers badly hit. We are now calling on the Bishop of Killaloe to make a positive contribution to social justice by raising the matter with the College and urging the employment of Clare plasterers. There is a slowdown in the industry and the College can Assist in maintaining local jobs by employing Clare tradesmen on the site.