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Whatever about specific employers, there is little doubt that our current economic crisis is being used as an excuse to try to cut the standard of living of ordinary workers - a 'shock doctrine' if you will, as has been used all round the world in hard times, from Chile to Iraq to Russia to New Orleans.
A classic example of this is the IBEC proposal to eliminate the defined benefit pension scheme for new entrants to the public sector - see [broken link removed]. Without getting into the rights and wrongs of this proposal, it has absolutely no relevance to our current economic climate. Any savings accrued from such changes would only have an impact when these employees reach retirement age, i.e. 20/30/40 years down the line. This is pure opportunism by IBEC - attempting to use the economic disaster created by the banks and builders as an excuse to squeeze nurses, teachers, gardai, dole office staff etc. Dispicable conduct....
A classic example of this is the IBEC proposal to eliminate the defined benefit pension scheme for new entrants to the public sector - see [broken link removed]. Without getting into the rights and wrongs of this proposal, it has absolutely no relevance to our current economic climate. Any savings accrued from such changes would only have an impact when these employees reach retirement age, i.e. 20/30/40 years down the line. This is pure opportunism by IBEC - attempting to use the economic disaster created by the banks and builders as an excuse to squeeze nurses, teachers, gardai, dole office staff etc. Dispicable conduct....