NBRU has the balls that the rest of the so-called 'Trade Union' movement doesn't

national | miscellaneous | news report Monday January 13, 2003 14:40 by Paul Kinsella - Various paulkinsella53 at yahoo dot com 53 Lorcan Grove, Santry, Dublin 9, Eire 087-9748511

4 Hour bus and rail stoppage this Wednesday 15th

At least there's one Union that still has the balls to do what it's supposed to do - namely looking after their members. The National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) is not a member of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) thank god! This 4 hour work stoppage this Wednesday the 15th is one up for the CIE workers and gives the 2 fingers to sell-out merchants such as O'Toole, Gergharty and Beggs and to you sell-out scoundrels such as Beggs I say f**k off! And I mean that!

The National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) balloted their members in all 3 CIE companies - Irish Rail, Bus Eireann and Dublin Bus before Christmas to stop the privatisation by stealth announced by the Minister for Transport Seamus Brennan when Brennan announced that 25% of Dublin Bus's routes are to be franchised off to the private sector without any consultation with any of the workers. The result was an overwhelming 90%+ vote in favour of industrial action over this proposed privatisation by stealth of Dublin Bus. The first shot in this industrial action will be this Wednesday January 17th when bus and rail services across the country will grind to a halt for several hours because the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) has called a 4 hour work stoppage from 11am to 3pm. I think that the bus and rail workers should be fully supported because they're fighting the thin edge of the wedge of the privatisation (GATS/WTO) agenda.

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