social partnership the irish model
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SOCIAL PARTNERSHIPTHE IRISH MODEL
David BeggGeneral Secretary
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
SOCIAL PARTNERSHIPTHE IRISH MODEL
David BeggGeneral Secretary
Irish Congress of Trade Unions
1987 2004
Two Decades Epic Transformation
THE ECONOMY OF IRELAND IN CONTEXT
1987 2007Unemployment 17% 4.4%Debt to GDP Ratio 130% 25%Inflation 15% 4.9%GDP/Capita 2/3 EU
Average129% EU Average
Employment < 1 Million > 2 MillionMigration - 44,000/yr + 50,000
SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP IN CONTEXT
• 1987 – The imperative to avoid the Thatcher experience
• Earlier attempts at neo-corporatism• EOI v ISI• The Voluntarist model• Centrality of the Labour Court• Complementary bodies – LRC and NIB
EMERGING TENSIONS
Legal challenge by employers expose systemic weakness
The Laval Judgement
Flexible Developmental State or Competition State?
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 15 years of economic growth…GNP
doubled Slowdown expected….global imbalance Big fallout from
Construction….employment and tax Growth – dip to 2% - rebound to 3-3.5% Investment strong Unemployment – 7.5% by 2011
New Round of Negotiations
Within 10 year framework agreement Pay – inflation running @ 3.3% - Food Labour market regulations – Agency
Workers Pensions Collective bargaining – Supreme court
Judgement Health
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