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CPSU the latest union to determine Fiscal Compact stance

The Civil and Public Services Union will meet today at its annual conference in Cork.

THE CIVIL AND Public Services Union (CPSU) meets today to decide what position to take in relation to the Fiscal Compact treaty.

At its annual conference in Cork the CPSU will become the latest union to determine its stance on the treaty which has so far divided trade unions.

Members are among the lowest paid in the public service and RTÉ reports that many are not happy with the way their pay packets have been affected by cuts in the public sector.

A number of motions before the delegate conference today will not go down well with the government including one which criticises special pay rises for ministerial advisors. Another urges a No vote on the treaty.

Trade unions have taken different views on the treaty.

While IMPACT yesterday decided to urge its members to vote Yes on the 31 May, Unite, the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union, and Mandate have all called for a No vote.

SIPTU has urged the government to introduce a stimulus package as a quid pro quo for it advocating a Yes vote while the umbrella bod y,the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, has said that members are free to vote whichever way they choose.

Read: IMPACT advises members to vote Yes in fiscal referendum

Read: No vote on treaty would drive foreign investors away, warns Committee chair

Read: The Oireachtas’ briefing note on the Fiscal Compact Treaty

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    Mute WeAreRagbags
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    Apr 27th 2012, 8:58 AM

    Hopefully they’ll do the right thing and defend their members and the people of this country by advising a ‘No’ vote.

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    Mute O'Reilly
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    Apr 27th 2012, 2:18 PM

    I wonder will the most important motion – the one where they want an additional allowance for members coming to work in adverse weather ( I kid you not) be passed… # rainallowance

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    Apr 27th 2012, 9:28 PM

    They voted To advise against the NO vote . People Know their own minds , they know when they are being lied to and they know what to do about it ……VOTE NO !

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    Apr 27th 2012, 9:30 PM

    They voted to advise against the Stability ttreaty and to avise their members to vote NO >> I need coffee ! :)
    Well done CPSU . You are doing the right thing .

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