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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 2007
Unemployment 17% 4.4%
Debt to GDP Ratio 130% 25%
Inflation 15% 4.9%
GDP/Capita 2/3 EU Average
129% EU Average
Employment < 1 Million > 2 Million
Migration - 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