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Friday, Nov 21st 2008


Articles about Wages - income

September 16th Evening: The Recession Diaries

An article by Michael Taft of Notes on the Front • September 16th 2008

I admire people who have absolutely no shame about going public with their proposals, no matter how weird, strange and utterly nonsensical those proposals might be. Such people don’t care whether they appear foolish; they are in too much of a hurry to get their little pearls into print. They must feel enormous [...]

August 11th Morning: The Recession Diaries

An article by Michael Taft of Notes on the Front • August 11th 2008

It must be great to be a spokesperson for employers. You can just plonk yourself in front of a microphone and say anything that comes into your head, no matter how outrageous or unsubstantiated. On Thursday’s Morning Ireland Mark Fielding of ISME was being interviewed together with UNITE’s Jerry Shanan. Mr. Fielding [...]

July 23rd Afternoon: The Recession Diaries

An article by Michael Taft of Notes on the Front • July 23rd 2008

You know its recession time - the unemployed are getting hammered. Mary Hanafin, straight from slashing the education system in her previous portfolio, is now getting her hooks into those who have been thrown out of work. Why? To save money. Apparently, there are queues of people ripping off the social welfare system. Let’s go [...]

July 14th Morning: The Recession Diaries

An article by Michael Taft of Notes on the Front • July 14th 2008

 
Our man from Ongar, Leo Varadkar, TD, is in madness mode. At a debate on the Future of Social Partnership at the Young Fine Gael Summer School he demanded:
‘ . . . a moderate pay deal that taxpayers can afford. . . This must include major concessions by the unions on business competition.’
Now, [...]