Union Bosses Are Out of Touch, Says Ex-Asti President ; Fury at Pay and Perks of Men Leading Wage Strikes [Eire Region Edition 2]

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A FORMER union leader has accused union bosses who are planning a wave of national strikes of being out of touch and enjoying 'jobs for life'.

Pat Cahill, former president of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI), told the Irish Mail on Sunday: 'The heads of the country's unions are too far removed from the ordinary worker.

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Union Bosses Are Out of Touch, Says Ex-Asti President ; Fury at Pay and Perks of Men Leading Wage Strikes [Eire Region Edition 2]

'Their pay and perks are so many times more than the average industrial wage that I just cannot see how they can understand the lot of the ordinary worker any more.' Mr Cahill, whose reforms in 2004 at...

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