And this bit:
Although an ardent fan of social partnership, Quinn says the Croke Park deal needs renegotiation and that negotiation should start now. Everything, including pay and increments, must be on the table.
He says: “We should anticipate a successor agreement and start negotiating it now. And if during the course of the negotiation we can speed up the transition between ‘agreement 1′ and ‘agreement 2′, I wouldn’t rule that out. But an agreement needs two sides, so I can’t speak for the other side.”
In other words, he wants a renegotiation. In fact, this proposal goes slightly further than what Leo Varadkar was shouting about in June. Is Leo Varadkar also a guardian of workers? Does he expect many votes from this special interest group?