A new campaign to unionise workers in the State is targeting two of the most profitable sectors in the economy – finance and tech. The Respect to Work campaign is calling on the Government to ensure that workers have a legal right to organise a trade union in their workplace. While any worker has a constitutional right to join a union, there is no legislation forcing employers to recognise trade unions.
The problem is most acute in the technology sector, according to Communications Workers Union (CWU) official Fionnuala Ní Bhrógáin. The CWU represents workers in the postal, telecoms and tech sectors.Grafton Street’s story: How a downbeat country lane became an upmarket home for A-listers, hotels, Turkish baths and shopsPathway to top of Croagh Patrick almost complete after more than three years of work She said none of the major multinational tech companies operating in Ireland including Meta, X (Twitter), LinkedIn or Google, allow for union organisatio