[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2011\u002Fireland-ministers-clash-over-impact-of-jlc-reform-june-29-2011":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},18564,"ireland-ministers-clash-over-impact-of-jlc-reform-june-29-2011","Ireland - Ministers clash over impact of JLC reform - June 29, 2011",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2011\u002Fireland-ministers-clash-over-impact-of-jlc-reform-june-29-2011","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:46:46.206013+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F18564\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2011",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2011\u002Fireland-ministers-clash-over-impact-of-jlc-reform-june-29-2011\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T20:58:06.030223+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\n\u003Cp class=\"CM4\">Senior ministers from the Fine\r\nGael and Labour parties have clashed over the impact of proposed changes to the\r\njoint labour committee (JLC) system, under which pay and conditions for\r\nlow-paid are set through employment regulation orders (ERO’s) proposed by\r\nJLC’s. According to the bailout agreement with the International Monetary Fund\r\n(IMF) and the EU this system should be changed, but the method to do this and\r\nits impact has been a source of division between the coalition parties.\r\nEnterprise Minister Richard Bruton brought his proposals to cabinet on 28 June,\r\ninsisting changes to rules governing overtime and Sunday pay would lead to a\r\nreduction in the welfare bill. Labour ministers believe such reform could lead\r\nto pressure on the social welfare bill by pushing more families into the\r\npoverty line. Moreover, a coalition of unions and social justice groups has exerted\r\npressure on Minister Bruton, calling on him to release the economic logic of his\r\nproposals. Following lengthy discussions, ministers failed to reach agreement\r\non the proposals, which will be discussed again in July. The unions have made their\r\nposition quite clear. Jack O’Connor, president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)\r\nconfederation, said in a statement: “The Cabinet should not waste time working\r\nout ways to crucify the lowest-paid 20% of the workforce through further\r\ncutting their pay. Reducing basic wages and employment rights will make no\r\ncontribution to job creation, as the Government’s own independently\r\ncommissioned Duffy-Walsh report has established” (See also this\r\nCollective Bargaining Newsletter Year 4 January, February, March and May 2011).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.irishexaminer.com\u002Fireland\u002Fcoalition-ministers-clash-over-wage-agreement-changes-159374.html#ixzz1QfivkrvZ\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.irishexaminer.com\u002Fireland\u002Fcoalition-ministers-clash-over-wage\r\n...\u003C\u002Fa>;\u003Cspan class=\"CM5Char2\"> \u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">\u003Cspan class=\"CM5Char2\">\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"CM5Char2\">\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.independent.ie\u002Fnational-news\u002Fbruton-pushes-ahead-with-plan-to-slash-sunday-rate-for-low-paid-2808287.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.independent.ie\u002Fnational-news\u002Fbruton-pushes-ahead-with-plan-to-slash\r\n...\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>;\u003Cspan class=\"CM5Char2\"> \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"CM5Char2\">\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.irishtimes.com\u002Fnewspaper\u002Fbreaking\u002F2011\u002F0628\u002Fbreaking7.html\">\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">\u003Cspan class=\"CM5Char2\">\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.irishtimes.com\u002Fnewspaper\u002Fbreaking\u002F2011\u002F0628\u002Fbreaking7.html\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.irishtimes.com\u002Fnewspaper\u002Fbreaking\u002F2011\u002F0628\u002Fbreaking7.html\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\"> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem>This\r\narticle was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims\r\nto facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support\r\nthe work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. For more \r\ninformation, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam \r\nInstitute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\">M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa>. You may \r\nfind further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>,\r\n and on the AIAS at \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F39\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>.\r\n © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2011.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">\u003Cspan class=\"CM5Char2\">\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan class=\"MsoHyperlink\">\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]