Eustace argues that we can "expect strikes if the Government insists on getting strict about remote working without union agreement," and puts it to readers that if they're annoyed by “public sector perks” or the disruption caused by strikes, "imagine how annoyed your boss would be if you joined a union too."
The letters page also publishes correspondence from a reader in Annascaul, Co Kerry who echoes some of the points made by Kevin Donoghue in yesterday's edition, while commending some of Howlin's argument as having some merit, but concludes: "Scapegoating remote working without interrogating it’s benefits and, in some cases, necessity seems somewhat unfair and unbalanced."
Elsewhere,the joint trade union campaign More Power to You is cited in the Dublin People newspaper in an article about Labour TD Marie Sherlock's view that Dublin’s waste management system needs a “serious overhaul.”
Finally, a piece by Charlie Weston in the Indo (published on Tuesday) reporting that a majority of people who have been enrolled into the new state-backed mandatory pension scheme, My Future Fund, plan to stick with it: "This is despite that fact that a two-month option to sign out of the My Future Fund opened at the start of this month. Thousands were expected to avail of the opportunity to opt out due to concerns about living costs. But a survey of people who were automatically enrolled into the new scheme at the start of the year shows that eight in 10 of them have no plans to leave it."
Your Zen this morning anticipates the All Ireland clash between Kerry and Mayo. Curses, plans, experience and culture are explored in this short video.
Have a great day.
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