Without extra tax on the wealthy, tax concessions can only be paid for by curbing public spending. The union leaders fully subscribe to the Maastricht Treaty which limits public spending here and throughout Europe. Jobs Even after the exodus of alleged fraudsters from the Live Register, unemployment is higher now than at the start of the first Programme nine years ago. Many of these new jobs have been low paid, non-union, yellowpack or contract jobs, into which the increasing number of women in the workforce are mainly being steered. The new jobs forecast in Partnership 2000, where they are not in schemes, are projected to come on stream anyway.
Partnership is a fraud.
Throughout the Programmes firms have hacked away at jobs, conditions, pay rates and union rights. No sooner was the ink dry on a new partnership deal in Dublin Bus than CIE demanded cut-backs and withheld the PCW rise. Partnership is a dangerous fraud. The unions accept rather then give a lead against the policies of government and employers. The Programmes preach that workers and employers are on the same side.