Summary
WELL, let's put it bluntly. In forcing a humiliating large-scale reversal of the whipping away of their medical cards, the outraged mobilisa-tion of the pensioners of this State has secured more in six days than the executive of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions would achieve in years of their normal method of 'struggle' - cosying up to the bosses and Government in the so-called partnership process.
Is there any chance they might learn and that we could now see an equally spirited fight to reverse the disgraceful levy on workers on the minimum wage and the savage attacks on the acknowledged need to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in our schools?See the full content of this document
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The Week That Pawns Took Kings ; Another Voice
All to pay for the chaos caused by the bankers and speculators. With the wisdom of their years, pensioners could grasp the essence of what has been happening in Irish economic and political life.
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