Lisbon - Same Treaty - Same Answer - No

dublin | eu | event notice Thursday August 06, 2009 19:21 by John Meehan - Say No to the Lisbon Treaty

Lisbon - Same Treaty - Same Answer - No

Public Meeting on Lisbon

Same Treaty
Same Answer
No!

8pm, Tuesday 18 August

Liberty Hall, Eden Quay

Speakers

Joe Higgins MEP, Socialist Party

Bob Crow, General Secretary,
Rail Maritime & Transport Union

Organised by

Say No to Lisbon

(Campaign Against the EU Constitution)

www.SayNo.ie

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Information about RMT General Secretary Bob Crow is at these two links :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/20/bob-crow...trike

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Crow

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The Rail Maritime and Transport Union proposed this Motion to the recent ICTU Conference -

It can be circulated to Union members.

Link here :
http://www.ictu.ie/bdc09/motions/detail/12461976871110204/

This motion was scheduled for discussion on Friday 10 July, and was formally proposed and seconded.

However, it was remitted to the Congress Executive.

Text :

Motion 67

Congress is appalled that the Viking, Laval, Ruffert and Luxembourg judgments in
the European Court of Justice (ECJ) are a fundamental attack on collective
bargaining and the right to strike.

Congress believes there is an urgent need to campaign strenuously for
restoration of the fundamental human right to strike recognised but overridden
in the ECJ cases.

The unelected judges of the EU using the 'free movement' provisions have
disembowelled the concept of social Europe and undermined the ability of unions
to protect workers.

The Lisbon Treaty would exacerbate these attacks by handing greater powers to
the ECJ to interpret disputes concerning the Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Congress also believes that the ECJ decisions are reflected in the increasingly
neo-liberal policies emanating from the EU which are in turn reflected in the
Lisbon Treaty and Congress therefore agrees to campaign to halt the ratification
of the Lisbon Treaty.

Proposing Union : RMT