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Tue 09 Sep 2008Latest pay talks likely for Thursday
INVITATIONS FROM Taoiseach Brian Cowen to trade union leaders and employers to meet to agree on a new round of social partnership talks have yet to be issued, though a meeting is thought likely to be held on Thursday.
So far, both sides are agreeable to further negotiations, though they are far apart on pay, collective bargaining rights and a host of other issues, while the cash-strapped Government equally has an interest in pay restraint.
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