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Mon 03 Mar 2009Cowen says partnership still has a role to play
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen, faced with the prospect of a national strike organised by the Irish Congress of Trades Union later this month, has again offered assurances to trade unions that social partnership has not been abandoned by the Government.
Speaking after the weekend Fianna Fáil Ardfheis, Mr Cowen said social partnership negotiations – which collapsed over the Government’s decision to impose a pension levy on State employees – will continue to be important.
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