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Wed 09 Sep 2009Begg says second No vote could hit jobs
EMPLOYMENT:THE LABOUR Party and senior trade union leaders have argued that the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty could have a negative impact on jobs and on the economy.
Speaking at a press conference organised by the Charter Group yesterday, the general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, David Begg, said a rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, allied to the return to power of the Conservative Party in Britain, could see Ireland “boxed in an Anglo-Saxon, Eurosceptic, northwestern corner of Europe”.
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