As I mentioned in the previous post, the entire Agreement was subject to a limiting clause, which allowed a get-out for the Government if there was “unforeseen budgetary deterioration.” Apparently, this clause is undergoing a re-write: the Irish Left Review has more at: http://www.irishleftreview.org/2010/04/12/shhh-rewrite-work-recession-diaries-april-12th/
(Thanks to my tweep, @tnteacherTim for the heads-up.)
In other news: PDFORRA, the Representative Association for enlisted personnel of the Defence Forces, and the Civil and Public Service Union, have become the latest representative bodies to recommend rejection of the agreement to their members. This was reported on RTE News at 9pm on 12 April ’10.
Die Rote Kapelle 
An extremely brave move by PDFORRA. Their executive have already put themselves at risk of disciplinary action by engaging with the other unions. Well done, great to see brave actions by union leaders (even if they’re not allowed to call themselves a union).