{"id":3304,"date":"2018-09-29T08:39:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T13:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3304"},"modified":"2018-10-03T08:40:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T13:40:53","slug":"presidential-candidate-wants-businesses-to-support-unionization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=3304","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Candidate Wants Businesses to Support Unionization"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Presidential candidate Liadh N\u00ed Riada is encouraging businesses to recognize the need for workers to be represented by trade unions.<\/p>\n

N\u00ed Riada says that if she is elected as President, she will establish a Charter for Decency at Work Award to recognize employers who have been nominated by their staff.<\/p>\n

They would have to sign up to a collective agreement over working conditions and terms of employment.<\/p>\n

Sinn F\u00e9in MEP N\u00ed Riada says workers in precarious jobs need to be given more rights to improve their mental health.<\/p>\n

“If we don’t work that out, we’re going to see a continuing problem where we have mental health issues and this is about tackling the root cause of the inequalities that we have in our social fabric.<\/p>\n

“If our workers are happy, they need to have good working conditions where their mental health is looked after, where they have that living wage.”<\/p>\n

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