Speaking after today’s announcement by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Incoming ICTU Assistant General Secretary Gerry Murphy said
The detail will reveal the worth of the arrangement.
The trade union movement in NI and across these islands have long advocated serious negotiations leading to a long-term deal which NI requires for economic as well as political stability.
What follows next needs to be the revival of the the NI Assembly and the restoration of the NI Executive. The unfinished business of Brexit and the NI Protocol has blocked too much important work at the Assembly and Executive.
Secondly, the government at Westminster, having seen the benefits of serious and substantial negotiations, need to apply the same lessons to the working people of GB and NI – it is time to talk with trade unions about the cost of living crisis afflicting working people in all parts of our economy.
The main lesson is that negotiations work.
