Economy

Trade unions slam Ibec’s ‘craven’ call for a pause in minimum wage increases

ICTU said that people need to “live as well as work in this economy”

Owen Reidy, general secretary of Ictu, said the minimum wage rising to €12.70 an hour was ‘merely playing catch up given previous increases were well below inflation’. Picture: Bryan Meade

Trade unions have lashed out at Ibec’s call for a pause in minimum wage increases, with Siptu calling it an attempt to “row back on rights for the lowest paid”.

Siptu - the largest trade union in the country - has described a statement from the business representative group, in which it said that recent labour market reforms will increase the annual wage bill of Irish businesses by €4 billion, as a “craven attempt ... ...