Fantasy - how do you manage to connect "making it illegal to intimidate or punish employees wishing to set up a union" with "From next March O'Leary will find himself faced with recognising IALPA or spending time in Mountjoy Jail"? Where does it say that MOL has to recognise any union, even if he can be slapped for trying to intimidate or punish his employees who are in one?
Any decision to make union recognition compulsory has been fobbed off to a review process in 2009, despite it being a SIPTU "deal breaker" in the talks process. The unions have pushed very hard for years to make recognition compulsory - like it or not, the fact is that Irish Government did a deal with the many multinational employers in this country which does not allow collective bargaining, giving that away now to keep you happy would lose other jobs in Ireland, and effectively wipe out future investment in that sector. You don't live in a vacuum - build a bridge and get over it.
Last edited by bear11; 22nd Sep 2008 at 18:37.