Ireland: Four out of 10 multinationals do not recognise unions

A recent survey finds that around 60% of multinational companies operating in Ireland recognise trade unions at at least some of their sites. However, the figure is only 40% among US-owned companies, which form the single largest group of multinationals in Ireland.  When multinationals that recognise unions at existing Irish operations open new sites, many of these sites do not recognise a union.