Fine Gael show true colours on workers rights – Sherlock
- Row back on sick pay predictable
Labour workers’ rights spokesperson and Dublin Central candidate Marie Sherlock said Fine Gael’s row back on basic workers’ rights like sick pay is predictable and pathetic.
Senator Sherlock said:
“Fine Gael are laser focused on turning back the clock on the world of work.
“Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar made a commitment to introducing 10 paid sick leave days by 2026, a promise that seems to have been forgotten about in Fine Gael’s manifesto.
“Labour has consistently highlighted that Fine Gael are all talk and no action when it comes to supporting and protecting working people, particularly those on low and middle incomes.
“In 2022, I called out Fine Gael for failing to legislate to provide ten days sick leave into the future. My fears have come to pass.
“They have spent the first week of this campaign attempting to bribe people with their own money. Offering newborn children a bank account while giving them no hope of having a house.
“Fine Gael have had to be dragged kicking and screaming towards any piece of positive protections for workers. And here we see again the party of business turning their backs on working people.”