Jack O Connor is back.

BeeDI

I see Jack O Connor, on the news tonight, calling all the comrades out to march against the budget. Didn't he try that last year and fail.

ei.sdraob

How many of his "comrades" earn as much as him...

fedor.2.

god im starting to hate that man

flutered

but is that not why he gets a fancy pay cheque, which the members ask him to do through their subs each and every week.

dan_d

Did he go away???

femur61

flutered wrote: »

but is that not why he gets a fancy pay cheque, which the members ask him to do through their subs each and every week.

Does he get €150,000 a year or did I read wrong.

Fat_Fingers

BeeDI wrote: »

I see Jack O Connor, on the news tonight, calling all the comrades out to march against the budget. Didn't he try that last year and fail.

Maybe Siptu president Jack O’Connor wants to publicly on his mega-a-mofone explain to people of Ireland how more than €4 million from various State sources has been paid into the Siptu National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund, which was operated by one of its officials and a long-standing member............. and was only "resting in the account"

proon4

First thing O Connor should do is take his share of the pain felt by his fellow workers... A 15% paycut.... A 50% cut in his expenses . Then a 20% cut in members weekly subscriptions... If he and the rest of the elite in the trade union movement were serious socialists that they claim to be , then they should lead by example...They creamed it big time when we hade the Celtic Tiger.

RichardAnd

Jack O'connor perfectly illustrates the problems with socialism. I don't need to explain this as Mr Orwell provides an excellent summary:

"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others"

deise blue

femur61 wrote: »

Does he get €150,000 a year or did I read wrong.

I can confirm that you read wrong - € 124,000 per annum , just think you'd get just over 24 Jack O'Connors for every 1 Brian Goggin.

Marches protesting budget cuts to take place on 27th November , hoping for 600,000 turnout according to Indo.

Getting the walking shoes polished already.

voxpop

deise blue wrote: »

Marches protesting budget cuts to take place on 27th November , hoping for 600,000 turnout according to Indo.

What cuts are they protesting against exactly ? Or is it just a "down with this sort of thing" protest

Coillte_Bhoy

proon4 wrote: »

First thing O Connor should do is take his share of the pain felt by his fellow workers... A 15% paycut.... A 50% cut in his expenses . Then a 20% cut in members weekly subscriptions... If he and the rest of the elite in the trade union movement were serious socialists that they claim to be , then they should lead by example...They creamed it big time when we hade the Celtic Tiger.

Perhaps you could tell us what his salary is?, how much he claims in expenses?and how much weekly subs are?

baldbear

Is this a protest to abandon the Croke Park Agreement?:p
It's a rabble rabble protest.

WalterMitty

Jack claims to be a communist so you can approach him and ask to share his 124k a year salary.

Panrich

There are bigger bogeymen than JOC out there.

sceptre

I'm finding it difficult to see an actual discussion here, apart from one or two posts.

There's no problem with a discussion on Jack O'Connor, his aims, his wants, his union (or their aims and wants) or indeed, his salary where that's relevant, but for anyone starting such a thread, please aim higher. Present a point and run with it rather than going for a twitter-style discussion from the very beginning - it's the duty of an OP to set up a discussion.

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