Sinn Féin General Election candidate Cllr Joanna Byrne is calling on workers to use their vote on November 29 to elect a Government that respects them, protects their rights and makes their lives easier.
“For far too long workers in the private and public sector Louth and East Meath have been let down by sucesive governments that simply dont care .We see this on the picket lines outside our Our Lady of Lourdes Hospitals, at B.D and in the wage packets of working families each week .Workers deserve a Government that respects them , that works to protect their rights and that makes their lives easier” she said.
“Louth and in particular Drogheda has a long and proud tradition of workers standing together in solidarity,however local Government TD’s have failed to deliver for them in any real or meaningful way .Sinn Féin are serious about doing just that .This means that we will tackle the high cost of living for workers, we will deliver affordable childcare , and we will take all workers earning €45,000 out of the USC net.
“The right to secure and affordable accomodation is a basic entitlement for workers. My party leader Mary Lou Mc Donald alongside our Spokesperson for Workers Rights Louise O Reilly, our Spokesperson for Housing Eoin O Broin, our Spokesperson for Finance Pearse Doherty, and our Spokesperson for Children Claire Kerrane have set out a range of priories that Sinn Féin want to deliver in Government which include
- Delivering the legal right to collective bargaining
- Delivering the right to organise
- Abolishing mandatory retirement ;Ensuring that workers can retire on their state pension at the age of 65
- Supporting people with disabilities back into work or into increased working hours
- The right to disconnect.
” Workers in Louth and East Meath cant afford to wait another five years for support from their Government, and they cant depend on the same political parties who have left them and their families behind . This is why Sinn Féin wants to lead the next Government and show up for ordinary workers and families . I want to be part of this new Government and deliver for working families in Louth and beyond and I am asking people to use their vote on 29 November to change the Government and vote to elect me and my colleagues in Louth to the next Dáil .”
