Departmental Offices
Dail Éireann — 2022-10-25
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Mick Barry (PBP), Cork North-Central

I want to condemn in the strongest terms the vicious attacks on the right to strike being carried out in France by the Macron Government. The notorious CRS riot police have been unleashed against striking workers who have been threatened with six months in prison or €10,000 fines if they do not return to work. These are workers at TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil who dared to strike for 10% wage increases after TotalEnergies gave a €2.6 billion dividend to shareholders and Exxon recorded its largest quarterly profits ever. Incredibly, Macron presided over this repression while heaping praise on the Iranian oil workers who have rightly chosen to strike against the repressive Iranian regime. Will the Taoiseach condemn the actions of the Macron Government and the repression of the French State against workers fighting for fair play and social justice?

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Sitting date: 2022-10-25