Eamon Ryan and the ESB Unions

[qtman]

Do any other GP posters have views on Eamon Ryan's decision to postpone the transfer of the ESB's transmission assets to Eirgrid?

This was something that Noel Dempsey first mooted, something the GP wanted to do prior to the election, and something that makes a whole pile of sense given the cost of energy in Ireland.

My wife is a member of the ESB ESOT. She gets a monthly update on the ESOT's affairs which is always accompanied by a toady letter from the ESB unions telling her that the transfer of assets will damage the ESB ( ).

I think Ryan could have made a real mark by taking on the Unions over this one, and I can't understand the prevarication. As with his efforts re. Broadband, this is really disappointing.

Thoughts?

[Laudenum]

Coward

[adrem]

yeah - he has shown very good political sense (this was gonna result in a big fight at the pay talks) but very little back bone

[yehbut_nobut]

My wife is a member of the ESB ESOT. She gets a monthly update on the ESOT's affairs which is always accompanied by a toady letter from the ESB unions telling her that the transfer of assets will damage the ESB ( ).

Only curious

I'm trying to work out why someone who is a member the ESB employee Share Owrnship Trust and trade union member would also have to register as a member of the Teaching Council of Ireland, (as all teachers in state funded schools are required to do.)

you said here
That your wife registered with the council, implying she's working as a teacher.

She must have her class electrified! Curious about the career change.

[markeys]

Politically it could have helped the greens. Imagine a government party taking on a union!!

This will come back to haunt them. They've ran away on broadband ('hey, lets establish a commission!'), and now they're running from something the public would have strongly supported them in.

Blasted weak willed wuzzes.

[qtman]

My wife is a member of the ESB ESOT. She gets a monthly update on the ESOT's affairs which is always accompanied by a toady letter from the ESB unions telling her that the transfer of assets will damage the ESB ( ).

Only curious

I'm trying to work out why someone who is a member the ESB employee Share Owrnship Trust and trade union member would also have to register as a member of the Teaching Council of Ireland, (as all teachers in state funded schools are required to do.)

you said here
That your wife registered with the council, implying she's working as a teacher.

She must have her class electrified! Curious about the career change.

She was a permanent employee in the ESB for 3 years before she switched to teaching.

Permanent ESB employees are allowed keep their ESOT shares after they leave.

Bizarre I know, but that's unions for you.

[lostexpectation]

ah so these esot type programs are just bribes to privatise

[wombat]

There may be a more innocent explanation - they are looking at changing the grid to make it more easy to connect small local generators, so its not a good time to start a fight with the unions.

[qtman]

There may be a more innocent explanation - they are looking at changing the grid to make it more easy to connect small local generators, so its not a good time to start a fight with the unions.

There's never a good time to fight with unions; that's why you just have to get on with it.

Seriously, at a time when the economy is leaking jobs, there is no excuse for delaying measures that have the potential to reduce input costs and promote renewable energy,

[wombat]

I hate to defend Ryan but think of what will happen. The unions will threaten blackouts, Bertie will save the day by agreeing with them and Ryan will have wasted time. He's being smart, get his technical changes in place, then go for the assett transfer.