Labor and immigration in Ireland

More than 10,000 labor union members protested Friday in Ireland’s capital and other cities over shipping company Irish Ferries’ plan to replace its workers with Eastern European immigrants (primarily from Latvia) who are willing to work for far less pay. The New York Times called the protest “the country’s most bitter industrial showdown in decades.” The story is here:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Ireland-Labor-Protest.html

-jmc