UNIONS AND BOSSES UNITE IN MINUTE'S SILENCE PLEA
Unions and bosses unite in minute's silence plea
Omagh bomb
By Jim Fitzpatrick
Business Editor
THIS Saturday at 3.10pm shoppers will stop, drivers will halt their vehicles, workers will down tools, and the population of Ireland will be still as people remember Omagh.
Unions and employers yesterday united to support a minute's silence this Saturday in honour of the Omagh dead.
The Northern Ireland committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Confederation of British Industry said they were asking members to observe the call by the church leaders.
The entire population is being asked to stop and remember for one minute exactly a week after the bomb went off - 3.10 on Saturday afternoon.
In a joint statement, the two organisations said: "As a mark of sympathy and solidarity with the friends and relatives of those murdered and
maimed by the terrorist attack on Omagh, the Northern Ireland committee ICTU and the Confederation of British Industry Northern Ireland are
recommending their members to observe the minute's silence called by the church leaders for Saturday 22 August.
"Businesses open that day are invited to cease work for one minute beginning at 3.10pm. Where practicable, employees may be facilitated, should they wish, to attend vigils and church services.
"Customers in shops and other work premises should be invited to join in the observance of the minute's silence. Those driving vehicles are asked to halt safely for the minute.
"Employers, staff and the unions are asked to discuss specific arrangements for commemorating the occasion which may include:
notice to all staff and customers in advance announcements over PA systems co-ordinated arrangements within shopping centres, places of public assembly and shared or adjacent workplaces appropriate displays of mourning - (sporting fixtures are delaying their starting times)
"The Northern Ireland committee of ICTU and CBI are united in expressing their sympathy to the victims and their families. We also wish to express gratitude for the work of the emergency and medical services and to all who assisted the victims and the bereaved. Our aim is to allow everyone to express their support and sympathy in a way that demonstrates their abhorrence at the atrocity."
Omagh bomb
By Jim Fitzpatrick
Business Editor
THIS Saturday at 3.10pm shoppers will stop, drivers will halt their vehicles, workers will down tools, and the population of Ireland will be still as people remember Omagh.
Unions and employers yesterday united to support a minute's silence this Saturday in honour of the Omagh dead.
The Northern Ireland committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Confederation of British Industry said they were asking members to observe the call by the church leaders.
The entire population is being asked to stop and remember for one minute exactly a week after the bomb went off - 3.10 on Saturday afternoon.
In a joint statement, the two organisations said: "As a mark of sympathy and solidarity with the friends and relatives of those murdered and
maimed by the terrorist attack on Omagh, the Northern Ireland committee ICTU and the Confederation of British Industry Northern Ireland are
recommending their members to observe the minute's silence called by the church leaders for Saturday 22 August.
"Businesses open that day are invited to cease work for one minute beginning at 3.10pm. Where practicable, employees may be facilitated, should they wish, to attend vigils and church services.
"Customers in shops and other work premises should be invited to join in the observance of the minute's silence. Those driving vehicles are asked to halt safely for the minute.
"Employers, staff and the unions are asked to discuss specific arrangements for commemorating the occasion which may include:
notice to all staff and customers in advance announcements over PA systems co-ordinated arrangements within shopping centres, places of public assembly and shared or adjacent workplaces appropriate displays of mourning - (sporting fixtures are delaying their starting times)
"The Northern Ireland committee of ICTU and CBI are united in expressing their sympathy to the victims and their families. We also wish to express gratitude for the work of the emergency and medical services and to all who assisted the victims and the bereaved. Our aim is to allow everyone to express their support and sympathy in a way that demonstrates their abhorrence at the atrocity."
Further Information
Publisher: THE IRISH NEWS
Ref: IN/0155
Published Date: 21-Aug-98
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