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People Before Profit says workers should be able to force their bosses to engage with their trade union by getting a fifth of their colleagues to join up.
The party will table a new bill on union recognition in the Dáil next week.
Dublin south west TD Paul Murphy says collective bargaining rights have been weakened in recent years.
He says his party's bill would give people a route to demand better pay and conditions.
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