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A STRIKE DUE to take place by workers at Marks and Spencer shops around the country tomorrow has been called off.
Employees voted 97 per cent in favour of recommendations by the Labour Court last Friday evening, which sought to bring an end to the ongoing industrial dispute.
More than 2,000 employees at the company’s 17 shops went on strike on Saturday 7 December over major changes to the company’s pension scheme.
M&S closed the employee defined benefit pension scheme at the end of October and was also proposing a range of changes to employee pay, including the elimination of the Christmas bonus usually paid to workers and a reduction in the Sunday and public holiday premium.
Unions have now written to the company looking for a roadmap of how it plans to follow the guidelines set by the Labour Court.
Gerry Light of Mandate, which represents the vast majority of workers, said it was “vitally important” for the company to liaise with the union’s appointed accountants “as soon as possible in order to end this protracted dispute”.
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Marks are sound! They will even drop their prices to normal UK prices in the new year and call it a sale.
Percy pigs are on me!!
A very wise decision❗️
They must have gotten all their Xmas shopping done on the first strike day…..
Even a threat of strike and I would sack every single one of them
W.A.N.K.E.R
See this is the behaviour of these types
T.O.S.S.E.R
Victory for the workers.
All marks but no sparks
Enda – dont worry noone would work for you !
97% – the journal seen to have got the hang of percentages after yesterday’s ‘Seanad doh!’article
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