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Updated at 18.55pm
THE NEXT MOVE of the Dunnes Stores National Disputes Committee, which is part of the trade union Mandate, is to “escalate” their campaign.
Mandate Assistant General Secretary Gerry Light – speaking on behalf of the committee – said that a meeting today had agreed to potential future strikes.
“Our members are angry and disappointed with the behaviour of Dunnes Stores management who have continued a campaign of intimidation and hostility against union members since they went on strike less than two weeks ago.
“However, this has only made them more determined to win decent contracts of employment for all Dunnes Stores workers.”
The committee recommended a three pronged approach as the next steps in the campaign:
The committee also called for collective bargaining legislation – including robust anti-victimisation clauses – to be implemented as a matter of priority.
Industrial action
Mandate Trade Union General Secretary John Douglas told TheJournal.ie earlier today that the union is reviewing accusations of reprisals from the retailer following the Holy Thursday strike.
“We are compiling a dossier of the reprisal complaints received from workers,” said Douglas.
“These have taken the form of downright dismissals to workers being moved from positions,” he explained, claiming that some workers have been moved from office work back on to the cash registers after 20 years in their role.
“This can result to a severe loss of hours.”
Douglas said those affected are largely women and that the sudden change in work hours is having a “catastrophic impact on the balance of their home and work”.
Mandate state that Dunnes Stores have refused to engage with the workers, unions, the Labour Relations Commission and the Labour Court.
Engagement
Douglas said multiple letters had been written to the company, both before and after the strike action, but there had been no response.
“The dispute is resolvable and was avoidable,” he said.
Their actions is not only damaging their corporate image, but their own customers too. We have had numerous calls and emails since the strike from shoppers asking us how they can help. They want to know if stopping shopping there or sending back their loyalty card will help in any way. There has been wide scale revulsion at their actions.
Dunnes Stores has declined to comment publicly on the dispute. TheJournal.ie requested a comment from Dunnes Stores following the revelations last week, but has received no response.
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Anyone read the Guardian today, reporting on how penalty points were squashed for the editor of the Irish Independent, they are questioning the integrity of Irish journalists and news outlets for not asking questions.
I expected the journal to at least have something on it.
Thats what has the country Ducked,The journalist are just staying stum to help secure their future employment.Meanwhile the people suffer without a voice.
And the one journalist who wanted to continue asking questions about penalty points got fired by guess who- the same editor who had penalty points quashed, this country is so full of corruption it really is sickening.
There is an inner circle of politicians, the media and certain higher professionals that run this country as they like and the rest of us are mere minions who must do as we are told.
Are we really looking for integrity when we speak about journalists? The least they could’ve done was give the job to someone gook lookling
keep up the good work pat of letting us know that this is not a democracy also another beaut heading to RTE to fill us with pure crap that they throw at us.
I heard Pat Kenny has moved to Newstalk.
No, you’re kidding me, when? Why have I never seen that reported on the journal? Seems very odd that they never saturate their pages with stories about RTE or radio stations owned by multi billionaires.
I’m sure there was an fair and open candidate search for this taxpayer sponsored job
In other news:
My cats breath smells like cat food.
Why is this news?
Hi Angela,
It is filed in the ‘Media’ Section of Business Etc.
Thanks
Sinéad
No pleasing some Sinead :-)
I can see that, admittedly my eyesight isn’t great but I’m not blind. Does ‘The Journal’ source these ‘Media’ stories or do the individuals involved send their own press release in?
Angela
Like a number of reports on Journal and Sport.ie, the original question still remains. Why is this news? Or do you just regurgitate press released from RTE?
Hi Mick, Angela,
This wasn’t press-released by RTÉ but as we have a ‘Media’ section in our Business Etc vertical, it would then make sense to report on major recruitment decisions at Ireland’s public service broadcaster.
Also, there’s loads of other news here if you want to read something else: http://www.thejournal.ie/
Cheers
Sinéad
News Editor
Me thinks she will make RTE alot easier to watch while listening to the BS the TDs are spouting. Yup alot more pleasing on the eye…
A real journalist would not join RTE particularly the political department. might as well work for the Fine Gael press office you will be repeating the same sound bites either way. She looks nice though maybe she will rebel and ask a government minister a real question for a change.
Tough crowd tonight Sinéad.
Why is this tough cheeky bums!
Or some such malarkey.
What defines news? Why’d you click on the article? Go get laid, you’ll find you’re less inclined to nitpic then.
When I grow up I want to be a pol coll
If the Journal’s reporting pisses people off so much, why not go somewhere else for news?
@davidmurphyRTE, too good a political correspondent to loose to Washington. Needed at home.
Erm, David Murphy isn’t a Political Correspondent, he’s Business Editor. If you mean David McCullagh or David Davin-Power, you clearly haven’t read the article!
Touchy, touchy Donal! This weather is getting to me too.
Too many Davids.
Jobs for the boys/girls in RTE, can they ever advertise for some new blood ???
Wouldn’t mind corresponding with her if you know what I mean wink wink
Who?
“Reached out” did he? I thought that was only something the Democrats did to the Republicans
I think they should send Robert Shortt back there, after all he was good at it last time and is the person they chose to send in the interim. Haven’t seen David Murphy report on anything other than Business so hard to judge if he’d be any good.
Politics just got even better!
Good on the eyes as well very important.
Well done David you weren’t overlooked despite wearing shorts whilst reporting outside the dail during our hot summer
Ah sure im sure she will do well as a government media propegandist
RTEs pic makes it look like the Bar lost another one…
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