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Updated 6 June 1pm
DUNNES STORES WORKERS are calling on members of the public to march alongside them as they take their protests to the retailer’s head office this afternoon.
Today’s march, which kicks off at 1pm, will see workers, their families and supporters assemble at Merrion Square. They will march to the Dunnes Stores head office on Georges Street.
In a statement today, Mandate Trade Union said it expected “thousands of Dunnes Stores workers and supporters” to take part.
The protest will hear from speakers including:
The Decency for Dunnes Workers campaign has already led to a strike day in April and employees say they want today’s rally to be about the wider issue of worker’s rights.
“This is a march for decent work and fair pay for all workers in Ireland,” according to a Dunnes Worker quoted by the Mandate trade union.
We know the issue of low pay and precarious work isn’t specific to Dunnes Stores and affects tens of thousands of other workers right across Ireland. That’s why we hope everyone can make an effort to join us in our march because this is something that has to be tackled together.
Mandate says the ongoing dispute between Dunnes workers and management is about “secure hours and earnings, job security, fair pay and the right to representation by their trade union.”
Last month, the company agreed to a 3% pay rise for workers but Mandate’s Gerry Light says that job security is a vital issue for the workers they represent.
“As the economy recovers it’s vital we don’t base that recovery on low-paid, insecure work. There’s a responsibility on all of us – including employers, politicians and workers – to ensure that work pays for everyone in our society,” he said.
Fianna Fail said it supports the march. Its spokesperson on jobs, Dara Calleary, criticised the government for not taking “concrete action” on low hours contracts.
The youth committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions called on young workers to support the protest, adding: “Paying young workers a decent wage with fair working conditions would be a major step forward in securing a positive future for workers in every sector of the Irish economy.
Originally published 5 June. Additional reporting Aoife Barry
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They should do this with pensioners and knitting.
Given THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, the spider didn’t build a web, it built a hammock, where it lay all day and watched the caffeine spider go.
The crack cocaine spider figured building webs was for suckers, waited till the caffeine spider was exhausted, then came up behind it and popped a cap in its ass. Nice web, Mr. Crack Spider.
When winter came, the marijuana spider had no place to live, it ended up in the crack web as the crack spider’s bitch.
Ha ha!
I wonder what the Irish spider would do after a few pints of Guinness ? Probably a straight web to the pub !!
True story this;- ‘ The Roughty bar ‘ in Kenmare, – an American came in & ordered a pint of ‘ real Irish Guinness ‘, The barman was just topping the pint when a little spider fell off the tap, onto the head of the pint.
Barman puts pint up on the counter to the Yank,
Yank says “hey, I ain’t drinkin’ that, there’s a spider in it…!! ”
Barman says sorry, & flicks the spider off the head.
Yank says; ” hey, – I still ain’t drinkin’ that…!! ”
Barman says;- ” What the hell is wrong with you, – you won’t drink it with the spider, – you won’t drink it without the spider……!! “…
The spider in my house at the moment is on speed!! I knock the webs down and he’s coming along behind me building them back up! the little sh&te!
I recommend you squash him so..!
Innocent animal.
There is nothing innocent about spiders.
he’s on speed!!
Spiders kill flies, the real bad guys.
Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
That spider probably had a bad upbringing.
very true Kardia! there is a spider web that wouldn’t look out of place in spider Beverly Hills in my garden shed and he’s just waiting for those filthy blue bottles to arrive! he’s huge and I reckon he’s partial to the odd splif or two. he just sits there looking all chilled just waiting for his spider chicken bucket!
Ha ha
Was the marijuana web an actual web or an artist impression of what the spider said he would create some day?
I think, out of these, I’d rather have the Marijuana world thankyou :)
Scary, the world we have is probably the Caffeine one :(
On my second mug of coffee sa I raed Tihs :)
The house spider Tegenaria pictured doesn’t spin webs, instead it makes a funnel and attacks prey straying near the entrance. Coffee time.
Was this a World Wide experiment ?
Look it up on the web :P
I don’t know 1 Web developer who can get through the day without coffee.
My dream of setting up a web based business has just been shattered.
The video of this experiment
Jasus, and i drink about 6 cups of coffee a day in work. Its just as well im not expected to produce decent quality spiders webs. … I wonder would the quality of my output improve if i cut back on the coffee. …. Ummm … Food for thought.
Sitting on my bed looking in my mirror felt like little strands of my hair were itching my face when all of a sudden a huge fecker of a spider climbs over my mouth!!!!! Threw it across the room and nearly killed myself trying to get out of my bedroom at the same time!!! Didn’t see where it landed but I’m fully sure it’s waiting for revenge:(
And here I was thinking caffeine could improve performance, janey mac!
This is older than time
Now why would you want to interfere with them in the first place? Weird!
Sorry I have dabbled in my time but I hav never taken chloral hydrate or Benzedrine
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