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TESCO WORKERS WILL strike on Thursday morning across 70 stores, following a breakdown of talks between Tesco and Mandate Trade Union.
Tesco workers were due to strike almost two weeks ago but the strike was called off after Tesco agreed to delay changing the pre-1996/97 contracts. Extensive discussions over the past few weeks failed to deliver progress on an agreement on changes to contracts.
Mandate say the strike is “unavoidable” unless Tesco withdraw the proposed contract changes or attend the Labour Court for an impartial hearing.
Mandate Assistant General Secretary Gerry Light said:
Tesco management have failed to provide any evidence to justify making changes to workers’ conditions of employment without agreement, and that’s clearly why they haven’t agreed to attend the Labour Court.
He added that Mandate and Tesco have an agreement to attend the Labour Court in circumstances like this, and that there is a long history of that practice being used successfully in the past.
In a statement Tesco said that it is extremely disappointed with the strike announcement.
As no changes in relation to the 300 colleagues on the pre-1996/97 contract have been made, we consider such action inconsistent with the ballot which only mandated action in the event we implement change.
Tesco claimed it offered new proposals which Mandate rejected without giving members the opportunity to vote on them.
The new proposals offer a number of options including compensation for full and partial contract buyouts.
Tesco finished the statement by saying it hoped that “colleagues will see this as a genuine offer that addresses the concerns raised”.
Tesco has said that its stores and online service will open for business as normal.
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Six months!
@Jimmy Pea: A sick joke .
@Jimmy Pea: judge too lenient. 6 month feck joke cos free in 3 months time
@Jimmy Pea: out in 3? If he does engage with the probation service and gets off the drugs it would be great. We can live in hope. The poor grandfather certainly is probably hoping that.
@Jakie McLean:
Drug use is not an excuse. People make their own choices to use drugs, and if it destroys their life and causes them to harm people, that’s on them.
6 months is a joke.
Lowest of the low types combined with a totally ineffective “justice” system will see repeat offences from this criminal.
That’s low, six years he should have got
“Deterrence message “ FFS
Out in a month
Use of a false instrument? He needs to experience the wrong end of one of those.
Another ‘poor addict’ with very little thought for the people at loss.
What deterrent message? Suspend two years !
So often people assume that a family member would never steal from one’s own family. In cases of addiction and repeat offending there are no promises. We need to keep an eye on our seniors for their protection.
How could you do that on your own grandad, lowest of the low.
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