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Updated 21.07
A UNION REPRESENTING 11,000 of Tesco’s Irish employees says it will call off the pending workers strikes if Tesco “commits not to make changes to contracts without agreement”.
Nine Tesco stores have voted to strike ‘indefinitely’ from this Tuesday over issues surrounding the contracts of the company’s longest-serving Irish workers.
A further nine stores will strike from 17 February.
Tesco has moved to impose newer ‘modern contracts’ on those employees remaining who have been employed since before 1996, claiming that those contracts are no longer fit for purpose.
Those contracts would see longer-term employees “experiencing reduced incomes of up to 20%,” Mandate’s general secretary John Douglas said this evening.
“In recent days, Tesco Ireland have said that the impending strikes are not justified because they have not yet actually made the contractual changes,” he said.
In response, last Friday Mandate wrote to the management of Tesco Ireland saying that if they committed to not making changes to their staff’s contracts without agreement with them – rather than trying to impose change unilaterally – then the strike due to start on Tuesday could be called off.
“Unfortunately, to date we have had no response from Tesco Ireland to our letter,” he added.
Tesco’s actions “constitute an abuse of the company’s considerable economic power” according to Douglas who added that “an important principle is at stake”.
Tesco’s response
Tesco responded this evening and does not seem to have changed its stance towards the pending industrial action.
“Tesco continues to call on Mandate to accept the recent Labour Court recommendation as the only means of resolving this dispute. The company is shocked that Mandate has organised strike action in a handful of our stores on Tuesday after the Union has rejected the outcome of the State’s industrial relations process which they had insisted on following,” the company said in a statement.
Tesco has not made any changes to the pre-1996 terms and conditions and the Labour Court recommendation sets out a clear path to resolving this issue and we call upon Mandate to now accept the Labour Court recommendation.
The company has followed all the industrial relations processes of the State to seek agreement. The recommendation protects colleagues’ rate of pay with 90 per cent actually getting a pay increase under the Labour Court proposals.
We believe now more than ever that there is an onus on Mandate to abide by the outcomes of the Labour Court which is the agreement the Union, had sought. Tesco continues to call on Mandate to re-think its plan to damage the company with an unjustified strike.
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Hey You Guys!
slick shoes!!
Where’s the girls.!
Interesting that Corey Haim ‘passed away’ for an unkown reason (in this article) but John Matuszak ‘died’, can the author explain this terminology?
Where are the girls??
Poor Lilly didn’t hold up too well…
Corey Haim passed away from a heart related issue.. It had nothing to do with drugs, a heart defect of some kind. .
Jasus, Sloth really let himself go.
Choc-o-let?!
The girls weren’t Goonies. Fact
Like the 80′s movie ‘Stand By Me’…the 80′s was a great time when Real friends went off for the day on Adventures together in a time without the phones..This generation is doomed.
Sick balls!
Me and my friend went to a funeral one time, nothing to do with us. It was his idea. We were about 11 and we were passing wreaths down onto the coffin. I’ll never forget it. Everyone just assumed we were part of the thing. Mad when I think about it.
I’m officially old now.
Now I know I’m old and all that but I’m fairly sure there were not one but TWO female cast members you’ve left out?
More than that – it’s the two young ladies that people remember in the film but there was also mama fratelli and more than that. There was the Spanish lady that Mouth lied to about drugs etc in translation.
What? No Martha Plimpton or Kerri Green?
No mention of the girls at all. What gives?
Who?
And her been the daughter of Keith carradine you would think she would get a mention. And not a bad actress now.
What about Martha Plimpton who is in Raising Hope now??
In true 80′s style the female actors of this movie have been completely left out of this 2015 article
One of my favourite childhood memories, crashed out on the couch with my brothers watching it.
I actually used to work with a fella and he was the head off Sloth.. we used to always say “hey you guys”,.when he was around. It was bad like,feel bad about it now.
Ahh Kerri Green……
Martha Plimpton isn’t worthy of a mention?
loved that movie as a kid
Must say, the Eighties were great for growing up in. What a time I chose to be born.
E.T. was boring.
If you are a goonies fan, and haven’t heard of Herve Attia, this is magical and will really bring you back. seriously give it a whirl. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8yxrenBZW-8
@kenobi, thanks for that, a brilliant film from my youth. Brings a tear to my eye. Happy days.
@ John Mccarthy, I am glad you liked it, he does really bring you back. The one he does of the film Stand By Me will leave you wondering if someone was chopping onions close by…its unreal how he does it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XzZD69I-_Kc
Sean Astin’s mother, Patty Duke was also famous for her work.. if anyone remembers The Patty Duke Show? Both of his parents are celebrities. Hes one of my favorite actors. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001157/. I was just 2 when this movie came out and still holds childhood memories as well as other 80′s movies.
All Willy’s are one eyed lol.
Someone else can work out the headline.
Caaaannndyy!!
Still a great film, my 5 year old loves it!!
Aw man I feel old!!!
Never could get into the kids movies of the 80′s even though I was a kid myself.Anything from ET to The Goonies honestly just bored me.Although while not exactly a kids film Wargames was probably my favourite kids/teen of the decade followed by Little Nakita….
Breakfast Club.
Again, not strictly a “kids” movie, but the influence it had on that generation was incredible.
Not a bad film.It was on a few weeks back and I was surprised at the issues it deals with.Its one of those films with a pretty universal message and could be one of the few films that could stand a remake every 15 years or so.My apathy towards kids films from the era is that I grew up surrounded with teenagers and I’d have not really been exposed to the younger stuff.I remember watching The Young Ones as a 5/6 year old for example.
No mention of female cast members!!!!
Sean Astin’s mother, Patty Duke was also famous for her work.. if anyone remembers The Patty Duke Show? Both of his parents are celebrities. Hes one of my favorite actors. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001157/ I was 2 when this movie came out and still remains one of my childhood favorites along with other 80′s movies!
Brilliant read
What a terrible film…
Should have been called The Goolies… lol.
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