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ALMOST 10,000 DUNNES Stores workers have received a 10% increase in their pay today.
Mandate lodged a claim with the company in March 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic.
The company originally awarded the 10% pay increase as a temporary measure but following a campaign led by Mandate members in Dunnes Stores it has now been consolidated into pay, meaning it is reckonable for pension and annual leave purposes.
The temporary staff discount of 20% has also been extended by the workers indefinitely, according to reports.
Cathy McLoughlin, Dunnes Stores worker from Dundalk and member of Mandate’s Dunnes National Committee said the pay increase was needed to pay for the rising cost of living
“We are delighted to see the 10% in our payslips this morning, it’ll make such a big difference for all of us. I know lots of my colleagues are struggling to pay bills after rent and house price increases, along with fuel increases. So this is a very welcome Christmas present for them.”
Jonathan Hogan, Mandate’s Assistant General Secretary, said it is a remarkable victory for the workforce.
“It is only the beginning and it’s an opportunity for all Dunnes workers who want improved conditions of employment.
“For years Dunnes has refused to engage in collective bargaining with their Union resulting in workers having no option but to campaign for basic changes to their terms and conditions of employment. These improvements will only be possible if the workers mobilise collectively around these issues,” he said.
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Another massive failing of Enda’s reign… The people voted to keep the Seanad so Enda threw all the toys out of the pram and did nothing to reform it.
The people voted to keep the Seanad to spite Enda.
Yeah… That’s why he’s been such a baby about it,
that is reverse psychology at its best !!!
Enda never promised reform – the people who wanted to retain it did. Was it 1979 the referendum was passed to expand it to a greater electorate?
I know I did.
I voted for reform, Enda had absolutely nothing to do with my decision.
I believe we need two Houses as a “check and balance” but I want to see voting opened to more people and reduce then number of party appointments.
And I suspect if you asked most who voted to retain they’d have the same reasons.
How does the Seanad provide a “check and balance”? The Seanad has no powers to veto legislation and, based on Taoiseach’s nominees, will always have a government majority?
It doesn’t as it stands now.. That’s why it needs reform. Just getting rid of it would give whatever government was sitting in the Dail too much power.
The Seanad needs to be strengthened and democratised, not abolished, in my opinion.
No, it was actually Chuck Norris. He got them over a decade before Twitter was invented
Yera I got a billion re twitters the other day.
Norris is a total slieveen
The Seanad. Jobs for the boys. All around back scratching, brown nosing, secret handshakes. Get rid of it.
We didn’t want to get rid of it. We had a vote, remember?
Would love to see the seanad voluntarily filled..with travel expenses limited to 10k per annum…separate those who want to serve..from those who want to take..how many former TDs would be lining up?
See, I have a problem with making politics only possible for those that are independently wealthy.
I don’t want only rich people in politics.
There is a balance to be found where a position in politics is possible irrespective of your financial ability.
In a perfect world, all (qualified) citizens should be “drafted” to do, say 2 years in politics. Force us all to participate in the running of our society.
Sick of the gobshutes on this caraval of its mee it’s mee
It’s me.
How,did we make such a big mistake? Totally un democratic.
Really, you actually fact-checked Sabina Brennan’s qualifications?
David Norris told personally before that he’s almost completely IT illiterate and doesnt wrote his own Tweets
“joint Oireachtas committee members also get bonuses of between €792 and €5,989. ” http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/tdssenators/salariesallowances/salaries/
Committee Chair person do not committee members
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