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Disgraceful way to treat the staff who have worked there for so long, It seems the more years you have worked for the company the more they want to get rid of you !!!
UK workers are getting shares, Irish workers are getting scared!
we need to unlock the inflexibility in the pre-1996 contract ……
Translation we want to hammer our already low paid workers to enrich profits.
Tesco…. Every little helps.
Either that or redundancies but I’d let the members make the choice. Lay it out and be transparent. This cut or X many redundancies.
They deal with the unions though. Redundancies equal lost investment to them so they avoid them like the plague
Especially when they need £4.133 millions to pay the CEO
No problem in unlocking the inflexibility- use the key. Make an offer to buy it out.
I’ll pass a picket because I don’t support unions or strikes in any industry. I support rights or workers to either take the cut or redundancy.
I’ll never pass a picket as I support unions in every industry to fight to obtain a greater share of the wealth which the workers create.
So what you’re really saying James is that you don’t support workers rights. You support the idea that employers have every right to disregard their contractual obligations once they satisfy certain conditions that they have created. A buyout or redundancy is not a choice, its a gun to the head.
Wally, just curious, do you support the Luas drivers striking during the Leaving/Junior cert? A simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ will do.
Essentially what james supports is a return to feudalism . Well done James
Wally
Such a stupid thing to say. It shows the intellectual plane you operate on. Without understanding the details of a strike you automatically support the strikers. Idiot.
I would happily pass the LUAS picket but I wouldn’t pass the Teaco’s one.
@Aaron Nolan the sad thing is that feudalism never actually ended they just changed the method
I didn’t say that. I support the idea that the employer has the right to offer a change in contract but the employee has the right to refuse. I support the right for that employer to offer redundancy packages in line with our laws. People need to be treated fairly in the eyes of the law and employers need to be able to survive and protect their businesses.
Up the workers! Well done Tesco. Striking is not easy to do, and is a last resort. Won’t shop there for the foreseeable future.
This is a strike I can get behind! The LUAS drivers can still go and shyte though
No difference between tesco workers rights and the Luas workers
Luas drivers are demanding to be paid more, Tesco workers are demanding not to be paid less
The race to the bottom, please support the Tesco workers
https://trickstersworld.com/2016/04/18/jack-the-bean-counters/
What about the small Irish suppliers who Supply Tesco,I’m sure Mandate and other unions are worried sick about them and will support them when they go bust.
Is that the small suppliers like Dublin Meath Growers near Ashbourne who invested heavily in their business to keep supplying Tesco only for them to be dropped in favour of a supplier from the UK? Tesco treat everyone like dirt to increase their profits
Would go as far to say all the Irish suppliers are simply woven into the Web. (poor joke) apologies
Some would say that the small Irish suppliers are woven into the Web (bad joke) apologies
Of course we’d expect everyone to get behind this dispute and I wonder how many other ones may be on the cards. I’ve heard whispers that a similar process may be about to take place in Aer Lingus where those with old contracts are about to see them effectively torn up and replaced with, ‘take it or leave it’ new ones from their new owners. But Willie Walsh will keep smiling.
It’s very disturbing how workers rights in this country seem to be being eroded, successive governments looked on and keep pointing to such things as the minimum wage, as if that solves everything.
Good.ill support them.
More footfall for the other Supermarkets now
And more customers…
I am one of the affected staff and this is a fight to protect our rate of pay and a our agreed terms and conditions. I personally stand to lose €92 pw if tesco implement these ILLEGAL proposed changes. They offered redundancy which is about 2.5 years wages. I am 42 and couldn’t take this option. They also claim they offered generous compensation for the change which is 2 times our annual loss. Generous is not a word I’d choose. And the final claim that they need this change to benefit customers?. Why threaten a paycut if this is the case. One word sums it up PROFIT. Simple as that. This is the reason I am staying to fight this capitalistic and illegal move. This is also about protecting other workers in the company for the future and also the private sector the country over. This is a fight we are ready for. This is Solidarity.
What’s “illegal” about it? I’m not being smart, I’m just curious.
David Evans. It is illegal to cut a persons wages and change terms and conditions of employment etc without agreement. That is what we are fighting.
Thanks, David. It’s good to get the perspective of the people who are being affected.
But sure the Governments been cutting Public Sector wages and Pensions for years under the FEMPI legislation, haven’t seen any Government official arrested for this illegal act!
Anyways, will there be any stores in Dublin open on Monday? Will need to do the big shop.
No bother David. Thanks
Same as it’s illegal to cut Luas workers wages
Why don’t tesco be happy that 700 have taken the redundancy package and leave the remaining 300 workers alone. 300 as a percentage of their total staff is minuscule, and will not adversely affect the bottom line too much and the good will generated will grow sales into the future for them. If they antagonise these remaining pre ’96 staff all that will happen is a strike so huge loss of revenue for the company. Huge loss of respect for Tesco from their loyal Irish shoppers and so nobody wins. If Tesco decide to continue to pay the remaining pre ’96 staff their current wages and conditions the shopping public will support the company in greater numbers going forward and so the monies will be easily recouped.
Because they won’t stop, the pre 96 contracts are the start and a precedent. They want rid of workers who joined before 2005 too this is just the start. But start with the hardest job
solidarity with the tesco workers
Disgraceful treatment of staff. Shame of you Tesco.
Don’t forget Dunne’s also mistreat staff with the zero hour contracts.
Hate to say it, but Aldi and Lidl seem to treat staff well and are much better value to shop in. I know where I shop.
Dublin living , Dunnes Stores have never used zero hour contracts .
Not sure why all the red thumbs but it’s a fact …
A quick google suggests they have, do you have something that says otherwise, Suzie?
David , they don’t and never have and a straightforward Google search will tell you that ..
“Thousands of workers in Dunnes Stores went on strike last week over the company’s practice of using “casual contracts” or “zero-hour contracts” whereby an employee might be offered 15 hours of work in any one week but only 5 hours the following week.”
http://www.mcdowellpurcell.ie/news/zero-hour-contracts-zero-hassle/ (8th of April 2015.)
David the minimum contract in dunnes is 15 hours.
Paul is such a prat if Tesco get away with this it will set a precedent for other companies to follow boycott Tesco everyone now
And you are just lovely Cyril. Have a lovely evening.
It will be the nail in the coffin for Tesco’s
No, it won’t be.
I think this goes back to the Quinnsworth and Crazy Prices takeovers agreements, Stick to your agreements Tesco, you are still trying to rebuild confidence since the horsemeat scandal. Does this mean that the old recipe will be sneaked in when the heat has died down.
This is why the luas strike has no support the real injustices is like this tesco workers who are entitled to fair Ness
Hopefully Tesco online is still working.. These outdated contracts need to change.. If the workers won’t do what they’re asked then they shouldn’t work for the company..
Well, with a degree in management Paul, of course you would want your workers doing as they were told. No workers, no profit.
If they were that low paid they couldn’t afford a day off now could day? These old timers have milked it for long enough. Times change and the needs of the people who pay them have changed.
So that’s your attitude. Wanting people to be so low paid, they can’t afford a day off with no pay. Keeps them locked in doesn’t it?
Sounds like a normal night in for you David..
Milking it as a checkout operator in Tescos…..
Living the dream all right Paul.
David..lol..
Outdated because they pay more and staff know when they are coming and going Paul?, which superrmarket are you a manager of?.
So you want then to be paid over the odds and not willing to be flexible? If it was your company would you be happy with staff like this?? My guess is you’ll say yes but from a business point of view it wouldn’t work.
A machine is doing that job now sure. Hardly skilled is it??
Do you only shop in Tesco during the week before 6pm?? I doubt it so if you would like to have convenient shopping at a time that suits more people then this needs to change.
Sounds like a normal night in for you David..
Seriously Paul? Is that your best retort? ” I know you are but what am I?”
When will you be 10?
So you come out with rubbish and you expect a normal reply?? Bend over there David. Mature alright!
A degree in management? Wow. How impressive are you.
I’ll take a big mac, fries, coffee, milk 2 sugar please.
Relevance to the post there Daisy??
Ahhh you’re right Paul. Having read you’re few posts here I know to expect nothing much from you.
No wit, charm, character, intellect or human empathy. Your a culturally programmed corporate drone and with no life experience outside of a protected bubble in which you reside.
Go away and do something that involves real people, learn about life and grow.
Sorry Paul, won’t be delivering to ya on Monday. I suggest you change your booking slot to another day.
Wow you’re great David. From just a few posts you know me so well. Congratulations. Someone doesn’t agree with you so slag them off typical left approach. Good day to you sir.
Daisy
Would you like to supersize that ?
Paul
I will tend to aide against a lot of people on the journal regarding workers. My view would be along the lines of if you don’t like your job then get a different one. I believe that TransDev should sack all the greedy LUAS drivers.
However, my attitude does not work with minimum wage people. They don’t have the opportunity to change jobs like others do. I think it is important that both our society and out legal system protect these people from unscrupulous employers. Unfortunately the unions and the likes of the AAA don’t see this differentiation and just want to strike and are very happy to damage genuine employers through nothing else but greed.
Side…..not aide*
God I must be drunk
I would tend Not to side with….
Well said Nick. At least you someone here can understand. There are too many people jumping on every strike bandwagon only looking to cause a fuss.
That’s not what Nick meant, Paul, and you know it.
The red thumbs for correcting a typo really highlights how stupid some people are in this forum. Playing the person and not the ball is not exactly a sign of maturity.
Paul, you are Wally’s nemesis, just as bad and incoherent.
What a vile attitude. I’d say you’re great craic to be around.What is it like hanging around with your parents every Saturday night?
David. Paul is no ordinary prat. He is Maurice Pratt in disguise. Thankfully Paul is in a minority with his ridiculous views.
And you are a delight Gary. Fair play to you. Or are other’s afraid to answer your type back for fear of being harassed.
To be fair Gary, I imagine Paul is a young man who lived a sheltered life in which case I might have been a bit harsh on him. We all had some nonsensically ideas about the world when we were quite young and we sometimes look back at our former selves with a degree of mortification. Doesn’t mean he is a bad guy just very immature.
He has time to change……
That being said if he is 40 then he is, unfortunately, a complete tool.
I’ll leave you to your fantasies David. Goodnight to you.
Paul , if you are a manager of any kind of retail outlet then I completely get what you’ve been saying . From a managers point of view , yes , from a workers view point , no .
Goodnight Smithers.
Actually Suzie I know managers, both in my store and another, who disagree with what our leadership is doing. Fact is if they know how to run a store then they know how to accomodate the different needs and abilities of their employees (including university students, single parents, etc etc, its NOT just pre-96ers), if they don’t then they’ve no business being a manager.
You couldn’t manage a dood sh*te paul!
Yes. How dare long serving staff strike over contract changes. Bottom line is if you are long serving staff member you should not be penalised financially, even more so with Tesco and other corporate companies, if a company makes Big profit year on year, the staff loyalty gets rewarded. Simple.
If Tesco decided to get their finger out and get competitive, instead of plodding along and matching prices, they could increase turnover, etc etc, and not have any need to get staff on the cheap.
Up the workers! Unconditional support for all striking workers anywhere, anytime for all time!
Really? So if bank staff or government TDs went on strike you would support them? No matter what?
Don’t want to be a d*ck but wasn’t everyone raving about how great Tesco was when the Dunnes strikes were on? Now it’s Tescos turn to burn, guess the unions like to keep themselves busy, I suppose they have to justify their large salaries some way. Have to laugh when people say don’t shop in a particular shop because of how they treat their staff, they all treat their staff the same and you have to shop somewhere…
Anna,
Dunnes will be ASDA in a few months time according to the Union. Staff in Blanchardstown have been informed.
They’ve been harping on about that for years Christy, worked there just under ten years ago and every second week Asda were ment to be taking over. Can’t see it happening myself.
Where’s wally
tbh the Sunday double hour pay is something i wouldn’t agree with them retaining. But definitely stand with the workers in general.
Probably would agree with whatever Wally pasted about this conflict!
Seems excessive to strike over contact changes
Seems excessive to strike over changes to contacts
Would u like your wages to be cut 35%
Are you for real? Having a laugh? Taking the piss, it’s a contract
Tesco, look after your staff ok . you’re making huge profits.with very loyal staff.
Most people in this world are employees and companies really are taking advantage of employees because of the recession even though they may turnover big profits.Management and HR(most likely don’t understand the job) get bonuses to cut wages regardless of the loyalty of staff or the years they invested into the company.
How far are the ruthless companies willing to go?? People really in all jobs should protest at unfair conditions especially to companies making big profits and with the Co -operation tax at a low rate in Ireland these companies get more than a fair enough break from the Irish Goverement. This would not be tolerated in France
The Tesco case is very similar to the Luas drivers…..oh sorry hang on a second I thought the Tesco workers were also greedy b***ards looking for a 35% pay increase. My mistake, I fully support the Tesco workers as for the greedy B***ards I hope you can live on jobseekers when the company collapses.
Companies don’t care about workers rights anymore. Unions have been demonised and the run for profit is all that matters. CEO pay is ridiculous. There is no social conscience anymore. Support these workers, it’s a disgrace what is happening to them. Tesco have lost my respect for sure.
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