Dunnes Stores workers asking that Covid payment be made permanent
Dunnes Stores workers are asking that a temporary 10% Covid payment and a 20% staff discount be made permanent. Dunnes Stores has employees in Sligo and Letterkenny. Workers say they haven’t had a pay increase since 2019 while the grocery retail industry has made a lot of money. Ciaran Campbell…
Local trade Unions secretary responds to MacSharry claims
The Secretary of the Sligo/Leitrim Council of Trade Unions has described comments made by a local TD as ‘scandalous.’ Ciaran Campbell was reacting to Sligo/Leitrim Fianna Fail TD, Marc MacSharry, who last week said public servants are using the ongoing pandemic to ‘lie on the couch and watch box…
Pay increase of 2.5% to 8.5% for Donegal retail workers
Retail workers across Donegal are to see a newly agreed pay increase of 2.5%-to 8.5%, which will be backdated from April of this year. Mandate Trade Union recently secured a new pay deal for the members of Kavanagh Group Supervalu Chain which has 8 stores across Mayo and Donegal. The…
Tesco workers hoping for resolution after strike called off
The Tesco store in Sligo will continue to operate as usual after industrial action was called off at the weekend. Staff at the shop were to undertake industrial action from this Wednesday morning in a dispute over changes to pay conditions for staff on pre-1996 contracts. The two sides took…
Tesco Sligo staff vote to strike beginning next Wednesday
Staff at Tesco in Sligo town will be going on strike from next Wednesday morning. Staff at the supermarket giant last night overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action at the store. 44 staff voted in favour of the action following a re-balloting of workers by the Mandate trade union.…
Mandate confidant of similar result from tonight’s staff re-ballot
Mandate’s representative in the North West is confidant staff at Tesco stores in Sligo and Ballina will vote for industrial action when balloted tonight. Staff at the two stores had voted to undertake strike action a number of weeks ago but had to cancel it due to a technical error.…
North West Tesco staff to be re-balloted on strike action next week
Tesco staff in Sligo and Ballina are set to be re-balloted on strike action next week. Their colleagues in Letterkenny will also be balloted on possible action at the supermarket store there. 14 workers from the Sligo store joined the picket line in Longford this week as their own strike…