Mandate official claims Tesco wants to get rid of union in its stores
A Mandate union official says he believes supermarket giant Tesco is trying to get rid of the union in its stores. Ciaran Campbell has made the claim as it emerges that 14 Tesco workers from Sligo are taking part in an ongoing strike in Longford. Strike action at the Sligo…
14 Tesco workers from Sligo join strike in Longford
Fourteen Tesco workers from the supermarket chain’s Sligo store are on the picket line in Longford. A planned strike at the Sligo store has not taken place because of what union Mandate described as ‘a technical error’ in the original ballot for strike action. These staff are now going to…
Sligo Tesco staff won’t take part in today’s strike due to technical error
It will now be at least another two weeks before staff who are members of the Mandate union at the Tesco stores in Sligo and Ballina go on strike – if they vote to do so. The row is over proposed changes to contracts of over 250 long-serving workers. It…