Mandate enter 4th day of industrial action at Sligo and Carrick on Shannon Tesco Stores
Mandate Trade Union members are into their 4th day of industrial action today at the Tesco store in Sligo. The store in Carrick on Shannon also joins the strike today which began in both places this morning when they opened and plan to stay until close. Mandate say their are…
Psychiatric Nurses Association defer strike action
Members of Psychiatric Nurses Association from the North West have deferred the one day strike action by its ambulance personnel. The strike was due to take place next Wednesday, December 19th but it has now been postponed until Tuesday, January 22nd. Spokesperson for the PNA says there are two issues…
Tesco condemn second day of industrial action
Tesco says it is condemning a second day of industrial action by workers in its Sligo store today. The supermarket chain says the store will remain open despite what it describes as another unwarranted one day strike. Mandate workers are taking to the picket line from 8am to 10pm in…
Lloyds Pharmacys workers in Sligo participating in industrial action today
Lloyds Pharmacy workers in Sligo will particpate in their sixth day of industrial action today. Mandate trade union, which represents less than 20% of LloydsPharmacy colleagues, have indicated that a small number of stores will engage in industrial action. The strike takes place as Lloyds management continues their refusal to…
North West teachers unsurprised by government threat
Teachers in the North West are believed to be unsurprised by developments between the ASTI and government over the Croke Park Pay deal. Schools around the country including some in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim received a letter this week stating that any surplus teachers would be facing redundancy instead of…
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.…