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…
IBEC says Tesco strike is ‘unreasonable’
Employers group IBEC has described the industrial action by the Mandate union against Tesco as an ‘entirely unreasonable move against a good employer.’ IBEC says Tesco has ‘thoroughly engaged’ with its employees and has followed the recommendations of the Labour Court. Fourteen workers from the Sligo branch of Tesco have…
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…
Tesco workers in Sligo and Ballina to be reballoted
The Mandate trade union has this afternoon refuted suggestions that staff at the Tesco stores in Sligo and Ballina have decided not to take part in this week’s industrial action. It had been expected that Tesco staff in Sligo would go on strike tomorrow and in Ballina on Friday, the…