Gardai called to Leitrim Tesco store after alleged bomb threat
Gardai have been called to the scene of an incident at Tesco in Carrick-on-Shannon. The store was evacuated just after 2pm after a reported bomb threat. The Garda Press Office was unable to confirm the nature of threat but said that store management had evacuated the store and its customers…
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…
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…