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…
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…
Tesco strike called off
An all-out strike at 70 Tesco stores tomorrow has been called off. Mandate Trade Union has invited management at the company to attend talks at the Workplace Relations Commission. A date has yet to be decided between the two parties. The row at the company centres around pay and rosters…