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27/03/2015
Union Accuses Dunnes Management Of Intimidating Members
The trade union Mandate, has accused the management at Dunnes Stores of attempting to intimate staff ahead of industrial action to be held next week.
The union claims that its members are being called into "communication meetings" with management during which they are being told that Dunnes Stores will "never meet" the union, that some stores are "crumbling" and will not have pickets, and that the company is planning on introducing full-time contracts.
The union added: "Clear propaganda, misinformation and untruths have been spun by the company, all in an effort to break your dispute."
Staff are in dispute with management over alleged low-hour contracts, pay and refusal by the company to negotiate with the union on grievances under the terms of an agreement reached in 1996 .
(MH/CD)
The union claims that its members are being called into "communication meetings" with management during which they are being told that Dunnes Stores will "never meet" the union, that some stores are "crumbling" and will not have pickets, and that the company is planning on introducing full-time contracts.
The union added: "Clear propaganda, misinformation and untruths have been spun by the company, all in an effort to break your dispute."
Staff are in dispute with management over alleged low-hour contracts, pay and refusal by the company to negotiate with the union on grievances under the terms of an agreement reached in 1996 .
(MH/CD)
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