Strike notice was today served on 19 Tesco stores around the country amid claims some workers have had more than €100 knocked off their wages.

Some 80 workers at a Tesco supermarket in Douglas, Cork are to go on strike from next Wednesday, a union spokesperson confirmed this afternoon.

HIGH-STREET retailer Principles and shoe store Shoe Studio Ireland have been put into liquidation with the potential total loss of more than 330 jobs.

Over 200 Irish retail jobs were lost today after a liquidator was appointed to the Irish subsidiary of fashion chain Principles.

The Irish Business and Employers Confederation is sowing the seeds of serious industrial unrest by urging its members not to negotiate with workers on pay and conditions, trade union Mandate warned today.

Retail trade union Mandate today blamed employers groups for sowing the seeds of serious industrial unrest over the collapse of the national pay talks.

HEALTH Minister Mary Harney was given the cold shoulder by SIPTU — for reportedly being “too busy” to discuss a recruitment embargo with the union’s nursing section.

ARNOTTS yesterday confirmed staff fears that it is to slash almost 580 jobs as part of “‘operational changes”’ in advance of moving to new premises.

WORKERS at retail company Argos will stage a second one-day strike just days before Christmas.

Workers at retail giant Argos have called for the public to boycott stores tomorrow in support of their one-day strike.

ARGOS is to press ahead with opening all 31 of its Irish stores tomorrow even though half its retail staff will be on strike.

A one day strike at retail giant Argos is to go ahead on Saturday after talks tonight failed to resolve a dispute between union leaders and management.

MANDATE trade union’s national official Linda Tanham has criticised Arnotts bosses over what she said has been “a total lack of consultation” with the union, which represents more than 800 staff at the retailers.

WAGES for hundreds of Boots workers across Ireland are set to increase, following the agreement of a new pay deal. The deal, which was agreed by the Mandate trade union and the chemist chain will see wages increase by 8%-11% over 17 months.

PENNEYS is expected to be announced within the next few days as the new anchor tenant of a Cork shopping centre as 172 staff of the old tenant, Roches Stores, are due to collect their redundancies.

JUST six days ago, 172 Roches Stores staff were preparing for a new chapter in their working lives with Marks and Spencer.

Staff at the retail chain Roches Stores today reached agreement with the company over the sale of the operation to UK retailers Debenhams.

TRADE union Mandate is demanding a one euro per hour increase for its 25,000 members working in the retail sector.

SIPTU’s Aer Rianta branch are refusing to withdraw the threat of strike action aimed at deliberately disrupting next week’s meeting of EU justice and home affairs ministers in Dublin.