SIPTU accuses employers of bullying workers over protest

EMPLOYERS were last night accused of bullying workers with threats of disciplinary action and lawsuits if a planned nationwide protest goes ahead on October 4.

Vice president of SIPTU, Jack O'Connor accused the employer organisation IBEC of descending to a new low in its efforts to stop the protest which concerns employers' failure to pay redundancy deals agreed by the Labour Court.

The planned half-day protest follows two high-profile controversies involving workers at the Irish Glass Bottle Company in Dublin and at Peerless Rugs in Athy.