Store labelled ‘scrooge’ after cut of bonus

SUPERMARKET chain Superquinn has been branded ‘super scrooge’ after management told staff it was cutting their Christmas bonus by 30%.

Mandate, BAFWU and SIPTU trade unions which represent 3,000 staff at the supermarket claim the owners ignored “responsible partnership arrangements” put in place by the company and the trade unions over the past three years.

Mandate’s assistant general secretary Gerry Light said: “This is a much larger issue than a 30% reduction in the employee’s Christmas bonus. Mandate and its trade union partners have always acted in a responsible manner with regard to Superquinn and, in fact, partnership between the unions and the company has resulted in more than €10 million in savings in recent years — principally through the reduction of staff numbers by more than 500.”