Tesco faces threat of industrial action

TESCO is facing the prospect of disruptive industrial action by 12,000 staff in more than 110 stores across the country over plans to reduce workers’ entitlements.

Mandate trade union, which represents the workers at the company, yesterday said it had received written confirmation from Tesco that moves to reduce the terms and conditions of long-term staff at its store in Douglas, Cork are to be replicated nationwide.

That will mean staff, who have been there since before 1996, will no longer receive entitlements such as premium payments for certain shift patterns, the right to work certain hours and certain Sundays and certain other allowances.