Move to deport hunger striker
John Recto, his wife Liezel and three children, are threatened with immediate deportation after his work visa was not renewed during the course of the industrial action.
Mr Recto has lived in Ireland for eight years and worked throughout that period, apart from the six months of industrial action following his sacking by Green Isle last summer.
His wife Liezel joined him with their two oldest children aged seven and six, five years ago. The children have lived virtually all their lives in Ireland. The couple’s one-year-old was born in Ireland.
The Rectos applied for naturalisation in 2008. When Mr Recto tried to renew his work visa recently he was called to a Garda station. His and his wife’s immigration cards were confiscated.
A TEEU spokesman said; “John stood by his fellow workers during the strike. If he is deported it will be taken as a warning.”
The union has established a petition at www.teeu.ie.
