Union: Hotel staff ‘removed’ in wage row

STAFF at one of the Dublin’s best-known hotel chains say they have been removed from the roster for refusing to sign new contracts reducing their wage below the previous state minimum.

SIPTU members yesterday mounted a picket at the Davenport Hotel — part of the O’Callaghan chain of properties in the capital.

The workers, who are from Lithuania and Poland and have worked at the hotel for between four and six years, say they have been removed from the roster because they refused to sign new contracts reducing their minimum wage by almost €1 to €7.79.