500 people rally in support of sit-in staff

FIVE hundred people rallied in support for the Vita Cortex workers yesterday.

The families, friends and other supporters did a lap of honour around the building in Ballyphehane, Cork, as part of the campaign to secure proper redundancy payments for 32 workers who have been staging a sit-in at the plant since December 16.

It came as SIPTU announced the campaign would be stepped up this week with plans for a protest outside the Dáil in Dublin.