Vita Cortex sit-in taking its toll on the protesters

The former Vita Cortex workers, who admit to feeling imprisoned, have pleaded with Cork’s TDs to do something fast to resolve their 63-day sit-in over redundancy payments.

“We’ll judge them on their actions and there is no action so far — absolutely no action so far,” Jim Power said yesterday.

He was speaking as about 20 of the former foam factory workers protested outside the Cork offices of the employers’ union Ibec at Knockrea House on the Douglas Road.