Vita workers defend decision to hold out for full payment

Workers at Vita Cortex have defended their decision to reject an offer of partial redundancy payments designed to end their 78-day sit-in.

They said they have been occupying the former Cork foam factory since Dec 16 in pursuit of the full 0.9 of a week per year of service ex-gratia payment they say they were promised by their employer, Jack Ronan, when the redundancies were announced last September.

And they said they won’t leave the factory until they get the full €372,000 for the 32 workers.