Dunnes Stores staff to vote for action

More than 4,000 Dunnes Stores staff are to be balloted for industrial action up to strike — over, what their trade union says, is the failure of the company to implement a Labour Court recommendation.

Mandate trade union, which represents the workers who are to be balloted, said the court recommended in November that the retailer sit down with its staff to discuss a number of issues in dispute including:

• The implementation of banded-hour contracts which would give workers security of hours and earnings;
• Individual and collective representational rights for Dunnes workers;
• A review of Dunnes’ excessive use of temporary contracts of employment;
• Fair pay for all workers in Dunnes Stores.