Union asks public not to abuse Permanent TSB staff

Trade union Mandate today called on members of the public not to verbally and physically abuse Permanent TSB staff following the mortgage lenders' interest rate hike.

In a statement, the union claimed that the situation for some members of staff has been "extremely stressful" since last week's announcement, with some members being spat at and others verbally abused.

“Any sort of abuse towards Permanent TSB staff is totally unacceptable," said Assistant General Secretary Gerry Light.

"We’ve even heard reports of staff members being verbally abused as they sit on their lunch breaks in restaurants."

"Ordinary Permanent TSB staff had absolutely no influence on the decision to raise interest rates and the public need to make this connection," Light said.