Letters to the Editor: Exploitation of ordinary workers documented in ‘406 Days’

Former Debenhams employees protest outside the Four Courts in 2020 as Debenhams' liquidators seek High Court injunctions. Picture: RollingNews.

Joe Lee’s documentary, 406 Days, currently showing in cinemas, makes for compelling viewing.

It marries the very personal stories of almost 1,000 ex-Debenhams workers, mostly women, from the 11 department stores around the country, all of whom lost their jobs suddenly and without notice on the back of a generic email and the corporate privileges that were afforded to the liquidators of Debenhams’ Irish operation KPMG on behalf of a faceless UK organisation.