Scabs?

pilly

Arcade_Tryer wrote:

Employees work for an employer. They don't work for the customers.

Completely agree. Having worked in retail in the past it gets my goat how people think they're paying your wages like your some charity they're donating to.

The opposite is true judging by the amount of people willing to pass a picket. People shop in a store for the prices mainly and the convenience after that.

If people were so concerned about the workers they wouldn't be passing any picket.

Delacent

end of the road wrote: »

whatever the reason, it won't be to do with losing support.

So the fact that almost all stores that voted on strike proposals last week rejected Mandate's strike proposal made no difference.

La la land.

Mandate once again realised they were on a loser and before staff in a further 24 stores stuck their fingers up at the stupidity of this action, they caved in and agreed to go back to labour court.

ThisRegard

An attempt at recovering from a bit of a PR disaster for Mandate. Mandate will come out of the LC with little extra offered by Tesco, or rejecting what is offered, and they'll then try spin it as it's not us, it's them.

Calhoun

pilly wrote: »

Completely agree. Having worked in retail in the past it gets my goat how people think they're paying your wages like your some charity they're donating to.

The opposite is true judging by the amount of people willing to pass a picket. People shop in a store for the prices mainly and the convenience after that.

If people were so concerned about the workers they wouldn't be passing any picket.

However that was not what i was saying as i later clarified, for the union to really win in this scenario they need the public on their side.

They may not pay your wage but be damned sure if tesco thinks that the public really dont give a crap they will double down on this initiative.

The news stories of staff playing intimidation tactics with customers does not help them in anyway.

Neamhshuntasach

Calhoun wrote: »

The news stories of staff playing intimidation tactics with customers does not help them in anyway.

Not at all. On my route home i take a short cut through a car park that has a number of other stores in it. I've had people see my driving by and turn their backs and act like they're not blocking me. Number of people shouting that i'm passing a picket and asking where i'm going. They'd also move out in front shouting whatever with their signs in the window. Couldn't hear as i'd have music on. I answered the first 2 times and said i was just taking a short cut. But their actions totally put me off them. I still didn't pass the picket in terms of going into Tesco. But from talking to people who would take the same route or use the other stores. Both driving and on foot. They burned a fair bit of good will.

end of the road

Delacent wrote: »

So the fact that almost all stores that voted on strike proposals last week rejected Mandate's strike proposal made no difference.

La la land.

Mandate once again realised they were on a loser and before staff in a further 24 stores stuck their fingers up at the stupidity of this action, they caved in and agreed to go back to labour court.

nope. wishful thinking on your part. mandate would have gone back to the labour court at some stage regardless of whether all or nobody voted for strike action. that is how this works.

Slydice

Just so ya don't make the same mistake I did.

It feels like the strike is still going on.

I checked all the websites and news articles I knew of and all said the strike is suspended.
so
I went down to tesco.

There's no strikers outside but there's very few workers inside. There's very few staff about. The stock (especially fresh stuff like fruit/veg) is in bits and it sounded like the staff who were there reckon the strike will be back on. I'm guessing the talks have gone bad.

Felt bad going down if it's still on. Be nice if the workers or their union could put up some advice on any of their websites/facebooks/twitters etc.

VinLieger

BalcombeSt4 wrote: »

We in the Republican Socialist movement will always stand by the working class for whatever improvements can be made big or small.

Thats fantastic, does "we" have a real name or want to say exactly who "we" are representing with that statement or are "we" happy that "we" have now achieved something without having to leave your couch?

mariaalice

I would not dream of passing a picked. While the majority of the staff in my local Tesco do a great job there are one or two who should not be working in retail or maybe anywhere they look at you blankly when you ask them something or surge their shoulder when its pointed out there is lots of out of date bread on the shelf. Tesco use to always have a manger in each shop who walked around and a photo of who the manager is they doesn't seem to do that any more. Ultimately the customers pay the staff's wages.

I was in a Dunens recently and saw the a manager doing a brilliant job chatting to staff and customers, tiding up putting baskets away, polite and helpful to someone who gave him a cv you could see he was popular with everyone and guess what the shop was immaculate.

Pinch Flat

Whereas I've no issue with Tesco workers striking, I do have issue with them preventing access to the other stores in the shopping centers in which a Tesco store is located.

This was the case in Roselawn, Dublin 15 last week where the picket prevented access to the other stores within the shopping center - what gripe do Tesco workers have with independent shops - a newsagent, butchers, clothes shop, takeaway - that all had their business severely impacted? One woman was prevented accessing the Boots to collect her prescription - got very distressed, it was obviously important. It's issues like this that will turn the public against them and I'd have no issue passing a picket to access another store.