CramCycle wrote: » It is despicable that it happened this way, I was talking to the staff in Cafe Fresca who mentioned similar things (they did not hear about the tender at all until the review was going on and applications were closed). The owner of Cafe Fresca/O'Briens was removed from a meeting by security when he went to the meeting at the last meeting to ask why he had not been informed. They did not even give anyone more than 2 weeks to close down, I am no legal expert but I would have thought that there would have been a minimum of a month or a stated time in the contracts before removal could be enforced. Hopefully they will re hire your old staff as that is the only decent thing left to do but I fear my final year working here will be one of packed lunches. PS will miss your staff that worked in the Conway over the years, lovely people through my undergrad/postgrad etc.
CramCycle wrote: » When is the forum re opening? time to go back to my classic of sausage beans and chips. SU bar is to far to walk on lunch break.
Antiundead wrote: » Long time lurker here, but decided to break my silence and let you guys know that I have it on excellent authority that there is going to be a Starbucks.
StradBally wrote: » this is Ireland....they'll do NOTHING about it, only talk.
UCDSU Constitution wrote: Article 2 – Fundamental Objectives The objectives of the Union shall be the promotion and furtherance of any matters of interest to its membership, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, in particular: (i) To act as the recognised means of communication between the members of the Union and the authorities of University College Dublin, to be known as “the University”. (ii) To act as a representative body for its members and other persons registered as students of the University. (iii) To promote the principle of democratisation at all levels of higher education through collective and individual participation of the members of the Union. (iv) To provide and manage social, recreational and commercial services for the benefit of its members. (v) To promote discussion and research on all matters of interest to the Union, and particularly on matters pertaining to the education and welfare of the members of the Union, and other persons registered as students of the University. (vi) To promote the unity of the organisation and contact between members through assisting clubs, societies and other organisations of students within the University. (vii) To seek to promote the objectives of the Union through developing and maintaining good relations with students and student bodies in other higher education institutions, both within Ireland and elsewhere. (viii) To develop and maintain good relations with all employees of the University. (ix) To secure and defend the fundamental rights of its members set out in Article 4 of this Constitution. (x) To strive for an effective and united system of national student representation. (xi) To develop the Irish language among its members, and throughout the University.
The Union isn't involved in this. It's a contract between UCD and a private company. They can no more impact this than the Britvic thing. And if the college is getting more money out of it, then I support this measure.
Red Alert wrote: » Are the SU shops not also subject to the Britvic deal? Then it's not just between UCD and SU, is it?
OmegaRed10 wrote: » I'd like to know where the story of the Cafe Fresca owner being removed by security has come from. Id imagine that Campus Security/Services wouldnt remove anybody (esp. from a private meeting...) unless they were told a situation had become violent or something. I doubt any security were asked to remove someone for asking a question - its not Stalinist Russia in there!
Michael Moyles wrote: » My name is Michael Moyles and I own Cafe Fresca( Formerly O'Briens). I have operated cafes on UCD campus since 1999. I tendered for my two units in the normal course of events. The process was very rushed as the tender was announced on the 22nd June with a tender submission deadline of 12th July. The original tender documents were incomplete and had to be completely re-issued on the 5th of July yet UCD did not change the deadline date. That allowed 5 working days to complete a very intricate tender. The MD of Kylemore rang me on the 28th July to arrange a meeting at 5pm that evening between his company and my staff. That was how I learned that Kylemore had been awarded my licences. My staff were very concerned and asked that I attend the meeting. The meeting was conducted by the MD's son, Paddy Hogan and their head of HR, a woman called Amanda and was attended by staff from all the affected cafes.In the course of the meeting, Amanda glossed over a point about some of the cafes being closed for renovations. I asked her what Kylemore's policy was re staff during these closures eg temporary layoffs etc. She avoided the question by responding that she did not know which cafes would be closed or for how long. I pressed her on the question as it was a very worrying issue for staff and they needed to know if they were going to get paid during these closures. She became very angry with me, accused me of attempting to undermine the meeting. I continued to press her to answer the question which she refused. At this point, Paddy Hogan called for security to have me removed. Security arrived but did not enter the room. One of the staff from Insomnia took up the point but Kylemore were not forthcoming with any answers. In fact, Kylemore were unable to answer many of the questions raised by the staff. When the meeting ended approximately 15 mins later, the security guard accompanied all of us from the building. All the staff from the 7 affected units are entitled to 30 days notice for transfer to another company under TUPE. They have been given 9 working days notice. That is the notice I have been given to completely clear out my cafes after nearly 12 years on campus.
Desmo wrote: » I despair sometimes at how dense w****** in offices can make this up as they go along. I wish the procurement office would procure a life or a hobby and do something effing useful instead of this ridiculous farce.
Desmo wrote: » There is a sign up in the Conway saying that there will be coffee from Starbucks but it will not actually be a Starbucks place; they will just sell their coffee like lots of places sell Bewleys coffee.
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