Staff at Dunnes Stores vote for industrial action

tipptom · 08-03-2015 05:49PM

SoftMicro wrote: »

That's the one! Got a shiver down my spine reading that. The place is nasty.

Ah yea,but that's brilliant when the shiny trousers hear she is coming,i would gladly get sacked by laughing and making fun at their indignity on her arrival.

kub · 19-03-2015 09:00PM

So a relative of mine works in Dunnes and is going out on the picket line. That person was in work today and was called into a meeting or more of a threatening speech by the shop management aka The Pawns.

They have said:

1. They would reduce the hours of anyone who strikes.
2. They will not acknowledge Mandate.
3. They will not change working hour arrangements.
4. They won't give pay rises.
5. That the staff protesting are risking their own jobs.
6. There would be bad blood the following day......interesting remark that actually as the following day is Good Friday.

So my relative has used that wonderful term......the stuff that comes out the back of a bull.......

But Dunnes are being traditional anyway, still an absolute shower to work for.

efb · 19-03-2015 09:19PM

Not surprised

NachoBusiness · 19-03-2015 09:26PM

Yes! I bloody knew apartheid would be back in South Africa one day.

And to think people had the gall to call me a pessimist.

Who's laughing now motherfcukers.

WoollyRedHat · 02-04-2015 01:52PM

The strike is on today.

Power to them, the management seem utterly unrepentant nor do they seem to have any compassion about the hardship they are inevitably causing their staff, all they care about is the bottom line it would seem.

Their arrogance is appalling, the company culture reeks of toxicity, I heard on the radio today as previously suggested in this thread that they did not attend the Mandate meeting and indeed have no interest in the concillatory process. They have contempt for the average Irish worker and I hope that the strike today will be the start of something to put this shameful company into check and imrpove their standards and actually treat their staff like human beings.

I won't shop in Dunnes until zero hour contracts are removed to start with, I'd be urging my family and friends to do the same.

What other actions can we take? A petition.. raise awareness on social media outlets, twitter, reddit,etc. Contact your local politicians, and indeed contact Dunnes HQ directly in a letter campaign that puts pressure on them to engage in negiotations and start respecting their labour.

Arsemageddon · 02-04-2015 02:08PM

Just drove by my local Dunnes half an hour ago. Have to say I was both amazed and disgusted by the amount of people who had crossed very obvious picket line and were shopping there. Is it really too much effort for these people to go and shop somewhere else for one day. Gobsh1tes!

efb · 02-04-2015 02:10PM

I find most hard working people won't pass it, true of the ones I saw

Valetta · 02-04-2015 02:14PM

Arsemageddon wrote: »

Just drove by my local Dunnes half an hour ago. Have to say I was both amazed and disgusted by the amount of people who had crossed very obvious picket line and were shopping there. Is it really too much effort for these people to go and shop somewhere else for one day. Gobsh1tes!

Gob****es? Really?

What if they don't agree with the strikers?

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-04-2015 02:15PM

I thought it was an all out strike?

suicide_circus · 02-04-2015 02:15PM

I would only ever pass a picket if I was of the opinion that the workers demands were completely outrageous. In this case I would support those on strike. The LRC has recommended that Dunnes change their contract practices
on three separate occasions now, they seem to be the biggest shower of gowls going.

Specialun · 02-04-2015 02:16PM

Can somebody give me a brief note on why the strikes are happening. If it is over the 15-37 hrs contracts then they signed them and legally they are ok to do so? confused

WoollyRedHat · 02-04-2015 02:18PM

Valetta wrote: »

Gob****es? Really?

What if they don't agree with the strikers?

Agree with them? It's not like they're protesting over a political preference, it's about a basic human right imo, the right to security, some of these will be breadwinners who are struggling to get by because Dunnes refuse to give them proper hours and prevent them from claiming because of the way they sneakily spread their hours during the week.

It's about empathy.

Arsemageddon · 02-04-2015 02:20PM

Valetta wrote: »

Gob****es? Really?

That's my opinion of them.

What if they don't agree with the strikers?

If they actually agree with the way Dunnes are treating their staff then my opinion is confirmed.

suicide_circus · 02-04-2015 02:21PM

Specialun wrote: »

Can somebody give me a brief note on why the strikes are happening. If it is over the 15-37 hrs contracts then they signed them and legally they are ok to do so? confused

The contracts themselves are not the issue, its the way dunnes are implementing the rosters. People are on as low as 15 hours over 7 days and have to be available at all times and are therefore unable to work a second job or claim SW for the remaining days

efb · 02-04-2015 02:26PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH_8521bePM

kneemos · 02-04-2015 02:28PM

What's the point of calling somebody in for two or three hours?If they're going to hire someone give them a decent weeks work.

Presumably it saves on holiday pay and other benefits?

PopePalpatine · 02-04-2015 02:30PM

The scummy thing is that Dunnes are offering discounts online. I guess that's why Boards' resident libertarian Scrooges haven't shown up in this thread yet.

Tugboats · 02-04-2015 02:34PM

Mentioned in another thread Mandate have one foot in the door now so Dunnes behave a bit better now. Back around 2000 it was a lot different. Dunnes had a budget for firing staff who showed any sign of union activity who tried to get people to join mandate. First they would make their work day hell and it would usually end in the staff member leaving and picking up a nice 8-10k.

It was great for young lads and students who got 10k for handing out a Mandate application form:cool: That was the real Celtic Tiger I missed the boat:(

Larbre34 · 02-04-2015 02:39PM

kneemos wrote: »

What's the point of calling somebody in for two or three hours?If they're going to hire someone give them a decent weeks work.

Presumably it saves on holiday pay and other benefits?

Most vitally from Dunnes point of view, its saves on longer service pay levels. However its not reason enough in my opinion.

Its a practice long referred to as yellow-packing.

steddyeddy · 02-04-2015 02:45PM

Used to work there and Superquinn. In both cases the girls were sent home at ten and the boys had to stay late to clean up. You had to clock out at ten because you weren't legally supposed to work past those hours if you were under 18. Dunnes tried to control their staff using fear. I am well out of the retail game but I recently had the pleasure of confronting a manager who was bullying a young girl in Dunnes. I hope the staff get a good outcome.

darkpagandeath · 02-04-2015 02:50PM

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/former-dunnes-stores-worker-joan-burton-supports-strike-over-working-contracts-31113524.html :pac:

shruikan2553 · 02-04-2015 02:54PM

darkpagandeath wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/former-dunnes-stores-worker-joan-burton-supports-strike-over-working-contracts-31113524.html :pac:

Surprised she isn't making a partnership with them, jobridge for all!

Phil Mitchell · 02-04-2015 03:09PM

4000 Dunnes worker's are members of mandate out of roughly 10,000 Dunnes employees in total.

2/3rds of the vote went toward striking. Striking votes are notorious for a low turn out but we will give it a very generous 60% turnout for arguments sake.

If we were to go by those numbers then just over 1500 staff out of 10,000 voted to go on strike.

efb · 02-04-2015 03:13PM

Phil Mitchell wrote: »

4000 Dunnes worker's are members of mandate out of roughly 10,000 Dunnes employees in total.

2/3rds of the vote went toward striking. Striking votes are notorious for a low turn out but we will give it a very generous 60% turnout for arguments sake.

If we were to go by those numbers then just over 1500 staff out of 10,000 voted to go on strike.

We could do the same with the number of people that change the constitution through referenda

end of the road · 02-04-2015 03:15PM

efb wrote: »

She was nasty IMHO

sounds like a horrid old bitch. no way would i have anyone speak to me like she apparently spoke to that man.

end of the road · 02-04-2015 03:18PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I worked for them back in the 90's on a 15 hour contract. Unfortunately it was spread over 5 days and after paying childcare and driving 20 miles round trip a day, it wasn't worth my while. I remember a strike for a few days when I got more strike pay then wages. Put me off both chain-stores and unions.

how would that have put you off unions. the unions were probably fighting against this legalized slave labour as far back as when you were working. the union was the one who payed your strike pay

Phil Mitchell · 02-04-2015 03:19PM

efb wrote: »

We could do the same with the number of people that change the constitution through referenda

You couldn't as everybody is eligible to vote. This is just a minority trade union.

Now if we said only the people of Dublin voted in a referendum to change the constitution of the country, that would be a fair comparison.

Imagine that, only the people of Dublin voting for stuff that affects the whole country. Sounds silly, doesn't it.

towelly · 02-04-2015 03:21PM

Phil Mitchell wrote: »

4000 Dunnes worker's are members of mandate out of roughly 10,000 Dunnes employees in total.

2/3rds of the vote went toward striking. Striking votes are notorious for a low turn out but we will give it a very generous 60% turnout for arguments sake.

If we were to go by those numbers then just over 1500 staff out of 10,000 voted to go on strike.

How many of the 10000 employees are affected by zero hour contracts?

Rightwing · 02-04-2015 03:22PM

I don't see any attraction to shopping in Dunnes. Haven't been in one for years, marginally ahead of the aldis, a shop for penny pinching paupers.

towelly · 02-04-2015 03:22PM

Rightwing wrote: »

I don't see any attraction to shopping in Dunnes. Haven't been in one for years, marginally ahead of the aldis, a shop for penny pinching paupers.

Where do you shop?

Staff at Dunnes Stores vote for industrial action

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