Shopfloor December 2013

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SHOPFLOOR MANDATE TRADE UNION

A. Boss Signed

THIS OUT!

Mandate members €15 million €15,000,000

CHEQUE

DECEMBER 2013

IT’S BETTER IN YOUR POCKET

MANDATE members working for a number of major retailers have secured more than €15 million worth of pay rises during the past 18 months. Workers in Tesco, Dunnes Stores, Debenhams, Argos, Marks & Spencer, Superquinn, Brown Thomas and now new proposals at Penneys have all secured wage increases of between 2% and 3%. Many of the employees have also won the right to better contracts of employment and now enjoy a greater sense of security over their hours of work. Mandate Assistant General Secretary Gerry Light told Shopfloor: “Our members in some of the largest retail employers in Ireland are living proof that there’s power in a union.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR READERS


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