# Mandate

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# Money Money Money

Every little helps: Thousands of Tesco workers get a pay rise

The workers will get between €400 and €700 extra per year.

24.2k

Apr 25th 2014, 2:43 PM

# Called Off

Mandate union withdraws from strike action at DAA

General Secretary John Douglas said they will attend a meeting with the expert panel this Friday.

9.9k

Mar 10th 2014, 10:19 PM

# mandate for action

SIPTU members at Dublin and Cork airports in massive vote for strike action

The margin of the DAA vote was 94 per cent in favour of industrial action.

12.0k

Feb 10th 2014, 3:30 PM

# Emigration

Leaving to work in Australia? Make sure you know your rights

A pamphlet published by two unions and Sinn Féin gives details of pay conditions as well as contact information for groups offering support to Irish migrants in the country.

13.3k

Feb 5th 2014, 7:45 AM

# Truce

Marks and Spencer strike for tomorrow called off

Employees voted to accept recommendations by the Labour Court.

7.0k

Dec 19th 2013, 7:43 PM

# food poverty

This map shows food poverty 'is a reality in every county in Ireland'

Two unions are calling on the government to provide aid to organisations offering food assistance to those struggling this Christmas.

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Dec 15th 2013, 12:47 PM

Mandate to recommend acceptance of Labour Court M&S proposals

Members are to be balloted on the recommendations next week.

6.6k

Dec 13th 2013, 6:44 PM

# Retail

Penneys staff vote for 3 per cent pay increase deal

Mandate said the deal includes the abolition of the under-18 rate of pay at the Irish store.

12.1k

Dec 13th 2013, 3:53 PM

# emergency hearing

Labour Court to tackle M&S dispute, as threat of further pre-Christmas strike remains

Representatives from Mandate, SIPTU and M&S management will attend today’s hearing, aimed at solving a dispute over changes to the retailer’s pension scheme.

3.4k

Dec 13th 2013, 7:15 AM

# open doors

Tomorrow’s Marks & Spencer strike called off following talks

Management and unions will attend an emergency Labour Court hearing on Friday to try and end the dispute.

8.1k

Dec 11th 2013, 11:07 PM

# Tribute

Dunnes Stores strikers to attend Nelson Mandela's funeral

Nelson Mandela met with the Dunnes Stores strikers after his release in 1990 and said that their stand helped keep him going during his imprisonment.

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Dec 7th 2013, 7:52 PM

# Industrial Action

More than 2,000 Marks & Spencer workers on strike today over pensions

The majority of the 17 Marks and Spencer stores around the country are closed today as staff take industrial action.

16.8k

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Dec 7th 2013, 10:20 AM

# Dunnes Stores

Workers slam 'inconsiderate' Dunnes over withdrawal of staff parking spaces

The Mandate trade union says workers could lose up to €76 per week from their income in parking expenses as a result of the move.

32.8k

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Nov 19th 2013, 6:45 AM

# Jobs

Union expresses fears for Arnotts and Boyers jobs

Mandate says that the sale of the debt of the landmark store should prioritise jobs.

14.9k

Nov 18th 2013, 2:45 PM

# Dispute

Wallis strike comes to an end after five weeks

The strike could have escalated to include stores in Blanchardstown and Liffey Valley, had a satisfactory conclusion not been reached.

8.7k

Oct 25th 2013, 2:21 PM

# Industrial Action

Employees at Wallis on Grafton Street to go on strike today

Workers are taking industrial action in support of their colleagues at a Limerick branch who they say have been ‘locked out’ for more than three weeks.

9.5k

Oct 16th 2013, 8:43 AM

# trouble in the ranks

Brian Walsh: 'Seanad abolition is Enda Kenny's baby and I won't go against it'

The Fine Gael TD, who lost the party whip, says he will not join a new alliance made up of his fellow party dissidents.

5.8k

Sep 12th 2013, 7:22 PM

# Mandate

Strike averted at four Marks & Spencer stores

Under the agreement staff will be able to apply for redeployment at nearby stores.

7.9k

Sep 9th 2013, 4:59 PM

# Marks and Spencer

Mandate workers at M&S vote in favour of industrial action

Pickets will be placed on four stores on or after 10 September.

6.8k

Aug 19th 2013, 3:43 PM

# Industrial Action

Result in Marks and Spencer strike ballot due today

The staff from four stores were balloted on strike action last Friday.

4.9k

Aug 19th 2013, 12:22 PM

# Retail pay

SIPTU to seek pay increases for retail workers after Dunnes deal

SIPTU welcomes Dunnes Stores’ agreement to increase pay by 3 per cent, and says it wants rises elsewhere.

6.5k

Jan 18th 2013, 1:44 PM

# Wages

Dunnes Stores 14,000 staff to get 3% pay rise

This will be the first pay increase for the retailer’s staff since 2007.

20.5k

Jan 17th 2013, 2:20 PM

# Winding up

Court to hear petition to wind up Dunnes Stores next month

Up to 18,000 jobs are potentially in jeopardy as a result of the action.

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Nov 26th 2012, 3:33 PM

# need to know

The Evening Fix... now with added Tetris-playing pumpkins

Here’s all the things we learned, loved and shared today.

13.7k

Oct 30th 2012, 8:01 PM

# Aer Lingus

Unions serve Aer Lingus notice of industrial action

A two-hour work stoppage is scheduled to take place on Monday 19 November.

5.7k

Oct 30th 2012, 6:43 PM

# Strike

Unions meet to discuss Aer Lingus industrial action

The meeting follows the breakdown of talks over the staff pension scheme in the Labour Relations Committee last week.

3.2k

Oct 30th 2012, 9:19 AM

# closed down

Staff at UCD student bar call off planned strike action at last minute

Staff had planned the strike action for today after they did not receive redundancy payments due after the bar closed unexpectedly.

6.2k

Oct 2nd 2012, 12:34 PM

# Labour Party

Risk of breakaway Labour party dismissed

Labour MEP Nessa Childers said that there is a risk “in the medium term of a breakaway political party forming” and that the Programme for Government needs to be renegotiated.

6.4k

Sep 12th 2012, 3:28 PM

# Referendum

Trade unions join forces in calling for No vote on Fiscal Compact

Three of the country’s major trade unions have reiterated their call for a No vote in the upcoming Fiscal Compact referendum.

2.6k

May 27th 2012, 4:13 PM

# Prime Numbers

Foreign aid, college fees and pregnancies: the week in statistics

How much will the US’s aid cuts to Pakistan really matter? And just how many priests have been connected with abuse allegations?

4.2k

May 26th 2012, 7:30 PM

# Retail

Average €100 drop in weekly pay for many retail workers - union

Mandate said 18,000 of its members have seen their weekly take-home pay reduced by an average €100 in the last year.

3.6k

May 25th 2012, 5:25 PM

# Referendum

And they're off: Campaigning for referendum to get underway

The Environment Minister Phil Hogan is expected to sign the referendum order today, kicking off just over a month of campaigning.

1.6k

Apr 30th 2012, 7:19 AM

# fiscal treaty

ICTU will not advise members on how to vote in fiscal treaty

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions says there is no support for the treaty in it ranks – but that it fears a No vote could exclude Ireland from the European Stability Mechanism.

2.1k

Apr 25th 2012, 9:07 PM