Photos: Staff at Game stores remain in limbo as sit-in continues

Staff at the 11 Game stores around the country have been holding sit-ins in a dispute over redundancy payments.

04/04/12 6,942 Views 29 Comments

STAFF AT COMPUTER game chain store Game are continuing to hold sit-ins at the store’s eleven branches around the country as the dispute around redundancy payments continues into its second week.

Earlier this week the company’s 333 UK stores were bought, safeguarding the jobs of nearly 3,200 employees there. However none of the Irish stores have been acquired, meaning staff here remain redundant.

Staff in Ireland say they want the redundancy payments they are entitled to from the company -and that they’re willing to stick it out for the long haul.

Photos: Staff at Game stores remain in limbo as sit-in continues

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GAME staff member Jason Ryan pictured in the GAME in the Blanchardstown Centre in Dublin where they have been staging a sit in protest over how the company have handled redundancies since announcing it was closing all its Irish outlets at the beginning of the week. (Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
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Will Donoghue(right) and Jason Ryan pictured in their make shift beds in the GAME in the Blanchardstown Centre (Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
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Will Donoghue pictured in the GAME in the Blanchardstown Centre (Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
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(Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
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GAME staff member Jason Ryan pictured in the GAME in the Blanchardstown Centre in Dublin (Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
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Jason Ryan pictured in the GAME in the Blanchardstown Centre (Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
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Will Donoghue and Jason Ryan pictured in their make shift beds in the GAME in the Blanchardstown Centre (Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
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Will Donoghue and Jason Ryan (Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
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GAME staff member Jason Ryan (Photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

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Gavin McGuinness 04/04/12 #

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There is no other place where I would enjoy a sit it more! With that being said… Keep up the fight lads!

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- Gavin McGuinness 04/04/12 #
  
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  *in
  
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Eoin Muldoon 04/04/12 #

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Disgracefully the Blanchardstown Centre has papered over the entrance to the Game store on the main promenade downstairs. This blocks passersby from looking inside to see and support the protest. These are the staff that served the Blanchardstown Centre’s customers as well as providing custom to the same centre. Disgrace.

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- Sheila Byrne 04/04/12 #
  
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  @ Eoin,
  
  That’s awful. So disrespectful to the staff. ‘Out of sight, out of mind’ – the forgotten….. tear them down!
  
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- Gavin McGuinness 04/04/12 #
  
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  Tear down the paper… simple as! Something like this should be seen!
  
  It’s interesting to look at the difference between the treatment that was given to the Peats staff as opposed to the staff at game.
  
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colm connolly 04/04/12 #

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Keep up the fight guys

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- Gay Pea McManus 04/04/12 #
  
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  They closed down these stores because it was more profitable and efficient for the company to sell online. As more high street stores follow suit, manufacturing goes to places like India and China and the public sector is cut and cut, where are the replacement jobs going to come from? Even farming is now mechanised, fishing been taken over by the factory ships. We lost O2 and yahoo today, these tech companies seem come and go so quickly, as soon a it becomes expedient to shed jobs they do. What are our government’s plans, to create sustainable secure employment for Irish people in this globalized world, we can’t all become politicians?
  
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- Finnian Curran 04/04/12 #
  
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  Mcmanus, Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.
  
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- Gay Pea McManus 05/04/12 #
  
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  Go away and iron your blue shirt Curran, not in the mood for your jingoism this evening, too many people suffering under this government right now.
  
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Mac Ready 05/04/12 #

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Any shoppers going into blanchardstown should complain at customer service about the centre management papering up the front of the game shop, they haven’t done this in Dundrum so it’s bad form by the blanch centre.

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Karen Gibbons 04/04/12 #

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I feel very sorry for the employees at GAME for how they are being treated, and I really hope they get the redundancy they deserve, but what happens with gift vouchers, and receipts with guarantees. I bought two consoles there at Christmas, one of which has been replaced already.

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TomTraubert 04/04/12 #

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Why the sit in? Have they been told no redundancy? Have they been offered a pittance? I’m not slagging them off. Only asking because I don’t know.

And yeah. They can’t help themselves to the stock. That’s stealing. Just because bankers do it doesn’t mean these guys should lower themselves to that level!

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jimbo 04/04/12 #

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Keep fighting guys dont give up..

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The Grim Reaper 04/04/12 #

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keep up the fight up guys. Dont give up

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Darragh O Meara 04/04/12 #

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I know if I was there I’d be filling my bags with heaps of games and consoles to make up the difference in my redundancy. Then I’d have the whole lot on donedeal within the hour :)

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- The Grim Reaper 04/04/12 #
  
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  That is a good idea.
  
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- Ronan B 04/04/12 #
  
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  It really is. What better way to follow on from losing your job than by getting a criminal conviction too?
  
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- Gavin McGuinness 04/04/12 #
  
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  Picture 1 –
  John – “Wiil !”
  Will – “Yeah John?”
  John – ” What are ya up for?”
  Will – “Some PS Vita?”
  John – “2 PS Vitas coming right up!”
  
  :D
  
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- Continent Simian 04/04/12 #
  
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  The only chance they have of getting their dues is not to resort to theft.
  
  At the moment, they hold the moral high ground. Commuting an easily traceable crime will lose them that and could land them in jail.
  
  Well done employees for not giving in to the temptation. It must have crossed their minds a few times. :)
  
  By the way, any GAME employees/protesters reading this?
  
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Ann Reddin 05/04/12 #

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Wonder why Game in Stephens Green is still open and trading?

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- Joseph McGranaghan 05/04/12 #
  
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  There isnt a game in stephens green, it’s a different computer games retailer, the south city centre game was on Dawson street
  
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Julian King 05/04/12 #

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Please tell me they’ve got a sweet gaming setup in there?
50″ LED HD + Battlefield 3 = Funtimes!

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Sheila Byrne 04/04/12 #

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To all the staff at ‘Game’

Keep strong, don’t weaken. See if you can get all that stock in the photograph thrown in with your redundancies!

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- Sheila Byrne 04/04/12 #
  
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  Not sure why or who would give 7 ‘thumbs down’? All the stock could be sold by the staff to the public, just make sure it’s part of their redundancy money that they are fighting for.
  
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fizi_water 05/04/12 #

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Yeah gaming room while waiting for your money – at least possibly best circumstances to possibly worst problem :-)

On the other note, I am sure they know it, but just saying, if employer goes into insolvency then redundant staff can apply to department of social protection to be paid out of social insurance fund. Also there should be a clear case for Employment Tribunal if Game refuses to pay. I am sure there are few lawyers happy to help them out to bring it forward?

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Micheal Adrian Stanley 05/04/12 #

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Unfortunately, the Game employees are not the priority for getting paid.

There is no money, and that is the sad reality of the situation.

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David Watson 05/04/12 #

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best sit In ever

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Ireland for Change 04/04/12 #

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Suggestion: baker acquisition founded by opcapita have taken over game. Research what companies opcapita if any have in Ireland and boycott until at least minimum redundancy packages have been paid

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Ciaran O'Hare 05/04/12 #

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Are they entitled to redundancy??

If so keep up the fight.

If not sorry but Game Over.

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