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Labour shortages and abuse from customers have made the work environment more difficult this year.
Debenhams workers have voted to accept a €3 million package, which will end their industrial action.
The retail firm collapsed amid the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The dispute has lasted more than 150 days.
Last month, Debenhams announced it would not be reopening its stores, leaving 2,000 staff unemployed.
Paddy Power declined to comment on the rulings of the Workplace Relations Commission.
Workers at the stores will strike on three dates, and there is a possibility that the strike may spread.
The retailer rejected a recommendation from the Labour Court that it negotiate with trade union Mandate over pay conditions.
The industrial action follows the retailer rejecting a recommendation to sit down with union officials.
The company says it deals with employees through a ‘colleague representative committee’.
Strike action at Tesco stores has been suspended temporarily to facilitate negotiations.
However, Mandate trade union says that the stores in question are experiencing an average loss of 80%.
The workers are protesting changes to contacts for up to 300 staff members.
Thousands of Dunnes Stores employees are out on strike today.
The Tánaiste worked at the Henry Street store when she was a student.
Mandate Trade Union says the strike has the potential to escalate further.
Their union says workers are being denied a basic standard of living.
The company has said there was “no purpose” to meeting with its workers.
Right2Water is planning another mass protest on 10 December.
Workers for the major retailer are seeking more secure hours and earnings.
Employees receive a wage increase, but disputes about temporary contracts and representation remain an issue
The protest is being organised by the youth committees of a number of unions with two MEP hopefuls involved.
The threat at the Newbridge store is part of a wider dispute where parking facilities have been withdrawn at 116 Irish stores.
Approximately 1.8 million people have less than €100 per month to spend after paying essential bills – they’ll have even less after the introduction of the new Local Property Tax, and the retail sector will be hit again, writes Mandate’s John Douglas.
Mandate said it was relieved to hear that the stores will continue trading.