Happy International Women’s Day! The origins of this day go back over a hundred years to a group of women fighters, something like the ex-Debenham’s women (sorry lads), who never gave up. I spoke about both in the Dáil. Hope you can join us for our meeting tonight, advertised on this page – great speakers. It’s at 7.30pm. Register early. #internationawomensday #internationalwomensday2021
300 days of struggle. And the ‘best’ offer the Debenhams workers have received, is money to go back to school, to retrain. Many of these mostly women workers are in their 40’s 50’s and older. So what are they retraining for? The €3 million (between approx. 1200 of them!) would be better used if distributed among the workers who have been so shamefully let down. I spoke on this in Dáil.
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As Level 5 Covid restrictions kick in Brid demands of the Taoiseach that he refuses to allow KPMG’s efforts to break Debenhams strike, be declared an ‘essential service’. Michael Martin responds in the most pathetic manner, to his eternal shame
Bríd speaks here to the SF Bill and looks at comparative legislation North of the border, the heroic Debenhams dispute, and Ryanair, and the disgraceful practices with regard to workers rights and union recognition in that company.
The government (using our money) are KPMG’s biggest customer. KPMG received multiple millions in government contracts over recent years – costs, seemingly no object. Like the €11 Million for advice on Broadband, that turned out to be a fiasco. KPMG are now the liquidators for Debenhams. So couldn’t government Ministers call in KPMG and demand justice for #Debenhams workers. Of course they could. I put this to Eamonn Ryann today in the Dáil.
With regard to the Debenhams workers, what we’re asking of all deputies is to say which side you are on? What we say is bail out the workers first – ahead of banks, creditors, and Revenue
Redundancies, as we see in the Debenhams situation, are a serious issue. More redundancies in other companies, in the times of Covid, are likely. Brid speaks to an amendment to a proposed Bill that would see workers’ redundancy payments placed at the top of the list, ahead of creditors and Revenue, when it comes to dealing with insolvency.
With regard to the Debenhams workers, what we’re asking of all deputies is to say which side you are on? What we say is bail out the workers first – ahead of banks, creditors, and Revenue