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On the Argos Picket Line

category dublin | worker & community struggles and protests | feature author Sunday December 02, 2007 03:22author by kbrannoauthor email kevinbrannigan at hotmail dot com Report this post to the editors

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More Like Bursting With Unrest

With only three shopping weeks left in the Christmas shopping season, the Pavilions shopping centre in Swords, Co. Dublin experienced its first bout of ‘Workers Action’ today with Argos employees, who are members of the Trade Union Mandate, abandoning their tills and making for the picket line.

Talks, which lasted until late last night, were held between Mandate and Argos management at the National Implementation Body, ended without agreement being reached resulting in today’s action.

The Retail giant which has 680 stores dotted around the UK and Ireland, last year announced profits which exceeded €8.1 billion, profits are also up 50% for the first half of this year. Yet they are unwilling to increase their workers wages by 10%. With most workers earning €9.00 an hour a 10% increase would raise their hourly rates to €9.90.


In 2000, Argos and Mandate agreed to negotiate wage increases on a yearly basis without being subject to social partnership.

With tensions between workers and management simmering for the last few weeks as the threat of a strike grew, pressure has been put on seasonal workers and weekend employees of Argos not to join the Union for fear of loosing their jobs. The shop steward of the Swords branch of Mandate, Shane McNamara, told me how workers were even brought into management offices and had it outlined to them exactly what joining with Mandate, would mean to their future in Argos.

Another feature of today’s strike was the use of “scab” labor, with Argos shipping in Welsh and English stooges to undercut their fellow workers strike for fair pay on this side of the Irish Sea.

If Argos refuses to meet the Unions demands it looks likely that the 31 branches which struck today will be taking to the picket lines a few more times between now and the cutting of the Turkey.

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Related Link: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/74150

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Problem     kbranno    Sat Dec 01, 2007 20:01 
   Audio     kbranno    Sat Dec 01, 2007 20:26 
   Drogheda picket     Marcas MacCaoimhín    Sun Dec 02, 2007 13:28 
   What?     Damien    Sun Dec 02, 2007 13:36 
   ly     ly    Sun Dec 02, 2007 13:53 
   publish it.     cost effective.    Sun Dec 02, 2007 13:55 
   Unreal     Joanne    Sun Dec 02, 2007 14:39 
   Limerick picket lines     Cian P    Sun Dec 02, 2007 15:11 
   Joanne..     j26    Sun Dec 02, 2007 15:17 
 10   Their not all scabs     White Raven    Sun Dec 02, 2007 15:33 
 11   The place was packed by the way.     White Raven    Sun Dec 02, 2007 16:14 
 12   white raven     kbranno    Sun Dec 02, 2007 16:21 
 13   Typically British     ex-pat    Sun Dec 02, 2007 16:43 
 14   there will be one in Kilkenny tomorrow I think     White Raven    Sun Dec 02, 2007 16:58 
 15   A gentle reminder…..     Santa    Sun Dec 02, 2007 19:54 
 16   their grievance is unclear to me     Ziggy    Sun Dec 02, 2007 19:54 
 17   Support the Workers! End Social Partnership! For International Solidarity!     A. R. Gos.    Sun Dec 02, 2007 20:46 
 18   Pay     Marcas MacCaoimhín    Mon Dec 03, 2007 08:57 
 19   Don't defame IBEC     Sceptic    Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:40 
 20   re:'what's their problem?'     x    Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:00 
 21   selfishness     therant    Mon Dec 03, 2007 19:19 
 22   Solution for Mr. X     Sceptic    Tue Dec 04, 2007 15:45 
 23   l'internationale sera le genre humain     corkman    Wed Dec 05, 2007 15:01 
 24   What the........?     Mike    Wed Dec 05, 2007 20:38 
 25   Yeah.....we need the solidarity     Solidarity Reg    Sun Dec 09, 2007 15:17 
 26   Update ..     Damien    Mon Dec 10, 2007 22:37 
 27   Strike     Biker    Tue Dec 11, 2007 06:39 
 28   talk about workers rights     christain    Sat Nov 01, 2008 13:22 
 29   Union     kb    Sat Nov 01, 2008 17:52 
 30   should menial mean getting more?     RogerYates    Sat Nov 01, 2008 19:26 
 31   christrian     christian    Sun Nov 09, 2008 17:09 


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