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Ruling is a key win for Debenhams workers who have referred complaints en masse under Protection of Employment Act 1977

A new documentary explores what the Debenhams workers experienced while on their picket, in their own words.

With nearly two-thirds of retail workers across the country earning less than €451 per week, a cost-of-living wage needs to be introduced according to the ...

Just 21% of people surveyed earn more than the living wage.

With nearly two-thirds of retail workers earning less than €451 per week, a  cost-of-living wage needs to be introduced according to the Mandate Trade...

With nearly two-thirds of retail workers earning less than €451 per week, a cost-of-living wage needs to be introduced in Kilkenny and across Ireland, acco...

With nearly two-thirds of retail workers earning less than €451 per week, a  cost-of-living wage needs to be introduced according to the Mandate Trade...

A trade union official has claimed the decision to make Debenhams staff redundant two years ago had been “preordained and predetermined” before they were told the company was going into liquidation.

Sun, 23 May, 2021 - 09:11 Were putting down the placards and walking away with our heads held high: Cork workers reflect as Debenhams dispute finally comes to an end Some of the ex-Debenhams workers outside the former Debenhams store on Patricks St., Cork, at the end of their 406 day struggle for justice. Breda Graham After over 406 days of picketing for a just redundancy settlement, former Debenhams workers put down their placards this week and are walking away with their “heads ...

When shoppers do venture back to city centres and shopping centres later this year, things are going to look and feel very different.  The Covid-19 pandemic has rapidly accelerated a move towards online shopping and any high street brand that was already flailing will have disappeared from Irish towns and cities, bringing with them the loss of thousands of Irish jobs. Many of the absences will be British brands including the eleven Debenhams department stores on shopping streets from Dublin an...