The Independent Workers Union is inviting taxi drivers in Ireland to take our survey found https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TaxiWorkerCoop on the taxi industry. Taxi giants sell the idea of

While the recent Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for the security industry is a welcome step in the right direction, it falls very short of fundamentally changing the terms and conditions of workers or assisting with the cost of living crisis in any meaningful way. The increases are simply not enough for working people to get by and are a slap in the face for workers who have families and loved ones to care for.

The long-delayed ERO came into effect on the 4th of September. The primary improvements to the terms and conditions of security workers that it put into effect were as follows:

1. Rate of pay to be adjusted to be
   1. Rate of pay to be adjusted to be

07/09/2023

Today, all remaining Iceland Stores across the Republic of Ireland, have been closed. The workers were given no notice of closure, and were told via phone call to

On Saturday (26th August), SIPTU announced that the sit-in of the Iceland Waterford store would come to an end after claiming to have reached an agreement with the Examiner that the workers would receive “their statutory entitlements and all monies that were owed to them”.

The Sit-In began after the Waterford store was closed, with only 30 minutes notice given to the staff.

In their statement, SIPTU stated that statutory redundancy and other entitlements would be fast tracked. Concerned that this may be an indication of unequal treatment of workers by Metron Stores Ltd., the IWU sought clarification from the court-appointed Examiner, JW Accountants, who confirmed that IWU, SIPTU and non-union Iceland staff are all going through the same process.

The process, as it stands, is that workers may participate in a collective redundancy negotiations, either individually or through their Union. However, through pressure from the IWU, the company has agreed to offer a waiver which would accelerate any redundancy application. However, the issues of outstanding monies remain. The company is still refusing to acknowledge significant sums of money owed to its workers and has yet to make any commitments to resolving this matter.

The IWU finds it concerning that SIPTU has presented this state of affairs as a victory. It is unfortunate that the Waterford workers have ended their sit-in, as this reduces their leverage for negotiating the payment of their outstanding wages and annual leave pay.

The IWU was also surprised to read the RT