Deliveroo arrived to Dublin in May 2015. For those of you with your head firmly stuck in the 20th century it’s a service where you can order food from your favorite restaurant via the magic of the internet and have it land at your door. Jamie Goldrick caught up with some of their so called ‘delivery consultants’ who revealed a streak of hidden regressive labour practices. Deliveroo, founded in 2013, now … Read More
Gombeens On The Rise.
What will replace JobBridge? TF Recruitment promises employers every kind of dodge and weave to cut costs and kick the workers where it hurts.
Workers Must Pay.
The ICTU asked TDs if they’d sign up to a charter for fair conditions at work. Fine Gael, Renua and some Shane Rossites said no.
Yeast-er Rising
The French are Revolting. As many as 20 staff of the Paris Bakery restaurant on 18 Moore St. are picketing the premises this morning over unpaid wages. Reports from staff who arrived to work this morning at the historic address are that they found themselves locked out without notice. Some haven’t been paid since March, one worker claims to be owed €3,o00. The Bakery’s premises is due to be bulldozed … Read More
#rabbleRaker: An Employer’s Market
A 2010 study found that Ireland is seventh on the list of countries with the most workplace bullying in Europe. Four years on, is anything getting better? Shannon Duvall has been hearing some stories that suggest not. Defined by the Health and Safety Authority of Ireland as “repeated inappropriate behaviour, direct or indirect, whether verbal, physical or otherwise, conducted by one or more persons against another or others, at the … Read More
Tory Donor Backs Irish TV Channel
IrishTV is a satellite channel in expansion. The moneybags behind it is a London-Irish millionaire and a hefty Tory bankroller, John Griffin. The channel has been around for a couple of years under the stewardship of Mayo-based Pierce O’Reilly on Sky 191 and carries a mix of Paddy’s Day neo-liberal tourism Ireland twee and a Nationwide-style redneck roundup (think Ryanair, potato cakes and country & western music). The 150 new … Read More
Gateway To Forced Labour
Paul Murphy MEP spoke to reporters outside City Hall this evening at a protest against the new ‘Gateway’ programme. Questioned about the new job scheme Murphy described it as the first step to forced labour: Those on the Gateway programme will get €20 per week for 19.5 hours work on top of their dole, so it’s €1 per hour. If they refuse to go on the scheme they … Read More
Juking the Stats
When 30 jobs were to go at Garry Egan’s workplace he set himself the task of tracking job announcements and job losses over the space of a month to see how accurate the Government’s unchallenged mantra of ‘3000 new jobs a month’ really is. Turns out, not so much.
Every Lidl Hurts
In these tightened times we all look for value. But saving those pennies can come at a cost…to the workers. Lidl does not recognise unions (like Ryanair) and unfortunately some typical work practice abuses are reported to take place. Lidl workers are unlikely to participate in any kind of demonstration as they are not unionised so it is up to others to work on their behalf. When the German retail … Read More