Mandate launches bar worker survey

Thursday 2 May 2013

Mandate has launched a survey of all workers in the bar industry. The union wants to hear from members and also from non-members about their living standards and conditions of employment.

Commenting on the survey, Jonathan Hogan, Industrial Officer for Mandate, told Shopfloor: “We know that many workers in the industry have suffered cuts to their terms and conditions of employment. This includes pay cuts, cuts to hours and cuts to other entitlements.

“Employers and their representatives have attacked JLCs and other legislation that provides decent employment for bar workers.

“The only way to resist these attacks is by joining Mandate and campaigning for protection of existing terms and seeking to improve on them,” he added.

“This survey, which only takes 10 minutes, will help us understand what is happening in the industry and how we can improve the working lives of our members.”

If you are a bar worker or if you know one, please fill in the survey here.

If you would like a survey posted to you, please email news@mandate.ie or call the union at 01 874 6321.

You can also print a hard copy of the survey and ask your colleagues to fill it in by clicking here.