A Christmas Crisis – Arcadia workers protest job losses in retail
Wednesday 23 December 2020Mandate Trade Union members employed by Arcadia (Topshop, Topman, Burton, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, Burton, Outfit, Wallis and Evans) held a socially distanced protest on Kildare Street yesterday (Tuesday, December 22nd) where they handed a letter into the Dail demanding stronger protections for workers losing their jobs due to liquidation scenarios.
A CHRISTMAS CRISIS!@MandateTU members employed by Arcadia held a protest on Kildare Street & handed a letter into the Dail demanding stronger protections for workers losing their jobs to company liquidations. We need govt action on this important issue NOW! #DuffyCahill pic.twitter.com/3ZJW8uWw41
— Mandate Trade Union (@MandateTU) December 22, 2020
We’ve seen workers in Debenhams, Clerys, the Paris Bakery, La Senza, and many more other companies lose their jobs while their employer abandoned their obligations. The government commissioned its own report on this issue in 2016 (Duffy/Cahill) and for more than four years has refused to implement it.
Every day workers are losing their jobs while our government procrastinate and sit on their hands.
We need action, and we need it now.
