SHOPFLOOR MANDATE TRADE UNION
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Mandate members âŹ15 million âŹ15,000,000
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DECEMBER 2013
ITâS BETTER IN YOUR POCKET
MANDATE members working for a number of major retailers have secured more than âŹ15 million worth of pay rises during the past 18 months. Workers in Tesco, Dunnes Stores, Debenhams, Argos, Marks & Spencer, Superquinn, Brown Thomas and now new proposals at Penneys have all secured wage increases of between 2% and 3%. Many of the employees have also won the right to better contracts of employment and now enjoy a greater sense of security over their hours of work. Mandate Assistant General Secretary Gerry Light told Shopfloor: âOur members in some of the largest retail employers in Ireland are living proof that thereâs power in a union.
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