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Eye Cinema suspends and dismisses SIPTU members

category galway | worker & community struggles and protests | news report author Thursday September 20, 2007 14:04author by Labour Youth

Ten students who are SIPTU members working in Eye Cinema at Wellpark in Galway have been suspended after voting for industrial action. The SIPTU shop steward has been sacked following the ballot.

The students had been attempting to address a number of issues in relation to their working conditions. These issues include: a failure by the cinema to pay the staff any increments for working on Sundays or after midnight, which is an entitlement under law, and also in some cases, a failure to pay several staff members holiday pay, once again an entitlement under law.

You can email your complaints to the company who own them Edward Holdings:
info@edwardholdings.com

GMIT Student Union, SIPTU in Galway, Michael D Higgins T.D. and Labour Youth have all come out in support of the students.

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