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21/09/2009
Pizza Makers To Strike Over 'Porn'
There's strike action looming in a catering company in Co Kildare - over 'porn'.
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has granted their union, the Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU), permission for an all-out picket at the factory in Naas.
Workers at a pizza-making plant in the Republic of Ireland are set to strike after being sacked for allegedly viewing porn.
However, the staff - at Green Isle Foods in Co Kildare - have won cross-union support for their protest.
The company said three workers lost their jobs after viewing "adult material" and breaching the company's internet policy.
But their union claims they are being scapegoated" "One of our members received an email from outside the plant and was essentially dismissed for receiving an email," said TEEU General Secretary Designate, Eamon Devoy.
The plant may face serious disruption today if other union members, including suppliers and An Post workers, refuse to pass the picket.
This is not the first such industrial dispute as 40 workers went on strike last month after other staff lost their jobs.
The TEEU said the sackings were linked to a separate incident when the company sent a confidential file about seven redundancies to a worker by mistake.
The union said it took the previous action because the company would not negotiate a fair disciplinary process.
(BMcC/KMcA)
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has granted their union, the Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU), permission for an all-out picket at the factory in Naas.
Workers at a pizza-making plant in the Republic of Ireland are set to strike after being sacked for allegedly viewing porn.
However, the staff - at Green Isle Foods in Co Kildare - have won cross-union support for their protest.
The company said three workers lost their jobs after viewing "adult material" and breaching the company's internet policy.
But their union claims they are being scapegoated" "One of our members received an email from outside the plant and was essentially dismissed for receiving an email," said TEEU General Secretary Designate, Eamon Devoy.
The plant may face serious disruption today if other union members, including suppliers and An Post workers, refuse to pass the picket.
This is not the first such industrial dispute as 40 workers went on strike last month after other staff lost their jobs.
The TEEU said the sackings were linked to a separate incident when the company sent a confidential file about seven redundancies to a worker by mistake.
The union said it took the previous action because the company would not negotiate a fair disciplinary process.
(BMcC/KMcA)
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