Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

While I welcome the talks that have been announced, talks only work if the people talking are willing to listen. Against that backdrop, it is critical that the Government intervene to put manners on an employer that has been out of control in this dispute. While I accept that the issues were before the industrial relations machinery of the State, the Labour Court recommendation was rejected not by Mandate but by trade union members and workers participating in a democratic process. It is the right of workers under legislation and in collective agreements to defend their contracts of employment. Will the Minister direct Tesco that it is unlawful to change a person's contract of employment without his or her agreement given that the company has not secured such agreement?

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