Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise the case of 44 workers in Cork city and the race to the bottom in terms of workers' jobs, wages and conditions. The case in question is that of workers at the Irish headquarters of the Canadian corporation Telus in Mahon - a customer experience centre that manages accounts for corporate clients worldwide. These workers have been working on Telus's Airbnb account but it now seems that their jobs have been outsourced to Bucharest, Romania, where according to recruitment website, Glassdoor.ie, Telus pays a wage of around €8,000 per year to a customer support specialist. Telus is a profitable company. These jobs should not be exported. This is the race to the bottom at its worst. Is the Taoiseach concerned by the example that is being set here and can he tell us what action, if any, he intends to take regarding this matter?

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