Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Did the issues facing the Tesco.com pickers and drivers come up during the work of the social dialogue unit? Some months ago Tesco Ireland announced a decision unilaterally to impose significant changes to the rosters of Tesco.compickers and drivers. These are the workers who fill the orders when people place an order online. The move, which workers and the Mandate trade union have described as out of the blue, will potentially cost workers thousands of euro in lost income. The changes will not only have financial consequences for workers but it will also impact on their work-life balance.

It beggars belief that a change like this would be railroaded through. It is even more astonishing that the company is doing so without any negotiation with the workers. I am not asking the Taoiseach to intervene, I understand fully what his role in this is, but will he join me in encouraging the Tesco management to sit down with the Mandate trade union and agree these roster changes?

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