Sit-In
# sit-in - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Vita Cortex workers meet with Noam Chomsky in Cork
During their protest last year, Chomsky send workers messages of support commending them for their “courageous and honourable actions”
# sit-in - Friday 8 March, 2013
Workers to end sit-in at Athboy hotel today
SIPTU workers at the Old Darnley Lodge hotel in Athboy will leave this morning, after securing their redundancy entitlements.
# sit-in - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Sit-ins at HMV stores in Limerick end as staff expect payment next week
Protests at other HMV stores in Cork and Tallaght are also expected to end as the receiver has reportedly given written assurances that staff will be paid outstanding wages.
# sit-in - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Deloitte representatives to discuss payment with HMV staff
Staff at two stores in Limerick are currently staging a sit-in over uncertainty about payment of their wages this month.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
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# sit-in - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
HMV staff in Limerick stage sit-in over wages
The staff are currently in negotiations with representatives from Deloitte Ireland, the company which was earlier named as the receiver to HMV Ireland.
# sit-in - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
Six students arrested after sit-in at Taoiseach’s constituency office
The students were protesting over the qualifying income threshold for the student maintenance grant being raised by 3 per cent.
# sit-in - Thursday 30 August, 2012
Target Express workers end sit-in after meeting liquidator, department
Junior minister Seán Sherlock has pledged funds from the state insolvency fund to support the workers’ redundancy payments.
# sit-in - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
Provisional liquidator appointed to Target Express
Workers are continuing to hold sit-ins to demand money they are owed by the company.
Target Express workers say they will not leave premises until they get paid
Ex-employees are holding a sit-in at the Cork depot with eight workers spending the night there.
# sit-in - Tuesday 17 July, 2012
President to meet with former Vita Cortex workers
The former workers, who staged a 161 day sit-in at the Vita Cortex plant, are to meet the President at Áras an Uachtaráin today.
# sit-in - Thursday 5 July, 2012
Lagan Brick workers seek support from Dáil over redundancy pay dispute
The 25 men have been engaged in a protest over redundancy packages since before Christmas last year.
# sit-in - Sunday 6 May, 2012
How the Vita Cortex workers held on for 139 days (and why Twitter mattered)
The 32 Vita Cortex employees took turns working 8 hour shifts at their former employer until a negotiation was reached. Kevin Curran finds out how they did it.
# sit-in - Wednesday 2 May, 2012
Vita Cortex sit-in ends as workers agree settlement
The former employees will soon be on their way home after voting to accept new proposals from management.
# sit-in - Wednesday 4 April, 2012
Photos: Staff at Game stores remain in limbo as sit-in continues
Staff at the 11 Game stores around the country have been holding sit-ins in a dispute over redundancy payments.
# sit-in - Saturday 31 March, 2012
Census and celsius: the week in statistics
How many of us are there in Ireland? How hot was it here last week? And how much is Will Ferrell’s next film going to make?
# sit-in - Friday 30 March, 2012
Katie Taylor to meet Vita Cortex workers
More than 100 days into their protest, the Vita Cortex workers have gained the support of another high profile figure.
# sit-in - Wednesday 28 March, 2012
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
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“We’re resolute and ready to fight” – Game staff hold sit-ins around the country
Around 110 staff are holding sit-ins at eleven stores after the company said it was closing all its branches in Ireland – but would not be paying redundancy.
# sit-in - Saturday 24 March, 2012
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Nine things to know this morning…
# sit-in - Tuesday 13 March, 2012
Vita Cortex workers set for talks at Labour Relations Commission
Representatives of the 32 staff – whose sit-in enters its 90th day today – will attend talks at the LRC beginning today.
# sit-in - Thursday 1 March, 2012
SIPTU rejects ‘derisory’ offer for Vita Cortex workers
The union said that the amount offered in redundancy payments was an insult to the workers who have been occupying the factory since December.
# sit-in - Monday 13 February, 2012
Alex Ferguson lends support to Vita Cortex workers’ strike
The Man Utd manager phoned workers staging a sit-in over redundancy pay to support their efforts.
# sit-in - Wednesday 8 February, 2012
Investigate the Vita Cortex accounts, TD tells watchdog
Labour TD Ciarán Lynch has asked the Director of Corporate Enforcement to examine the accounts of the firm which says it cannot pay statutory redundancy to its 32 former employees.
# sit-in - Saturday 21 January, 2012
‘No resolution’ after Vita Cortex workers meet with management
Marathon talks between the two sides at the LRC ended last night without any agreement, the striking workers have said.
# sit-in - Friday 13 January, 2012
La Senza sit-in ends as KPMG agrees to pay up
The sit-in at the Liffey Valley branch of the lingerie chain ends after five days, with workers told they will get their wages.
# sit-in - Tuesday 10 January, 2012
“We’re not going down without a fight” – employees occupy La Senza
25 workers from the lingerie store are holding a sit-in in the Liffey Valley branch of La Senza saying they are owed wages. Trade union officials will meet with the administrators tomorrow to address the employee concerns.
# sit-in - Thursday 5 January, 2012
Vita Cortex owner ‘can’t move money’ to pay for redundancies
Jack Ronan says he cannot move cash between his companies to meet the redundancy requirements of Vita Cortex staff.
TEEU in solidarity visit to Vita Cortex workers
The sit-in by the plant’s 32 former workers continues into its 21st day but SIPTU has said its members are ready to talk – if the company is.
# sit-in - Friday 30 December, 2011
Vita Cortex workers to ‘escalate’ protests after two-week sit-in
The laid-off employees will begin protesting at Government buildings and Nama, their union said.
# sit-in - Tuesday 27 December, 2011
The 5 at 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Vita Cortex sit-in enters its tenth day – with no end in sight
A SIPTU delegation visited the 32 workers today, who are fighting to get redundancy payments from the company.
# sit-in - Monday 26 December, 2011
The 9 at 9: St Stephen’s Day
Nine things to know this St Stephen’s Day morning…
# sit-in - Wednesday 5 October, 2011
Shebeen Chic staff to stage ‘lock-in’ protest over closure
Staff at the George’s St pub are to keep their regular opening hours but sleep, shower and eat in the premises in order to prevent it being closed before 31 January. A high court eviction order has been served on the tenants.
# sit-in - Tuesday 9 August, 2011
Roscommon sit-in comes to an end
A group of 20 people stayed overnight at the hospital’s Urgent Care Centre to ensure it did not close.
# sit-in - Monday 8 August, 2011
Sit-in underway at Roscommon County Hospital
Protesters say they will continue the sit-in into the night as the urgent care facility at the hospital closes its doors.
# sit-in - Friday 24 June, 2011
Rostrevor House pays outstanding wages to all but one of its former staff
13 of the 14 employees who were due an average of €4,000 each get their money – the other one is the whistleblower.
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