Former Iceland shop steward is awarded €8,300 after then-owner of Irish stores threatened to sue her over industrial action
About 35 ex-Iceland staff have had employment rights complaints referred to the WRC by the IWU after the closure of the chain here last autumn. Photograph: Niall Carson/PAA former Iceland shop steward has been awarded €8,300 after the then-owner of its Irish stores, Naeem Maniar, threatened to sue her personally on the eve of a strike.
The tribunal ruled that a series of late-night texts from Mr Maniar the night before the industrial action, along with a High Court summons served on Ms Joyce and a later attempt to withhold her wages were intended to “pressurise” her – and had been acts of penalisation for her trade union activity. On May 18th last year, the day before the planned industrial action at the Coolock store, Mr Maniar came to the shop and spent three hours talking to the shop stewards “to see would we call off the strike”, Ms Joyce told the WRC in evidence.
In further texts, Mr Maniar wrote: “I was angry that the IWU are playing dirty and seeking to attack me personally.” He then apologised, the tribunal heard. When pay-day came that Friday, Ms Joyce said, although wages came through for some workers despite a delay explained as a “technical issue”, neither she nor the other Coolock shop steward received the bank transfer.In her decision, WRC adjudicator Elizabeth Spelman
Upholding the complaint, Ms Spelman ordered the respondent to pay €8,300 as “just and equitable” compensation to Ms Joyce.
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