'We got no notification of this.' Workers at an Iceland store in Coolock, Co Dublin, are staging a sit-in after they were suddenly told their jobs were gone.
“We turned up for work as normal, arrived at 8.40am,” she said. “I met my manager sitting outside on the steps – she had been asked to leave the building and hand over her keys“Eventually at about 9.05am, an email filtered through all our colleagues that the company is insolvent and going into liquidation.”
The protestors have received support from People Before Profit and the Debenham workers among others. Labour TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin was at the protest in Coolock – and demanded better treatment for the workers.“These workers deserve a huge amount of greater treatment from their employer than what they’re receiving currently.”
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