IRISH MANDATE UNION AND JOANNE DELANEY

Early day motion 1425, tabled 19 January 2006 by Sharon Hodgson (Labour). Signed by 23 members.

That this House supports the global campaign by the Irish Mandate Union and the LabourStart website concerning Dunnes Stores, which sacked 22 year-old shop steward Joanne Delaney of the Mandate Union in November 2005 from her job at its Crumlin store in South Dublin for wearing her union badge; notes with alarm that Dunnes has refused to meet Joanne because she was accompanied by a union official; believes that this high-handed action by Dunnes contradicts the Irish system of industrial relations, which is based on a social partnership arrangement where each party respects the rights of the other; and calls on Dunnes Stores to halt its bullying tactics and immediately to re-instate Joanne Delaney.

Signatures by party: Labour 19, Conservative 1, Liberal Democrat 1, Respect 1, Scottish National Party 1.