Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Sinn Féin supports workers at 'Game'

The Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central Jonathan O'Brien has criticised Game for their failure to give their Irish workers the entitlements they were due.

Yesterday 123 workers in Irish stores were told that they were to be laid off by the video game retailer as it was to close its Irish operation as part of a restructuring plan.Two of these stores are in Cork City.

Deputy O'Brien called on the retailer to pay the workers their full redundancy entitlements.

Deputy O'Brien stated:

“The company Game should hang their heads in shame for the way they treated their loyal workers over the past few days.To inform their employees by phone that their contracts were being terminated this week and expect them to finish without any redundancy or notice is disgraceful."

“The very least a company owes its workers is to inform them properly and professionally that they are to be laid off, and to allow them to work out their notice."

“The company still has 333 stores in the UK so it is obvious they have the resources to fund a fair redundancy package.”

Deputy O'Brien also added the need for the Government to introduce legislation stop this practice continuing.

“This example of worker exploitation is only the latest in a long line of cases where workers have received minimal notice of being laid off and have been denied redundancy payments. It follows on from the cases of TalkTalk,La Senza, Lagan Brick and the Vita Cortex workers in Cork. How many times must this happen before the Government takes action?"

“We in Sinn Fein are calling on the government to introduce legislation to ensure this behavior stops as soon as possible."

“Politicians from across the political spectrum have indicated that they are in favour of protecting workers from this practice.Its time to accelerate this process so we as legislators do what we can to protect our citizens from ruthless companies where greed is their sole aim.We in Sinn Fein hope to bring forward proposals to this effect in the coming weeks.”ENDS

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