Treatment of staff by Sunday Business Post management condemned
The treatment of staff, including the implementation of compulsory redundancies without negotiation, by the new management of the Sunday Business Post has been condemned by SIPTU Organiser, John White.
“The new management of the Sunday Business Post has introduced a culture of intimidation rather than co-operation into the running of the newspaper," he said.
"A trade union activist who has worked at the company for 23 years was called in last week from annual leave to receive one month’s notice that he was to lose his job and receive a minimum statutory redundancy payment.”
He added: “The new management has implemented a brutal approach to the running of the newspaper, which has included an attempt to get workers to waive their legal protections. It has refused to recognise the constructive role trade unions have played in maintaining the company as a going concern. Rather than negotiating with workers in accordance with long standing collective agreements management has decided to treat loyal staff with contempt."
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