Nothing Has Changed For Workers Rights In The Past Decade
That's the verdict of former Vita Cortex workers who are in the city centre this hour supporting ex-Debenhams employees on the 161st day of their blockade.
Vita Cortex staff staged a sit-in protest at their former workplace on the Kinsale Road for 161 days after they were made redundant without pay in 2011.
Former Debenhams staff occupied the Patrick Street store in the City last week and also met with Taoiseach Micheál Martin after dismissing a redundancy offer from liquidators KPMG as an 'insult'.
Jim Power worked at Vita Cortex for 43 years and in the past few minutes told RedFM News that redundancy rights must be addressed:
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