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27/07/2007
Bookbinders sit-in enters tenth day
A sit-in by 14 staff members from Reilly Bookbinders at their premises in Wicklow town has entered its tenth day.
The workers began their sit-in on July 18 after learning that the company was insolvent and was not going to pay them even statutory redundancy.
Shane McKean, from the Irish Print Group division of SIPTU, which represents the workers, has called for the appointment of a liquidator in a bid to obtain redundancy payments due to the workers quickly.
SIPTU says that the company has referred the workers to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment insolvency fund, which, the union says, could take months to process the claim.
SIPTU said that the workers remain committed to the occupation.
On Friday afternoon, union sources revealed that the bookbinders staff have rejected an offer from the company to split 15,000 euros, the sale of two guillotine machines and a share in any future profits. The workers have said that they will continue their protest until a liquidator is appointed to the company. However, they have agreed to attend talks with Reilly Bookbinders at the Labour Relations Commission on Monday morning.
Reilly Bookbinders has been in Wicklow for 30 years. Its customers include the Department of the Taoiseach; the Courts Service and Queen's University.
SIPTU said that staff have been told that their work is being relocated to the Czech Republic.
(KMcA/SP)
The workers began their sit-in on July 18 after learning that the company was insolvent and was not going to pay them even statutory redundancy.
Shane McKean, from the Irish Print Group division of SIPTU, which represents the workers, has called for the appointment of a liquidator in a bid to obtain redundancy payments due to the workers quickly.
SIPTU says that the company has referred the workers to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment insolvency fund, which, the union says, could take months to process the claim.
SIPTU said that the workers remain committed to the occupation.
On Friday afternoon, union sources revealed that the bookbinders staff have rejected an offer from the company to split 15,000 euros, the sale of two guillotine machines and a share in any future profits. The workers have said that they will continue their protest until a liquidator is appointed to the company. However, they have agreed to attend talks with Reilly Bookbinders at the Labour Relations Commission on Monday morning.
Reilly Bookbinders has been in Wicklow for 30 years. Its customers include the Department of the Taoiseach; the Courts Service and Queen's University.
SIPTU said that staff have been told that their work is being relocated to the Czech Republic.
(KMcA/SP)
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