Published Date:
10 July 2009
By Nick Rabbitts
THE acting chairperson of the Dell Workers Representative Committee Gerry Hinchey has said the group will go to the European Court of Justice in a bid to get an improved redundancy package.
This comes after it emerged that the Texas-based computer giant has refused to engage in talks with workers over their redundancy packages.
This week, Mr Hinchey received a letter from the Labour Relations Commission - who were approached for conciliation - saying the computer giant's human resources director has "stated that the company did not believe that discussions" on the workers redundancy settlement was "appropriate at this time".
The move has angered Mr Hinchey, and he has vowed to take the matter further with Dell boss Sean Corkery and HR manager Fiona McCarthy, who met with Mayor Kevin Kiely this Thursday afternoon.
In the wake of Dell's decision to shift manufacturing to Poland with the loss of 1,900 jobs in Limerick, there was fury over what many workers saw as an unfair redundancy package - six weeks for every year worked, capped at two years - meaning some workers working at the huge Raheen plant for more than 10 years would get just €8,000 from the company.
As the Limerick Leader went to press, a spokesperson for Dell was not available for comment.
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Last Updated:
10 July 2009 12:43 PM
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