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Former workers at Debenhams are marking a year since they were told they lost their jobs and started a fight for what they call a just-settlement.
They ll be outside six stores across the country, including Henry Street in Dublin.
#onthisdayinbusiness in 2020 @Debenhams entered administration again, exactly one year after having entered administration previously. The business was founded in 1778, liquidated in 2021 and purchased by @Boohoo in January #otdpic.twitter.com/b5HSaIouo5
Shop Steward for Debenhams on Henry Street, Jane Crowe, said the demonstration is momentous. We re marking the day we decided to stand up and fight back against the company.
Former Tralee Debenhams staff mark one year of picketing radiokerry.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from radiokerry.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Ex-workers were informed that removal trucks had arrived to take stock away from the site.
They had begun a sit-down demonstration when members of law enforcement came on the scene.
Gardai deployed around 4am to break up picket at Blanchardstown #Debenhams & allow 4 trucks remove stock in a level 5 lockdown. Women/ men, including myself, were carried off by about 25 gardai. Opted not to use injunction but to physically haul us off & assist strike breaking. pic.twitter.com/oFnSixLgZj Ruth Coppinger (@RuthCoppingerSP) April 1, 2021
Shop Steward Jane Crowe says the Guards physically removed the protesters to let the removal trucks pass:
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