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"When workers rights are under attack, stand up and fight back." #Debenhams

It's been over 130 days since Debenhams closed 11 of its department stores across Ireland, leavin...

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16.56 17 Aug 2020


"When workers rights are under attack, stand up and fight back." #Debenhams


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It's been over 130 days since Debenhams closed 11 of its department stores across Ireland, leaving 2,000 workers on the Covid payment with no redundancy in sight. Henry McKean met the workers on the picket, most in their mid 60s who do 6 hour shifts 24 hours a day seven days a week, at the trade entrance of their flagship store in the Ilac Centre in Dublin.


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