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Joanne Delaney - Sinn Féin Day of Action
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Friday February 24, 2006 17:59 by Colleen - Ógra Shinn Féin www.osfbf.pro.ie
Rally behind Joanne
Saturday 25th February marks a Sinn Féin National Day of Action calling in support of sacked Dunnes Stores Employee, Joanne Delaney.
Protests, vigils, information stalls, poster and leaflet distribution will be happening the length and breadth of the country.
Get Behind Joanne - and support your local event!
Building the Campaign to Reinstate Joanne Delaney
Sinn Féin National Day of Action
Joanne Delaney was sacked by Dunnes stores in November 2005 for wearing her union badge on her uniform. With more than four years service in the Ashleaf store in Crumlin on the south side of Dublin, the 22 year–old MANDATE recently elected shop steward received a letter on the 29th of November 2005 informing her that she had been dismissed by the company.
Dunnes Stores has accused her of not complying with company policy in relation to the wearing of her union badge on her uniform, despite the fact that there is nothing in the policy about wearing a union badge.
Joanne had been suspended by a manager at the store since 18th October for refusing to remove the Mandate Trade Union badge from her uniform. Joanne was advised to attend a disciplinary meeting at 6.00 p.m. on Friday, 21st October . However, the meeting was cancelled due to the fact that she was accompanied by her Union Representative. The Company has continually denied Joanne the right to Union representation at meetings with management.
Responding to the dismissal, Mandy Kane, Divisional Organiser of Mandate said “This sacking is petty, vindictive and does the image of Dunnes Stores no favours whatsoever”. Its also pretty much in keeping with the anti–union record of a company that sacked workers who refused to handle goods from South Africa during the Anti–Apartheid Boycott of the mid–eighties.
Organise! organised two pickets of Dunnes stores branches, one at the Springtown outlet in Derry (on 4th February) and the other at the city centre outlet in Belfast, on Friday 3rd, that was attended by around 60 people, in order to raise awareness of Joanne’s case with Dunnes customers. Rnank and file trade unionists and NIC - ICTU officials, along with members of Organise!, the CPI, IRSP, Socialist Party, SWP, Workers Party, all joined the call for Joanne’s re-instatement. The Belfast and District Trades Union Council supported the call for action and a number of its delegates attended the Belfast picket. In Dublin Labour Youth called for action at Dunnes Stores Georges Street outlet in Dublin on Thursday February 2nd at 6pm that was attended by 30 people who stood shoulder to shoulder with Joanne.
The campaign for Joanne’s reinstatement is growing with the Community & Workers Action Group meeting with her and setting up a meeting on the 7th of February in Crumlin, Dublin to build a broad based support group.
Joanne told CWAG that she needs support locally to highlight her fight for justice, her case for reinstatement and the restoration of her right to work without intimidation as shop steward and to wear her union badge.
CWAG “see in Joanne a brave and courageous 22 year old young woman fighting a huge corporate company. She cannot and must not be left isolated at local level”.
There is a clear need to highlight Joanne’s case, build public support and put pressure on Dunnes Stores to have her reinstated. The support group envisaged by CWAG “will comprise of local community, political and trade union activists. It would be non party political in structure and be inclusive for all to participate in”.
This case must be fought and won, get involved in the campaign.
Things we can do to support the re–instatement of Joanne:
Get your union branch to pass a motion in support of Joanne Delaney
Send a message to Dunnes Stores management
Or alternatively pay a visit to the current management in Dunnes in your local Dunnes store to express your disgust at the action taken by the company and in support of Joanne Delaney.
You can also send a message to Dunnes management at:
[email protected]
or [email protected]
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12.30pm
North Earl Street, City Centre
12.30pm
George’s Street, City Centre
Time tbc
Cardiff Bridge Road, Finglas
12pm to 2pm
Ashleaf (Non party political), Crumlin
12pm
Crumlin Shopping Centre
12pm
Georges Street, Dun Laoghaire
2pm
Northumberland Avenue, Dun Laoghaire
2pm
Other protests confirmed in Belfast, Drogheda, Dundalk, Kilkenny, Castlebar, Ballina and Kerry.
ALL WELCOME
The Finglas event is a joint protest being organised by both the Joanne Delaney Support Group and Sinn Fein
There will also be non-party political placards available at the protest at North Earl Street.
In the light of the very welcome news that Joanne Delaney has been re-instated, all protests scheduled for Saturday 25th have been cancelled.