The Mandate trade union is balloting workers in Boots retail stores throughout the country for industrial action. Mandate and Boots management entered a series of negotiations as the company insisted on a range of cost saving measures. These talks recently collapsed following disclosure that the company is still highly profitable. As a result, Boots threatens to terminate all previously negotiated agreements with Mandate and plans, among other things, 25% reductions in public holiday pay and Sunday premiums.
English: http://www.mandate.ie/Campaigns/Boots-Campaign.aspx; http://www.uniglobalunion.org/Apps/iportal.nsf/pages/homepageEn