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Tesco workers vote for industrial action

Tesco - New terms and condtions for Douglas store
Tesco - New terms and condtions for Douglas store

Staff at Tesco in Douglas have voted unanimously for industrial action in a row over plans to change working terms and conditions for workers moving to a new premises.

The ballot of the 85 Mandate members took place at a city hotel this evening and almost 90% voted in favour of action.

The row centres on plans by Tesco to remove established terms and conditions for workers moving to a new store on the same site at Douglas.

The new store will employ up to 160 people. The old store currently employs 92.

A small number of workers, known as the pre-96ers, received letters on Good Friday telling them they had to sign the new terms by last Tuesday or face redundancy at the end of this month.

Pre-96ers are those who were working with Quinnsworth when it was taken over by Tesco in 1996.

Mandate says 4,000 of Tesco 12,000 staff here are pre-96ers.