Staff from the Gorey branch of Dunnes Stores are to seek an explanation from local management over the sudden closure of the store yesterday evening.
Notices were posted on the doors at 6pm yesterday saying the shop would remain closed until further notice.
This morning, a handful of staff members were admitted and could be seen working inside. Lights within the building were on and stock remains on the shelves.
At a meeting in a local hotel in Gorey this evening, staff who are members of trade union Mandate have decided to turn up to work as rostered this weekend, even though the store in Gorey shopping centre remains closed.
Staff will seek an explanation for the closure from the local management, and if that is not forthcoming, they will meet again on Monday to decide what action to take.
Earlier, Mandate General Secretary John Douglas said staff at the store were called at the end of their shift last night and told not to report to work today as the store was closing to customers.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr Douglas said "staff went home very upset, not knowing whether they have jobs".
Mr Douglas added "there's something going on and Dunnes Stores are not telling their staff and they are not telling the trade union representing those staff".
Commenting on newspaper reports there had been a dispute between Dunnes Stores and the shopping centre where the store is located, Mandate condemned the closure of the store over what it said appeared to be a petty dispute with the property management company.
Traders in Gorey Shopping Centre were told by letter from the management company that Dunnes Stores decided to close their store following a court hearing yesterday.
In a letter from Bannon Property Consultants, tenants were told an injunction was granted against Dunnes Stores after they allegedly refused to block an access door from their store directly to the car park.
The letter alleges Dunnes Stores opened this door last November allowing customers to bypass smaller traders in the shopping centre main mall.
Mandate said Dunnes Stores was using the livelihoods of 100 workers as a protest.
"There are 100 families in Wexford who have no idea whether they'll have a job next week or not," Mr Douglas said.
"All because Dunnes Stores have broken a lease agreement with their property management agent and they stubbornly refuse to abide by a Court injunction.
"This shows the level of contempt Dunnes Stores have for their own staff and the arrogance they have when it comes to abiding by the laws of the land."
The staff of Dunnes Stores have still not been given a reason for the shop's closure.
