Thomas Cook Ireland Company News

TSSA represent Administrative Supervisory and Managerial staff in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. We are affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.

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Thomas Cook TUC Broadside

17 September 2009: Thomas Cook's millionaire boss Manny Fontenla Novoa betrayed family values in his bitter dispute with his sacked Irish workforce, the TUC Congress was told in Liverpool. read more

Thomas Cook dispute ends with improved offer

13 August 2009: The bitter dipuste at Thomas Cook in Dublin ended today when protesting staff accepted an improved redundancy package from the travel giant. read more

Thomas Cook dispute before LRC in Dublin

11 August 2009: Both sides in the Thomas Cook dispute will appear before the Labour Relations Commission in Dublin tomorrow in a bid to end the dispute which has dominated the Irish media for a fortnight. read more

Union goes to LRC to break Thomas Cook deadlock

7 August 2009: Angry union leaders today announced they were going to the Labour Relations Commission on Monday to try and end the bitter dispute at Thomas Cook in Dublin. read more

Thomas Cook sit-in moves to High Court

2 August 2009: The sit-in at Thomas Cook stores in Dublin moves to the city's High Court tomorrow morning when the travel firm seeks an injunction to evict the protesters. read more

Thomas Cook sit-in spreads in Dublin

2 August 2009: A sit-in by Thomas Cook staff in Dublin spread to another threatened store today as the company warned it would fly in English staff next week to break the dispute. read more

TSSA members in occupation!

31 July 2009: At 10.00am management from Thomas Cook arrived at shops in Dublin to enforce closure. Members refused and are now occupying the shops. read more

Thomas Cook staff sit in after bosses quit Ireland early

31 July 2009: Thomas Cook staff began a sit-in in Dublin today after English managers flew in to tell them the comany was pulling out of the Republic immediately and sacking 50 staff at two stores. read more

Thomas Cook faces Irish boycott over pull out plan

29 July 2009: Travel giant Thomas Cook was warned today that it faces a bookings boycott by 800,000 trade unionists in the Republic over its plans to pull out of the country after 125 years. read more

Vote yes to industrial action at Thomas Cook Ireland

22 July 2009: TSSA has now informed Thomas Cook that we will be balloting members in Ireland. The Company are treating staff in Ireland appallingly. They have steamrollered their decision to close operations in Dublin and have dismissed any alternative proposals that your reps have put forward. It is clear that the 'consultation' has been a farce. Thomas Cook have showed you a lack of respect throughout this process and have continued to ignore your loyalty and the dignity that you deserve. read more

Demonstrations and Camels in Ireland!

3 July 2009: Members at Thomas Cook in Ireland won public support yesterday as they demonstrated outside their main shop in Dublin. Members were reacting to the Company's proposals to close operations in the South and decided to take action. read more

News Release: Manny says no to Irish talks to save jobs

30 June 2009: Millionaire Thomas Cook boss Manny Fontenla Novoa has refused to go to Ireland to explain his decision to pull out of the Republic after more than 125 years. read more

News Release: Irish staff stage camel protest outside millionaire boss's church

29 June 2009: Irish staff facing the sack at Thomas Cook staged a camel protest outside their millionaire boss's church in England yesterday in a bid to appeal to his conscience. read more

Direct Holidays/Thomas Cook Update

29 May 2009: Thomas Cook continues to maintain that they will not recognise the TSSA as the bargaining representatives for our members at Direct Holidays, a Thomas Cook company operating in Ireland. read more

Thomas Cook Ireland

26 May 2009: Thomas Cook announced that they are proposing to close two flagship shops and a Holiday Direct shop in Dublin, in all 76 employees will be effected. read more

Annual Pay Reviews

15 September 2008: A meeting took place on Thursday 11th September 2008 to discuss the changes made by Thomas Cook regarding the Annual Pay Review Period. read more

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