Statement: Labour Senators seek Government Action Following Talk Talk Closure
28 September 2011
STATEMENT BY LABOUR SENATORS
Wednesday 28th September, 2011
LABOUR SENATORS SEEK GOVERNMENT ACTION FOLLOWING TALK TALK CLOSURE
The Labour group of Senators have a motion today (3-5pm Wed 28th September) before the Seanad noting the recent closure of the Talk Talk call centre in Waterford, with the consequent devastating loss of 575 jobs, and deploring the lack of notice given to the employees of Talk Talk about the closure.
The Labour Senators will be calling today during their private members' time for the Government to review existing legislation to consider that a longer notice period than 30 days should be provided by a company, particularly where the company is employing significant numbers of people, and is proposing to make redundancies on a collective scale.
Senator Denis Landy will be proposing the motion, which will be seconded by Senator Ivana Bacik. Other Labour Senators will be contributing to the debate.
Minister Richard Bruton will be in the Seanad to respond to the Labour Senators motion.
ENDS