A rally to demand that Sisters of Charity facilities stay open will be held today in Dublin.
The socially-distanced protest at St Mary’s Centre Nursing Home is calling on the public to back struggling workers against the looming closure of the care facilities that were operated by the Sisters of Charity.
Unite Regional Officer, Willie Quigley, said: “Unite is encouraging members of our union and the general public to come along tomorrow and show their solidarity with the St Mary’s and Caritas workers protesting to keep their care facilities open.
“These workers have stood for weeks and months at the forefront of the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic but now they have been forced onto the streets to defend the right of vulnerable residents to continuity of care at these facilities.
“They are also fighting for their rights; workers not only face the threat of joblessness but the denial of basic redundancy entitlements.
“The Save St Marys Campaign has been invited to join tomorrow’s socially-distanced protest and we need the public to mobilise behind the workers’ fight.
“It is simply unconscionable that vulnerable residents will be uprooted and left anxious, facing an uncertain future, in the midst of the most severe pandemic in a century.”
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