Clerys liquidators are due to meet with the unions at Clerys tomorrow to discuss the workers' redundancy package, as the ICTU calls on the public and union members to join a rally for workers in Dublin tomorrow afternoon.
The Jobs Minister Richard Bruton says liquidators at Clerys have agreed to meet laid-off staff and unions, and said the way workers have found out they lost their jobs is "appalling".
The iconic Dublin department store shut without warning on Friday, leaving 400 staff out of a job.
Workers say they were not given adequate warning, and claim they are already owed back-pay.
Clerys has been sold to property developers Natrium Ltd for an undisclosed sum, while the High Court has appointed Kieran Wallace and Eamonn Richardson of KPMG as provisional liquidators to the company operating the shop.
Mr Bruton says the workers have been treated poorly. He says the Department of Social Protection will be offering a briefing for workers, and the liquidators will meet with unions and workers individually.
Teresa Hannick is from SIPTU - the trade union representing many of Clerys staff. She told Newstalk Breakfast those with the longest service will be hardest hit.
130 people were directly employed at the store, and more than 300 others employed by concession holders.
Customers of Clerys are being warned that any money they put down in cash deposits or spent on vouchers has likely been lost.
Despite the closure, Clerys’ website was still online earlier - and selling €100 gift vouchers. However both the site and the Clerys Facebook page have since disappeared.
SIPTU members and other staff members held pickets outside the O’Connell Street store front over the weekend - demanding back pay, redundancy packages, and a meeting with the store’s new owners Natrium.
The union's shop steward Gerry Markey told The Last Word, everyone involved has been badly treated:
ICTU General Secretary Patricia King said that Clerys staff had been "treated outrageously" and questioned if the actions of the owners fully adheres to the law.
