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Robbie Kane & Emma Nevin

Debenhams workers protest after trade union lay member compares book to toilet paper

Former Debenhams workers gathered outside Mandate Trade Union this morning to protest remarks made about their new book which compared it to toilet paper.

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Debenhams announced that none of its 11 Irish branches would reopen and workers picketed stores for 406 days to fight for redundancy payments.

The book is called "Tales from the Debenhams Picket Line" and chronicles the women spent on strike.

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