At 10.00am management from Thomas Cook arrived at shops in Dublin to enforce closure. Members refused and are now occupying the shops. The context to this dispute is a company that seeks to consolidate and increase profits through the closure of more than 100 shops, the closures in Dublin fly in the face of these shops making more than £400 million profit during 2008.

TSSA members need your support, we need messages of support flooding into to these members:

1. Hand write a message and run it through the fax: fax number: 00 35316 771258 and 00 35318 783965
2. Send emails to wendy@thomascook.ie and fennj@tssa.org.uk
3. Join the face book group at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=545605804&ref=name#/group.php?gid...
4. Sign the online petition http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savethomascookjobsinireland/

Most importantly please raise awareness; please forward, please take and discuss at your branches, trades council, divisional councils, regional councils - and send a big message that the movement is behind them.

in solidarity,

Jon Clark

National Education Officer
TSSA
Mobile: 07717366415
Office: 020 73872101 ext: 8016
Fax: 020 7383 0656
Helpline: 0800 3282673
Website: www.tssa.org.uk