Motion · S4M-12086 · 16 Jan 2015
USC Workforce Dundonald
The motion
That the Parliament condemns the actions of the owner, the billionaire, Mike Ashley, and management of Sports Direct to close USC in Dundonald, where, it understands, 88 employees have been made redundant without prior notice; understands that the employees will not receive any redundancy payment from the company and that any pay due from mid-December onwards will not be paid; calls on Mr Ashley, who is currently offering to inject £10 million into Rangers FC, to take responsibility for the loss of jobs at USC and ensure that the workforce is treated with respect and given the payments that are owed, and further calls on the Scottish Government to do everything possible to both support the workforce and seek an investigation into the financial activities of Sports Direct relating to the closure.
Supporters (29)
- Roderick Campbell 19 Jan 2015
- Willie Coffey 19 Jan 2015
- Graeme Dey 19 Jan 2015
- Neil Findlay 19 Jan 2015
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 19 Jan 2015
- Rob Gibson 19 Jan 2015
- Patrick Harvie Scottish Green Party 19 Jan 2015
- Bill Kidd 19 Jan 2015
- Mike MacKenzie 19 Jan 2015
- John Mason 19 Jan 2015
- Christina McKelvie 19 Jan 2015
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 19 Jan 2015
- Dennis Robertson 19 Jan 2015
- Kevin Stewart 19 Jan 2015
- Hugh Henry 20 Jan 2015
- Richard Lyle 20 Jan 2015
- Angus MacDonald 20 Jan 2015
- Stewart Maxwell 20 Jan 2015
- Mark McDonald 20 Jan 2015
- John Wilson 20 Jan 2015
- John Finnie 21 Jan 2015
- Gil Paterson 21 Jan 2015
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 21 Jan 2015
- Nigel Don 22 Jan 2015
- James Dornan 23 Jan 2015
- Dave Thompson 23 Jan 2015
- Drew Smith 28 Jan 2015
- Johann Lamont 29 Jan 2015
- Bob Doris Scottish National Party 4 Feb 2015
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.