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At this point, there’s a very good chance that one of the Greystones Tesco strikers is going to get Employee Of The Month in Aldi.

Or Lidl. Or SuperValu. Or any of the other shops in the town who have suddenly seen an influx of Tesco refugees queuing at their tills.

It’s Day 4 of the strike in Greystones, part of a nationwide action to save the contracts of the 250 employees nationwide who had the audacity to sign contracts before 1996.

With the impact of the strike on display every single day – this shot [right] was taken at 7.45pm last night – those striking want to make it clear once again that the smaller shops beside Tesco still need the town’s custom. These small shops have been hit hard by the strike, and they’re just innocent bystanders in a battle between a multi-billion-euro supermarket and six of its longest-serving workers.

The guys on the frontline also wanted to give a big shout-out to all the people and businesses who have brought them tea, coffee, food and treats, including SuperValu, Donnybrook Fair and just the good folk of Greystones.

It’s also important to point out that this drastic action by a group of Greystones workers is pivotal to not only these workers but all workers, as big business pushes more and more for a zero hour workforce who have little or no rights, or say, in their jobs.

But, hey, enough of our yakking. We caught up with Laura this morning, to see life on the frontline is shaping up.

You can find out more about the strike in Greystones here.