Unite in action
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Stormont is making children pay the price for austerity
Education Authority proposals to hike school meal prices a second time in one year will mean costs increase 35 per cent Unite has condemned the education authority’s announcement of an increase to school meal charges. This is the second increase to the price of school meals this calendar year and will see prices for meals…
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Expanded ‘Right Care, Right Person’ policy increases risk to paramedic first responders
Latest serious attack on a paramedic in the Foyle area highlights the mounting risk to emergency responders Unite has challenged the decision to roll out phase two of the Right Care Right Person programme in Northern Ireland. In the second phase of the programme [which commenced on November 1st 2026] the PSNI no longer call out…
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Public sector: Unite reps agree to suspend Wednesday strike pending talks outcome
New deal must deliver no-strings cost-of-living pay increase Unite, which organises workers across the public sector and is a member of the ICTU Public Services Committee, said today (Monday) that a meeting of the union’s reps in the public sector has agreed to suspend Wednesday’s strike action. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said:
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Message to government clear: No more business as usual
Inflation-beating pay rise must be front and centre of any new public sector deal Private sector workers must also organise to defend living standards Trade union Unite, which represents public sector workers in a range of workplaces, has said that today’s strong and united picket lines demonstrate the determination of workers to defend their living…
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Unite public sector members set for picket lines tomorrow
Strike reflects workers’ frustrations at cost-of-living pressures and broken promises Government must gain workers’ trust As Unite members in the public sector prepare to take to the picket lines across the country tomorrow, the union said that the strike reflects workers’ frustration at cost-of-living pressures and the government’s failure to honour previous commitments. Unite also…
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Public Sector: Unite finalises plans for Wednesday strike
Minister’s eleventh-hour letter “written with eye to media rather than eye to workers” Government inaction forcing workers onto picket lines Unite, which represents public sector workers across Ireland, today held a meeting of the union’s National Dispute Committee to finalise plans for Wednesday’s national strike. The dispute committee comprises Unite shop stewards from across the…