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Monthly Archives: April 2014
NI Local Authority members launch campaign for pay increase
Unite demands £1 an hour wage increase across the board. April 24th: Shop stewards representing workers in local councils across Northern Ireland gathered at the Malone Lodge Hotel in Belfast (Today -Thursday 24th) to commence a campaign to secure a pay increase … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign for Decent Pay, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases
Tagged Jimmy Kelly, Unite NI, wages
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Doubling of deprivation is indictment of austerity; next Budget must focus on incomes
Figures show 1.2 million people, including 375,000 children, living in deprivation Nearly one-in-three households with one person at work experiencing deprivation April 16th: Responding today to the latest Survey on Income and Living Conditions, Unite Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly said … Continue reading
Posted in Press Releases, Republic of Ireland news
Tagged Budget, deprivation, Investment, Jimmy Kelly, Unite, wages
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Lough Swilly bus company: Unite shocked at closure, working to ensure workers receive redundancy payments
Collapse may impact local school bus services and local bus runs April 15th: Responding today to the announcement that Lough Swilly Bus Company is to be wound up, Derry-based Unite Regional Officer Philip Oakes indicated that the union is working … Continue reading
Posted in Northern Ireland news, Press Releases, Republic of Ireland news
Tagged Philip Oakes, transport, Unite, Unite NI
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Unite warns against false trade-off between tax cuts and wage rises
Ireland is low-tax, low-wage economy says Jimmy Kelly April 13th: Speaking this morning, Unite Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly rejected suggestions that workers refrain from lodging wage claims in return for possible tax cuts in the next Budget, and warned against … Continue reading
Posted in Press Releases, Republic of Ireland news, Uncategorized
Tagged Jimmy Kelly, services, taxation, Unite, wages
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Water rights and wrongs
April 6th: Over the weekend, Unite Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly was one of the speakers at a conference – Our Water is Not For Sale – organised by Cllr Brid Smith and co-sponsored by Unite. Click here to download a … Continue reading
Posted in Republic of Ireland news, Uncategorized
Tagged Jimmy Kelly, Privatisation, resources, Water, workers' rights
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