Monthly Archives: August 2014

NI council areas top list of UK unemployment hotspots

Derry, Strabane and Belfast head jobless league table Latest figures show failure of NI Executive economic development policies August 28th: Unite Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly today said figures produced by Thomson-Reuters in its August 2014 Income Date Services Pay Report … Continue reading

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Recovery is a myth says Unite, pointing to fall in job creation and earnings numbers

Investment needed to kick-start economy says union leader August 26th: Responding to CSO figures released this week, Unite today said that the collapse in job creation coupled with year-on-year fall in earnings show that recovery is a myth which is … Continue reading

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Hailing latest victory for short-changed school building workers, Unite says union membership best defence against exploitation

Union says agency workers often unaware of rights, vulnerable to ‘sharp operators’ August 26th: Trade union Unite today welcomed the decision by contractor EHS Ltd. to pay five Unite members a lump sum in respect of underpayment of industry hourly … Continue reading

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Unite launches ballot for strike action over absence of NHS pay offer

Union says Minister Poots playing politics with health service workers’ pay August 25th: In the absence of a pay offer from the Health Minister, Unite is balloting thousands of health workers across Northern Ireland on possible strike action in the … Continue reading

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Unite placing pickets on Artane school refurbishment project in bid to secure industry pay rates

Union says Dept of Education treating workers’ rights as optional extra August 24th: Unite today announced that it will be placing pickets on the St David’s NS school refurbishment project in Artane, Dublin 5, from 7 am tomorrow morning (Monday … Continue reading

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