Monthly Archives: February 2015

Unite shocked at proposed Cadbury redundancies, due to meet with management

Posted on February 26, 2015 by unitetheunion

February 26th: Unite, which represents around 400 workers at the Cadbury plants in Dublin and Rathmore, has expressed shock at today’s announcement by Mondelez Ireland that it intends seeking up to 160 redundancies. The union is to meet with management … Continue reading →

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Translink needs to come clean on management reform proposals

Posted on February 25, 2015 by unitetheunion

Proposals are a transparent, eleventh hour attempt to influence strike ballot February 25th: Unite’s lead Regional Officer for public transport, Davy McMurray called for management at Translink to provide detail on their proposals to cut expenditure on management waste to … Continue reading →

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‘People Power’ campaign claims victory for vulnerable groups using Newry swimming pool

Posted on February 25, 2015 by unitetheunion

Unite community membership branch spearhead protests which force council into u-turn on charges hike Disabled, elderly and unemployed persons will benefit from charges decision Wednesday 25th: Newry Unite in the community spokesperson, Martin McKeown, welcomed last night’s announcement (Tuesday 24th) … Continue reading →

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Minister needs to move quickly to replace Translink Chief Executive

Posted on February 25, 2015 by unitetheunion

Union expresses concern at uncertainty and lack of accountability in Translink management February 25th: Unite’s lead Regional Officer for public transport, Davy McMurray called for the NI Executive Minister with responsibility for Transport, Danny Kennedy, to move quickly to replace … Continue reading →

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Unite to engage with UPC to minimise impact of proposed restructuring programme

Posted on February 19, 2015 by unitetheunion

February 19th: Responding today (Thursday 19 February) to UPC’s announcement of a restructuring programme which will involve redundancies, trade union Unite – which represents approximately 150 members in the company – said that it will be engaging with the company … Continue reading →

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