Monthly Archives: July 2017
Crane dispute: Unite defers industrial action to facilitate WRC engagement
July 13th: Unite today (Thursday 13 July) announced that it is deferring the crane operators’ industrial action which had been scheduled to start tomorrow in order to facilitate engagement with the CIF at the Workplace Relations Commission, expected to take … Continue reading
From ‘Lunatics’ to ‘Mickey Mouse’: Parlon’s industrial relations approach damaging to construction sector
Crane strike resumes today, CIF sites to be picketed from Friday July 11th: Unite, which represents approximately 170 crane operators currently engaged in industrial action, today said that the industrial relations approach adopted by CIF Director-General Tom Parlon was damaging … Continue reading
Crane operators: Unite serves notice of industrial action on CIF
Overwhelming vote to extend dispute July 6th: Unite, which represents 90% of crane operators in Ireland, today announced that it has served notice of industrial action on the Construction Industry Federation following a near unanimous vote by members to extend … Continue reading
ICTU BDC: Brexit, banking and healthcare among topics addressed by Unite delegates
Workers must not pay the price for a Tory Brexit says Jimmy Kelly July 5th: On the second day of the ICTU Biennial Delegate Conference in Belfast, Brexit was one of the topics dominating debate. Moving Unite’s motion on Brexit … Continue reading
Crane dispute: Unite pickets three Dublin sites on second strike day
Result of ballot to extend industrial action due this evening July 5th: Unite is today picketing three construction sites in Dublin as part of the industrial action which started last week. The sites involved are two John Paul Construction sites … Continue reading









