Monthly Archives: September 2019

Wrightbus: Unite calls rally and march as campaign intensifies to save jobs and skills

Wednesday: Workers and their families are called on to attend a mass meeting at 4pm Friday:  March for jobs from Unite Ballymena offices to gates of Wrightbus site where rally will be held September 30th:  Unite Regional Secretary Jackie Pollock … Continue reading

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Wrightbus workforce skills are key to just transition and sustainable public transport policy

Wright family must do the right thing and ‘hand back the land’ to protect jobs and skills Regional Secretary Jackie Pollock reiterated his union’s commitment to securing a future for the workforce in light of headline announcements due to be … Continue reading

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Boris Johnson must nationalise to safeguard Ballymena jobs and skills and socially-necessary productive capacity at Wrightbus

Unite warns of devastating consequences of closure to Ballymena and wider economy if business is allowed to fail Unite Regional Secretary Jackie Pollock confirmed that his union had been informed that the Ballymena bus manufacturer Wrightbus had entered administration and … Continue reading

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Unite press conference today on threat to jobs at Wrightbus

When: 11am today [Wednesday September 25th] Where: Unite the union office, the Pentagon, 2 Ballymoney Road, Ballymena BT 45 3BY Unite warns of devastating consequences of closure to Ballymena and wider economy if jobs and skills not saved Union challenges … Continue reading

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Nicholson & Bass workers print workers seek justice after being laid-off with no notice or redundancy payments

Unite lodges legal claims for workforce at former Belfast printers over unfair dismissal  Regional Officer for Unite, Brian Hewitt, confirmed that his union would be initiating legal claims for workers at Nicholson and Bass fourteen of whom have been recently … Continue reading

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