Yearly Archives: 2023
Translink workers plan further December strikes in pay dispute
Joint Trade Union press release Transport workers left with no alternative after failure of secretary of state for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris to intervene and resolve pay dispute Unions challenge secretary of state’s inaction to deliver pay increase given willingness … Continue reading
Responsibility for first public transport strike in eight years lies solely with secretary of state
Public transport funding needed to ensure cost of living pay increase for workforce Workers from Unite, GMB and SIPTU will take 24-hour strike action commencing from 00.01am Friday [1 December] in pursuit of a cost of living pay increase. The strike action … Continue reading
Housing key to supporting women escaping domestic violence
This weekend marks start of 16 day campaign against gender-based violence This weekend marks the start of ’16 Days of Activism to end Gender-based Violence’, which runs until 10 December, International Human Rights Day. Unite represents workers throughout Northern Ireland and … Continue reading
Ireland Region BAEM Committee Statement on the Events in Dublin on Thursday 23 November
November 24th: Unite’s Ireland Region Black and Asian Ethnic Minorities (BAEM) Committee has issued the following statement on events in Dublin last yesterday: The horrific knife attack on school children and the staff member in Dublin City Centre has shocked … Continue reading
Unite announces strikes by Education Authority workers on Friday 1 December
Industrial action by school support workers, including bus drivers, set to coincide with wider public transport strike Unite the union has today notified the Education Authority of a further 24-hour strike by school support staff commencing at 00.01am on Friday 1 … Continue reading









