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Public sector pay: Unite members vote overwhelmingly for industrial action
Government must make meaningful offer or face winter strikes Trade union Unite, which represents members across the public sector, has announced that members have returned an overwhelming mandate for industrial action, if the government fails to make a ‘meaningful offer’ … Continue reading
Flahavan’s: Strikes off as management backs down on flexibility agreement
Unite win shows importance of organising in a union Unite, which represents workers at Flahavan’s in Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford, today (Sunday) welcomed the company’s decision to decouple a pay deal from a flexibility policy which had not been agreed with … Continue reading
Pilgrim’s: Talks failure sees Enniskillen pay dispute escalate
Trade union Unite, which represents workers at the Pilgrim’s site in Enniskillen, has confirmed that workers at the plant will take strike action from Monday 17 August to Saturday 29 August. Talks at the Labour Relations Agency (LRA) broke down … Continue reading
Porridge threat: Flahavan’s workers ballot for strike action
Company accused of retrospectively tying pay deal to ‘unseen and unagreed’ policy Unite, which represents the overwhelming majority of workers at Flahavan’s in Kilmacthomas, said today (Monday) that an extraordinary general meeting of members over the weekend decided unanimously to … Continue reading
National Standards Authority: Workers set for industrial action following redundancy threat
NSAI accused of undermining public sector industrial relations Workers at the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action over proposed job losses. The move by Unite members in the Medical Devices Division follows the NSAI’s … Continue reading









