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Budget 2025: Workers failed by short-term giveaways
Budget framed ‘with eye to the election rather than eye to the future’ Responding to Budget 2025, Unite, which represents workers throughout the economy, warned that today’s package of election giveaways will not lay the foundations for sustainable wage-led growth. … Continue reading
MEBSCA dispute: Picket set for National Children’s Hospital tomorrow
MEBSCA employers make approach following determined action by Unite members Unite members working as plumbers, fitters, welders and apprentices for employers who are members of the Mechanical Engineering & Building Services Contractors’ Association (MEBSCA) will mount a picket outside the … Continue reading
MEBSCA dispute: Pickets set for major projects tomorrow in ‘travel time’ fight
Unite highlights concerns regarding contractors charging clients for ‘travel time’ not paid to workers Unite members working as plumbers, fitters, welders and apprentices are set to down tools tomorrow (Friday 20 September) in a third day of action to secure … Continue reading
Harland & Wolff: Unite seeking stability for workers, following administration announcement
Union priority to preserve employment and skills September 16th: Unite, the UK’s leading union, is demanding that urgent action is taken to preserve the future of the workforce at Harland and Wolff’s yards in Northern Ireland, Scotland and England. The … Continue reading
MEBSCA dispute: Pickets set for Pfizer sites in Grange Castle and Ringaskiddy tomorrow
Employers warned refusal to engage puts stability of sector at risk Unite members working as plumbers, fitters, welders and apprentices are set to down tools tomorrow (Friday) in a second day of action to secure the reversal of the austerity-era … Continue reading









