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Moy Park workforce left incensed as company bosses refuse fully-paid leave for workers self-isolating with Covid-19 symptoms
Company fails to reply in a week to Unite request for 100 percent paid leave for those unable to work Sean McKeever, Unite Regional Officer blasted the management of Moy Park for their callous refusal to extend financial protections to vulnerable … Continue reading
Food production workers will not allow themselves to become the collateral damage of the Northern Ireland Executive’s failure to enforce infection control
NIFDA industry guidance is welcome but now must be converted into action in all workplaces Unite Regional officer for the Food sector including employers such as Moy Park, Sean McKeever, welcomed the new industry guidance issued by the Northern Ireland Food & … Continue reading
Sixty workers refuse to start at Linden Foods site in Dungannon, demand immediate talks with management over Coronavirus infection control measures
Total absence of social distancing measures on boning line, in canteen and at entry and exit points Brian Hewitt, Unite Regional Officer for workers at Linden Foods in Dungannon who was contacted by workers after they walked out this morning … Continue reading
A thousand workers walkout at Moy Park site at Seagoe in Portadown after company profits are put before safety
Unite proposals to secure health and safety protections rejected by bosses, leads to spontaneous walk out by workers Sean McKeever, Unite Regional Officer confirmed that there had been a mass walkout of workers at Moy Park at Seagoe, Portadown: “Up … Continue reading
Posted in Manufacturing, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases
Tagged Coronavirus, health and safety, Moy Park, Portadown, Sean McKeever, Walkout
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Workers walk off ABP site in Lurgan over concerns over Covid-19 measures
Where workers are deemed essential every possible measure should be taken and enforced to protect them Susan Fitzgerald, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer called on government to act to protect workers. “Approximately 80 employees at ABP Meats in Lurgan who are … Continue reading
Posted in Northern Ireland news, Press Releases
Tagged ABP, Coronavirus, Health & Safety, health and safety, Lurgan, Susan Fitzgerald, Unite NI
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