Author Archives: Unite the union NI
Unite lays blame for mounting repairs backlog firmly at employers’ door as NI Housing Executive strike enters ninth week
As Unite members employed by the NI Housing Executive enter their ninth week of strike action, the union has hit out at the employer’s failure to resolve the dispute, which is causing mounting problems for vulnerable tenants. According to Unite, … Continue reading
Unite survey of striking housing workers exposes shocking impact of poverty pay at NIHE
90% struggling to make ends meet, 73% borrowing to get by, one-in-three forced to use foodbanks A Unite the union survey of its members working for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive has exposed the scale of the financial pressures bearing … Continue reading
MediaHuis closure of Newry site is a severe blow to Northern Ireland’s print sector
Unite seeks to defend employment of 46 workers who face prospect of redundancy Last week the MediaHuis group, which owns the Independent titles and Belfast Telegraph, made public its plans to end printing at their Newry site. The facility is … Continue reading
Housing Executive workers’ strike for improved pay to continue for a further four weeks
Absence of any movement from NIHE management on 1.75% offer “galling”. Unite the union confirmed that it had lodged notification that the four week strike action being taken by its members working in the Northern Ireland Housing Executive will continue for … Continue reading
Unite the union is engaging to defend the interests of its members working at NuTrack
NuTrack confirms to workers that the company has entered into administration in a further jobs blow to Ballymena Unite the union this afternoon confirmed that it had received correspondence sent to workers from the owners of NuTrack, a manufacturer supplying components for buses, that the … Continue reading









