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Category Archives: Austerity
An economic development strategy based on corporation tax race-to-bottom will fail to deliver growth
Report fails to offer anything for manufacturing sector facing unsustainable energy costs and needing investment support Committee threatens to open up skills provision to private sector but silent on need for increased funding for Further & Higher Education September 7th: … Continue reading
Funding Cuts will mean thousands excluded from Higher Education Opportunities
NI Executive policies targeting educational expenditure will undermine our long-term economic growth University of Ulster informs workforce of almost 200 redundancies and closure of Coleraine Modern Languages school September 2nd: Unite’s officer with responsibility for the union’s membership at the … Continue reading
Protests in Derry and Waterford demand Schivo Chief Executive meets union over Maydown job losses and union-busting
Fifteen redundancies announced at Maydown Precision Engineering since transfer to Schivo Management withhold approximately £10,000 of union membership dues paid by workforce August 27th: Trade union Unite has led protests at Waterford and Derry over union-busting behaviour at Derry-based Maydown … Continue reading
Posted in Austerity, Benefits Reform, Campaigns, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases, Republic of Ireland news, Solidarity
Tagged #Unite4Jobs, Davy Thompson, Derry/Londonderry, job losses, Maydown Precision Engineering, protest, Schivo, union recognition, Waterford, workers' rights
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Closure of AFBI’s Crossnacreevy research centre another blow to establishing a sustainable, high-value added economy
Decision forced by NI Executive austerity policies which are damaging the long-term future of our economy AFBI has lost funding for research programmes on potato breeding, renewable energy, biomass and poultry production August 19th: Responding to the announcement that the … Continue reading
Posted in Austerity, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases
Tagged #UniteAgainstCuts, AFBI, Agri-Foods, austerity, Closure, Crossnacreevy, DARD, economy, Joanne McWilliams, Michelle O'Neill, NI, Research, Unite NI
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Unite-sponsored public meeting in Belfast tonight on the threat posed to Justice and Welfare by Legal Aid changes
Changes to Legal Aid eligibility combined with Welfare Reform changes will leave working-class without recourse to justice August 12th: Unite’s community membership branch in West Belfast will host a public information meeting on the threat posed by the legal aid … Continue reading
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