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Category Archives: Industrial disputes
Staff at Glen Dimplex, Portadown end industrial dispute after vote to accept improved pay offer
Unite members employed in staff grades at Glen Dimplex in Portadown have voted overwhelmingly to accept a significantly improved pay offer from management. The decision ends an ongoing pay dispute which has seen workers take four days of strike action in recent weeks.
The pay deal provides a consolidated uplift of £2,330 to all staff grades – worth between six and eight per cent to most workers – and will be paid over an 18 month period. This represents a considerable advance on the previous management offer of £1,825, worth between 4.5 and six per cent. Under the terms of the deal, workers paid below £30k a year will have a pay and grading review – with any increase arising backdated to the beginning of October 2025. Continue reading
Christmas shortages of Guinness Zero as strikes at Diageo plant in Belfast back on after workers reject substandard pay offer
Empty shelves could greet shoppers looking for Guinness Zero this Christmas after Unite members at Diageo in Belfast voted overwhelmingly to reject an inadequate pay offer from management and to take strike action. Around 90 workers will commence an eight-day … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfast, Diageo, Guinness Zero, Michael Keenan, Sharon Graham, strike
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Christmas Guinness drought as workers announce eight days of pay strikes
Diageo workforce unanimously votes to reject inadequate pay offer and to take strike actionThe UK is facing a Guinness zero drought this Christmas as workers at the company’s Belfast brewery announced eight days of strikes next month in a dispute … Continue reading
Strikes at Tata Steel as Northern Ireland workers seek pay decency
HGV drivers, crane operators employed by Tata steel at its Lisburn site only paid minimum wage Workers employed by Tata Steel will commence an initial 48-hour strike at 08:00 tomorrow [Wednesday 18 June]. The industrial action follows a 100 per cent ballot … Continue reading
Glen Dimplex workers in Portadown to begin industrial action
Dispute is a result of proposed site closure, Unite has notified employer of work-to-rule, training and overtime ban The workforce at Glen Dimplex will commence the first phase of industrial action including a work-to-rule from 00.01am on Friday 16 August. The … Continue reading
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