Category: Campaign for Decent Pay
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Pilgrims workers secure inflation busting pay improvement and end strike
Workers vote overwhelmingly to accept above inflation deal which provides paid breaks to all Members of Unite employed at Pilgrim’s Enniskillen site have voted overwhelmingly to accept an improved pay offer and end their dispute. The workers have taken six weeks of strike action in pursuit of improved pay. The deal will see all shop…
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Department of economy must investigate use of agency workers at Pilgrims during strike
Employment agency, Staffline Group plc, advertised for immediate start positions at Pilgrims after Unite wrote to raise need for compliance with agency regulations Unite has formally complained to the department of economy’s employment agency inspectorate over Pilgrim Europe’s illegal use of agency workers during the strike at the company’s Enniskillen factory. The union has demanded…
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Pilgrims Europe workforce determined to secure fair pay increase
Survey of workers confirms huge pressures cost of living crisis is placing on workers Workers at Pilgrims Europe’s site in Enniskillen have entered the fifth week of strike action in their pay dispute. The dispute has severely impacted production at the site which produces a range of high-profile products including Fridge Raiders, Richmond sausages and…
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Pilgrims workers begin all-out strike over pay in Enniskillen
Escalating industrial dispute will impact supply of some leading UK brands Fridge Raiders, Richmond Sausages and Mr Brains Pork Faggots Unite which represents approximately 130 workers employed by Pilgrims Europe at its Enniskillen production facility has announced it will begin all out (continuous) strike action beginning at 06.30 Wednesday 2 September. This marks a sharp escalation…
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Strike at Haldane-Fisher ends after workers win inflation-busting pay deal
Members of Unite employed at Haldane-Fisher in Newry are to return to work after securing an inflation beating pay increase after five weeks of all-out strike action. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This was a hard fought and well won victory by workers who were prepared to strike to secure a decent pay increase.…
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Haldane Fisher strikes causing construction sector disruption across Ireland
Approximately 40 members of Unite have entered the eighth day of strike action at Haldane-Fisher in Newry. The strike is a result of the workers rejecting a below-inflation, 2.5 per cent pay increase imposed by management. Haldane-Fisher has its own network of shops but its Newry supply store is central to its supply trade to…