Category Archives: Campaign for Decent Pay

Union issues strike notice after Northern Ireland Housing Executive fails to up pay offer.

Four week strike will have severe impact on housing services.  Strike involving 300 Unite members will start on Monday 5 September. Unite the union has confirmed that it has given the Northern Ireland Housing Executive seven day notice of a … Continue reading

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Haldane Fisher workers win 12 percent pay increase from bosses and remove threat of strike action

Unite the union’s members at leading timber and building merchants vote with 78.4% majority to accept pay deal providing 12 percent increase over fifteen months In July Unite members working at Haldane Fisher, Northern Ireland’s leading timber and building merchants, … Continue reading

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Sharon Graham says Mid Ulster council workers’ strike action won the day

Pay win secured after workers notified bosses of intent to move to all-out action after conclusion of four week strike The Win: two fully-consolidated pay grade increases and a one off payment of £750 above the bare National pay offer Unite’s … Continue reading

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Strike by DHL Services workers set to commence at Spirit Aerosystems next Monday

Workers vote with 84 percent majority for strike action, rejecting insulting 4 percent pay offer when inflation is running at almost 12 percent Industrial action of DHL workers will impact production at all Spirit Aerosystems sites in Northern Ireland Unite … Continue reading

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Unite calls on DHL supply chain workforce at Spirit Aerosystems to vote for industrial action over threatened real terms pay cut

Industrial action at DHL would paralyse production at Spirit sites in Northern Ireland Unite the union which represents workers employed by DHL supply chain working at Spirit Aerosystems sites in Northern Ireland is calling on its members to vote for … Continue reading

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