Category Archives: Campaign for Decent Pay
Kerry Foods must commit to become a Living Wage employer and end in-work poverty
Enniskillen and Coleraine Kerry Foods workers vote overwhelmingly to reject offer which would have left them paid only 28 pence above legal minimum 2019/2020 Living Wage affording access to basic basket of goods and services is £9.30 an hour Liam … Continue reading
Solution to filling hospitality vacancies is paying more and improving working conditions not lowering salary thresholds
In response to Brexit labour supply pressures, employers must move to make hospitality and tourism attractive sectors for young workers Unite Hospitality Campaign Coordinator, Neil Moore, criticised the UK government’s new hard-right migration controls but also challenged Northern Ireland employers … Continue reading
Workers at Allied Bakeries vote to accept improved pay offer and end industrial action
Result confirms that union-organised workforces can win Susan Fitzgerald, Regional Coordinating Officer for Unite, commended the workforce at Allied Bakeries in Northern Ireland whose decisive and powerful strike action on Sunday won a significantly improved pay offer which was subsequently … Continue reading
Strike action paused at Allied Bakeries for ballot after company makes improved pay offer
Workforce will now be balloted on new offer by Unite and BFAWU Susan Fitzgerald, Regional Coordinating Officer for Unite, commended Allied Bakeries’ workers on a powerful strike which secured an improved pay offer from bosses. The pay increase will now … Continue reading
Delivery vehicles backed up at Allied Bakeries site on Castlereagh Road as picketing workers stand strong
Huge levels of popular support for workforce in all-out strike action for Fair Pay Susan Fitzgerald, Regional Coordinating Officer for Unite commended both her members and those of the Bakers’ union (BFAWU) who established a powerful picket line at the … Continue reading









