Category Archives: Living Wage

Unite members vote to accept inflation-proofed 13% pay increase at MM Bangor

Trade union hails pay deal that breaches the low-pay norm, offering hope to attract a new generation of workers to safeguard jobs and skills in Bangor area Workers at MM Bangor voted with a 78% majority to accept one-year pay … Continue reading

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Strike by MM Bangor workers for inflation-busting pay increase is set to shutdown at site

Pickets to be established outside manufacturer of agricultural sacks from 6am tomorrow [Thursday May 4th] Strike follows ballot of Unite the union members which returned 91% for strike action on 100% turnout Production at MM Bangor is set to be … Continue reading

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Roads Service maintenance workers in Unite commence one week strike action

Road Workers demand productivity payment be integrated into payscales to remove potential mechanism for pay victimization. More than two hundreds Unite members employed by the Roads Service of Northern Ireland will be joining with colleagues in the GMB in taking … Continue reading

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Unite ballots 4,000 Health and Social care workers for strike in early 2023

Healthcare staff warn NHS on life support and may not survive staffing crisis Nearly 4,000 more health and social care workers across Northern Ireland have begun balloting for strike action, Unite, which represents some 100,000 NHS workers across the UK, said today. Unite said its healthcare … Continue reading

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Workers at Causeway Coast and Glens council to commence all-out strike action tomorrow after councils vote down pay increase

Offer of two pay points plus a cash lump sum to end dispute was rejected at last night’s council meeting by a single vote in the chamber Unite the union has confirmed that its members at Causeway Coast and Glens … Continue reading

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