Category Archives: Manufacturing
Encirc workers in Derrylin to be balloted on industrial action after overwhelming rejection of below-inflation pay offer in consultative ballot
April 5th: Derrylin result follows decisive vote by Encirc workforce in Elton, Cheshire rejecting inadequate management pay offer Unite to establish Encirc joint-bargaining spanning Irish sea with strike ballot planned to proceed concurrently across both sites Michael Keenan, Unite Regional … Continue reading
48 hour strike action at Balcas set to proceed within days as management obstinately refuse workforce pay claim
April 4th: Pickets will be placed on gates of Fermanagh-based woodchip production company from 6am Tuesday [April 9th] Workforce determined to secure decent pay from a business which has benefited hugely from Renewable Heating Initiative scheme Gareth Scott, Unite Regional … Continue reading
Concern that temporary closure of Moy Park line in Ballymena will be permanent with loss of up to 400 jobs
April 3rd: Latest jobs cull in Ballymena is driven by reckless greed and comes at a time of swelling corporate profits Workers left with little confidence in management promises made while company’s corporate executives face US trial Sean McKeever, Unite Regional … Continue reading









