Category Archives: Northern Ireland news
Pay for Northern Ireland health workers must keep pace with rest of NHS
Proposed increase doesn’t resolve long-term problems faced by HSC workers with staff shortages and cuts creating a toxic environment Unite has warned that the government’s pay proposal for NHS staff still fails to address the long-term issues of low pay … Continue reading
Winter fuel: Stormont must ensure NI pensioners receive payments if Westminster fails to deliver
Unite to continue campaigning for full restoration of universal winter fuel payments Following yesterday’s statement by prime minister Keir Starmer that the government plans to increase the number of pensioners eligible for the winter fuel payment, Unite has said Stormont … Continue reading
Department of education statistics reveal nearly 15,000 low-paid education support workers on precarious temporary contracts
More than 2,500 general and special needs classroom assistants are not moving to permanent contracts despite more than four years of service Unite has called on education minister Paul Given to intervene to end precarious ‘temporary’ working among school support … Continue reading
Thousands of Northern Ireland Spirit workers left facing uncertainty after Airbus announces only partial buy out
Potential break-up of Spirit constitutes an unprecedented threat to Northern Ireland aerospace, wider economy and society Unite, the leading trade union at Spirit Aerosystems, has called on the UK government to intervene to secure employment and the future of Northern … Continue reading
International Workers’ Memorial Day: Stormont must protect workers in ‘Extreme Weather’ events
Union releases results of survey conducted after Storm Eowyn Time to climate-proof health and safety laws Trade union Unite today, International Workers’ Memorial Day [Monday 28 April], released the results of a survey of members carried out by the union … Continue reading









