Category Archives: Public Services

Huge surge in Northern Ireland potholes reflects more than a decade of underinvestment

Roads Service suffering acute staffing crisis as low-pay undermines recruitment and retention Unite the UK’s leading union has blamed a huge increase in potholes in Northern Ireland on chronic under investment in the Roads Service. Statistics unveiled today have revealed that … Continue reading

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Mid Ulster District Council Leisure workers to continue all-out strike for improved coaching payments

Strike by leisure workers continues at both Cookstown and Greenvale Leisure Centres Approximately 30 members of Unite the union employed at both Cookstown Leisure Centre and Greenvale Leisure Centre are taking strike action in demand of improved payments for coaching … Continue reading

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Public transport unions to escalate strike action next month

Joint transport unions press release The three public transport trade unions, Unite, GMB and SIPTU, will today (Monday 22 January) notify Translink of further planned strike action on Thursday (1 February). This is the first of a likely four further … Continue reading

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Public transport unions to meet tomorrow to agree next steps in their industrial campaign

Strike action by roads service and education authority workers to continue in absence of movement from secretary of state Workers have been left with no alternative but to extend and deepen their industrial action to defend public services and win … Continue reading

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Heaton-Harris must release public sector funds or face further escalation of strikes

Frontline workers across public services, strike for cost of living pay increase More than eight thousand members of Unite the union will participate in tomorrow’s (18 January) historic one-day coordinated strike action. On the eve of the walkout Unite issued … Continue reading

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