Category Archives: Public Services
Belfast City Council vote for Greenwich Leisure Limited to recognise leisure workforce unions must now be implemented
Leisure staff warn council that failure to recognise representative trade unions will led to ballot on industrial action. Outsourced leisure services across Belfast are delivered by a two-tier workforce with staff pay the lowest in Northern Ireland, further exposing them … Continue reading
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council challenged over costly preference for insecure agency staffing
Unite challenges management to address workforce pay claim through ending waste on agencies and consultants Unite members working at Lisburn and Castlereagh City council are due to commence all-out strike action to win a pay increase from next Tuesday. Their … Continue reading
Strike action called at Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council after council bosses fail to deliver pay increase.
Unite the union notifies council of continuous strike action starting 6thSeptember 2022. After the breakdown of talks involving all three representative trade unions, Unite, GMB and NIPSA, strike action is now set to proceed at Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council. … Continue reading
Union issues strike notice after Northern Ireland Housing Executive fails to up pay offer.
Four week strike will have severe impact on housing services. Strike involving 300 Unite members will start on Monday 5 September. Unite the union has confirmed that it has given the Northern Ireland Housing Executive seven day notice of a … Continue reading
Feet on the street needed at The People’s Kitchen march and demonstration over rising death toll among Belfast homeless
What: March and Demonstration for action on homeless crisis When: 2pm Saturday 23 July 2022 Where: Demonstration gathering point at 1 Antrim Road, Belfast with march to City Hall. Unite the union is lending its support to a demonstration and march in Belfast … Continue reading









