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Category Archives: Public Services
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
NI Ambulance workers vote for industrial action in shift dispute
Management proposals risk leaving areas without adequate ambulance cover and are an attempt to make paramedics pay the price for a staffing crisis they did not cause Paramedics and ambulance workers in Unite have voted decisively for industrial action in … Continue reading
Northern Ireland SEN schools’ preference for temporary classroom assistants is risking child safety
Candidates holding essential criteria for the post of classroom assistant are being overlooked with positions being filled by unqualified workers on temporary engagement forms Unite has expressed serious concerns about a race-to-the-bottom on classroom assistant positions at special educational needs … Continue reading
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