Category Archives: Public Services

Union launches drive for school support staff to secure permanent jobs

Action follows commitment from Northern Ireland education minister Paul Givan that he will ask education authority to process requests for permanent contracts “as quickly as possible” Unite is encouraging all its school support workers working on a temporary engagement forms for more … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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