Category Archives: Public Services

Public transport workers reject inadequate pay increase from Translink

Joint public transport trade union release Trade unions to re-enter negotiations with employer to seek improved deal to resolve dispute Public transport unions Unite, GMB and SIPTU have confirmed that their members have decisively voted to reject as inadequate a … Continue reading

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Fermanagh and Omagh council must stop scapegoating workers for waste collection failures caused by their own policies

Unite blasts management for attempting to exploit failures rooted in short staffing to pursue their long-term aim of ending ‘task and finish’ Unite the union which represents waste collection workers at Fermanagh and Omagh council has objected to a statement … Continue reading

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Nexus workforce need urgent assurances, amidst scrapping for funding of counselling service for sexual abuse survivors 

Unite writes to Stormont health minister Robin Swann on jobs threat after end to funding for Nexus Unite has written to Stormont health minister Robin Swann to seek an urgent meeting following the announcement of the removal of funding for … Continue reading

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Unite NI health reps recommend acceptance of pay offer ensuring parity with NHS workers in England & Wales

Unite the union’s workforce representatives have voted to recommend acceptance of a pay offer made by the department of health in negotiations. These resulted from industrial action taken by health workers in Northern Ireland who sought to maintain pay parity … Continue reading

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Translink unions to ballot members on improved pay offer

Planned 72 hour strike action due to commence midnight on Tuesday is suspended by all three trade unions Following an improved pay offer by Translink the three public transport trade unions (Unite, GMB and SIPTU), will suspend the forthcoming strike action … Continue reading

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