Category: Unite in the Community
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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 called by The People’s Kitchen and a wider coalition of homeless charities in response to…
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Management committee at Regina Coeli House challenged to provide report detailing buildings alleged structural issues to the Labour Relations Agency
Unite to raise demand that Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey intervene to provide continuity of care Work-in occupation by staff at women’s hostel enters its seventh week A work-in occupation by staff working at Regina Coeli House in Belfast enters its seventh week. The workers launched their action to prevent the planned closure of the facility –…
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Demand that NIHE take over Regina Coeli women’s hostel to secure vital services raised by Unite with officials from Department for Communities
Unite the union calls on Legion of Mary to do ‘right thing’ and transfer over its ownership of women’s hostel to safeguard provision for vulnerable women Women-only facility providing support for homeless and vulnerable is best secured by Northern Ireland Housing Executive Unite the union met with officials from the Department for Communities yesterday afternoon…
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Unite, Shamrock Rovers and Spheros team up to bring science of football home to Tallaght and Clondalkin
Sports initiative to provide educational STEM resource to local community Programme to be launched 10:30 am on Tuesday September 14th in Tallaght Stadium. September 7th: As part of its sponsorship of the Unite the Union Champions Cup, Unite has partnered with Shamrock Rovers and Spheros to provide an educational STEM resource to the Tallaght/Clondalkin community. This ground-breaking resource…
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Stormont must extend income guarantee to self-employed to protect private hire taxi drivers
Taxi drivers face pauperisation from depot-rent and car-rent charges at time of sharp downturn in fares Unite Regional Community Coordinator, Albert Hewitt, called on the Ministers in the Stormont Executive to intervene to extend the Coronavirus income guarantee to taxi drivers. “Those who work as private hire taxi drivers operate as self-employed contractors to…
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Trussell Trust figures show a staggering 214 percent increase in demand for emergency food supplies over five years in Northern Ireland
Unite community will raise demand for scrapping of Universal Credit as a core issue of concern in upcoming election Food bank stats expose total inadequacy of ‘fig-leaf’ mitigations package negotiated by Northern Ireland Executive parties Albert Hewitt, Unite Community Coordinator challenged local political parties to call for the scrapping of Universal Credit in advance of…