Category: Press Releases
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Pilgrims workers secure inflation busting pay improvement and end strike
Workers vote overwhelmingly to accept above inflation deal which provides paid breaks to all Members of Unite employed at Pilgrim’s Enniskillen site have voted overwhelmingly to accept an improved pay offer and end their dispute. The workers have taken six weeks of strike action in pursuit of improved pay. The deal will see all shop…
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Flahavan’s pay packets boosted by up to 21.5 per cent
New pay parity deal brings bakery operatives into line with mill workers Unite win illustrates importance of collective organisation Unite, which represents workers at Flahavan’s in Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford, said today (Sunday) that members have voted to accept a new pay deal which will be worth up to 21.5 per cent for some workers. Following…
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Job cuts at Smurfit-Westrock in Lurgan totally unjustified, Unite
Job cuts at Smurfit-Westrock in Lurgan totally unjustified, Unite Company recording bumper profits and dividends, but investment needed to modernise Lurgan site is withheld while Smurfit spends millions sponsoring Ryder Cup Unite is warning that proposed job cuts by Smurfit-Westrock at its Lurgan site signals a first step in shutting the site entirely. On…
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Public sector pay: Time running out for government to make inflation-beating pay offer
Government told to stop dithering as Unite National Dispute Committee meets Following an overwhelming mandate for industrial action, Unite’s National Dispute Committee, comprising elected shop stewards across the public sector, met today (Thursday) to finalise plans for strike action on 14 October. The action is being coordinated by the ICTU Public Services Committee and will…
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Pilgrims Europe workforce determined to secure fair pay increase
Survey of workers confirms huge pressures cost of living crisis is placing on workers Workers at Pilgrims Europe’s site in Enniskillen have entered the fifth week of strike action in their pay dispute. The dispute has severely impacted production at the site which produces a range of high-profile products including Fridge Raiders, Richmond sausages and…
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Ulster University redundancy plans offers no assurance to workforce, Unite
Unite has responded to the Ulster University’s publication of its voluntary redundancy scheme. The union said the plan fails to provide any analysis of how cutting 450 (equivalent to 15 per cent of the workforce) would affect the quality of education, the sustainability of its four campuses or the impact on already hard-pressed workers. The…