Tag: Belfast
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Ambitious vision for expansion and rail link to Belfast City Airport welcomed
Unite which represents workers at Belfast City Airport has welcomed the ambitious proposals contained in a master plan for the future of airport. The plan was published by airport management today (16 September) and contains proposals to expand the airport’s footprint to include Ireland’s first air-rail link and to double employment at the airport to…
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Spirit Aerosystems sale: Government must create joint venture to save jobs
Unite warns Spirit break-up would threaten NI aerospace sector Union seeks urgent meeting with business and trade ministers to chart way forward Unite has written to both secretary of state Jonathan Reynolds MP and minister of state for business Sarah Jones MP seeking an urgent meeting over the future of Spirit Aerosystems. Over 3,700 workers…
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Government can’t allow break-up of Spirit Aerosystems due to impact on Northern Ireland economy
Amidst recent and increasing speculation, Spirit workforce need guarantees for their future Unite has challenged the government to intervene and secure clarity and guarantees for workers employed at Spirit Aerosystems in Northern Ireland. The call follows mounting press speculation over who is going to take on non-Airbus operations as part of the wider acquisition of…
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Buy out of Harland & Wolff needs to safeguard workforce
Those involved in the behind closed doors negotiations need to understand that there can be no going forwards without protections for workers’ jobs and continuity of employment Unite, the largest trade union in Britain and Ireland, has highlighted that workers need that a transfer of Harland & Wolff shipyards to a new employer must assure jobs,…
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Conference on educational disadvantage in inner city communities hosted by Grassroots community organisation
Youth social inclusion conference hosted by Phoenix education centre and sponsored by Unite What: Reimagining Inclusive Support Education (RISE) conference When: 9.30am Thursday 28th November 2024 Where: Stormont Hotel ballroom, 587 Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3LP Belfast-based Phoenix education centre is to host the ‘Reimagining Inclusive Supportive Education’ (RISE) conference with a focus on educational…
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Spirit workers still waiting for answers about their future
Workers have still received no answers three months after Boeing acquisition of Spirit confirmed Secretary of state for Northern Ireland Hilary Benn yet to meet unions representing Spirit workers Unite is calling for the workforce at Spirit Aerospace to receive firm assurances about their future. In July Boeing announced the acquisition of Spirit. However, Airbus…