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Quick-fix Budget fails working people
Low and middle income earners, social protection recipients, lose out in real terms Short-term supports no substitute for long-term policies October 10th: In an initial response to the Budget, trade union Unite dubbed the measures announced today a “quick-fix Budget” which … Continue reading
Secretary of State budget cuts threaten to devastate water quality and pose public health risk
Department for Infrastructure equality impact screening document countenances end of waste water cleansing and likelihood of sewers exploding into homes, businesses and onto public streets Unite the union has condemned punitive budget cuts enforced by the Secretary of State for … Continue reading
Unite seek urgent meeting with Minister Kennedy over bus and rail cuts
Translink management say Minister is preventing disclosure of full scale of cuts to union Monday, March 2nd: Unite Officer with responsibility for Public Transport, Davy McMurray, has written to demand an urgent meeting with DRD Minister, Danny Kennedy, after Translink … Continue reading
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Tagged Budget, Danny Kennedy, Davy McMurray, job cuts, Northern Ireland, Public Transport, Translink, Unite NI
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Doubling of deprivation is indictment of austerity; next Budget must focus on incomes
Figures show 1.2 million people, including 375,000 children, living in deprivation Nearly one-in-three households with one person at work experiencing deprivation April 16th: Responding today to the latest Survey on Income and Living Conditions, Unite Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly said … Continue reading
Posted in Press Releases, Republic of Ireland news
Tagged Budget, deprivation, Investment, Jimmy Kelly, Unite, wages
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Budget 2014 leaves NI workers empty-handed says Unite
March 19th: In an initial response to Budget 2014, Unite Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly said the measures announced today ‘leave Northern Ireland’s workers empty-handed’. Mr Kelly said that the continued focus on spending cuts rather than investment would hit Northern … Continue reading
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Tagged Budget, Investment, Jimy Kelly, jobs, Unite NI, wages, welfare
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