Tag Archives: Budget 2015

Strong vote for strike action against Stormont Austerity Budget

Posted on March 6, 2015 by unitetheunion

Workers in Translink, Education & Library Boards, Roads Service, NI Fire & Rescue Service and Housing Executive to take one-day strike action Friday March 13th. Unite healthcare workers to join action on March 13th over pay dispute Unite Regional Secretary, … Continue reading →

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Water charges: Policy fiasco creates new poverty trap for disabled workers and carers

Posted on October 16, 2014 by unitetheunion

Coalition’s sticking plaster response to public anger leaves most vulnerable workers empty-handed Time for Government to abandon failed water charges project, says Jimmy Kelly October 16th: Many workers with disabilities and those caring for a disabled child will fall into … Continue reading →

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Budget 2015: Government squanders recovery as low and average earners, social protection recipients, set to see real drop in living standards

Posted on October 14, 2014 by unitetheunion

Water charges elephant in room of Government policy as anomaly piled on anomaly Jimmy Kelly warns austerity is entering a new phase: recovery for a few, continued squeeze for the rest October 14th: In an initial response to Budget 2015, … Continue reading →

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PRSI: Time for employers to pull their weight

Posted on September 21, 2014 by unitetheunion

Unite calls for new 19.75 per cent Employers’ PRSI rate on salaries topping €100,000 Move would fund new Pay-Related Unemployment Benefit for all In its latest Economic Comment, published as an addendum to its Pre-Budget Submission, trade union Unite today … Continue reading →

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Unite Budget proposals will grow GDP, jobs and incomes

Posted on September 15, 2014 by unitetheunion

Social Housing investment package, Social Protection increases and new Pay-Related Unemployment Benefit among union’s proposals Increased investment and incomes key to a ‘Working Recovery’ says Jimmy Kelly September 15th: Unite today issued its Pre-Budget Submission. Entitled A Working Recovery, the … Continue reading →

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