Tag: Colm Quinlan
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Bord na Mona: industrial action not ruled out as workers seek urgent meeting with management
Emergency meeting of Unite and TEEU craft workers demands reversal of decision Around 100 Unite and TEEU craft members working for Bord na Mona attended a general meeting tonight in Tullamore to consider today’s announcement that the Littleton peat briquette plant is to close with the loss of 69 permanent jobs and the possible loss…
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Lowest-paid will be biggest winners from forthcoming round of private sector pay claims
Minimum wage workers set to benefit by 50 cent per hour in bid to tackle poverty pay November 17th: Workers earning the Minimum Wage of €9.15 per hour – whose hourly pay will be increased by just 10c per hour from January – are set to benefit by five times as much, or 50 cent…
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Central Bank bonuses: Over 90 per cent of Unite members vote no confidence in senior management
Union looks to new Governor to address staff concerns December 3rd: Unite today announced that a vote of no confidence in members of senior management received a 92 per cent endorsement in a ballot of Unite members. The ballot followed revelations surrounding secret bonus payments to a small cohort of staff. Commenting, Unite Regional Officer…
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Unite members in Central Bank to vote on motion of no confidence in senior management
Move follows belated admission of second secret bonus scheme Management accused of ‘apparent duplicity’ following failure to disclose bonuses in May November 26th: Unite today announced that its members at the Central Bank are to vote on a motion of no confidence in senior management at the institution. The news follows the bank’s belated admission…
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Bord na Mona: Unite warns that Edenderry ruling comes at time of heightened industrial tension
Union calls on company to seek further stay on ruling to provide space for concluding agreement October 27th: Responding to today’s news (Tuesday October 27th) that the High Court has overturned planning permission for the continued operation of Bord na Mona’s Edenderry plant, Unite Regional Officer Colm Quinlan warned that the ruling came at a time of…
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RSA: Unite contrasts award to former CEO with losses suffered by employees
June 22nd: Commenting on the decision by the Employment Appeals Tribunal to award former RSA Chief Executive Philip Smith € 1.25 million for constructive dismissal, Unite Regional Officer Colm Quinlan said that the union’s members in RSA would be surprised at the scale of the award given the sequence of events which led not only…