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Eight more weeks of strike at Larne and Springvale at ‘hugely profitable’ Caterpillar, as Unite steps up pay fight.
CEO top line is £19.7 million, shareholders have a £4 billion bonanza but workers offered a brutal pay cut as well as forced labour through compulsory overtime. US construction giant Caterpillar faces two more months of strike action as members of Unite the union continue … Continue reading
Kingspan’s Springvale EPS site at Ballyclare, Antrim to close with loss of 23 jobs
Site is still profitable but management’s attitude is ‘to hell with the small group of staff’ who operate it Closure comes as Kingspan proceeds with euro 255 purchase of a leading insulation company in Denmark Springvale EPS Ltd, a subsection of … Continue reading
Posted in Manufacturing, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases
Tagged Ballyclare, Brexit, corporate greed, job losses, Kevin McAdam, Kingspan, manufacturing, Springvale EPS
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Latest Covid mortality for hospitality workers confirm the failure of policies which have allowed unscrupulous employers to cut corners on infection control
Government must compel employers to provide full sick pay for workers forced to self-isolate in order to safeguard public health and the NHS Unite is seeking legislation for roving trade union health and safety reps to ensure that workers in … Continue reading
Posted in Northern Ireland news, Press Releases
Tagged #UniteHospitalityNI, corporate greed, mortality, Neil Moore, precarious work
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Moy Park workforce left incensed as company bosses refuse fully-paid leave for workers self-isolating with Covid-19 symptoms
Company fails to reply in a week to Unite request for 100 percent paid leave for those unable to work Sean McKeever, Unite Regional Officer blasted the management of Moy Park for their callous refusal to extend financial protections to vulnerable … Continue reading
Despite the promise of 80 percent wage supports, Hastings group terminates contracts of staff
Directly employed workers of less than a year’s service have contracts terminated and casual workers left with zero hours Unite Hospitality organiser Neil Moore challenged the Hastings Group on their decision to make dozens of their workers redundant: “Workers at … Continue reading
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