Tag: Covid-19
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As construction sites re-open, Unite seeks NPHET guidance on testing regime
April 11th: Unite, which represents construction workers throughout Ireland, has written to NPHET seeking guidance on the optimum testing regime for construction sites. Although approximately 30% of construction sites have remained open throughout Level 5 restrictions, non-essential construction sites have been closed since January 8th and will start re-opening on a phased basis from tomorrow (Monday April…
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DHL must move quickly to share bumper profits with their M&S drivers and warehouse workers to avoid ballot on industrial action
Unite writes to senior DHL management to demand pay increase after consultative ballot returns 100 percent in favour of strike ballot over proposed pay freeze Unite warns of potential disruption to M&S supply should ballot proceed as DHL drivers and warehouse workers angered over zero percent pay imposition whilst the same highly profitable company has…
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Vital that the Stormont Executive prioritises public transport workers for Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Unite the union deputy Regional Secretary Davy Thompson urged action by the Northern Ireland Executive to prioritise frontline workers in public transport for the rollout of vaccination against Covid-19. “Unite represents the overwhelming majority of bus and rail workers in Northern Ireland, whether they work for Translink through Ulsterbus, Metro or Northern Ireland Rail, or…
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COVID-19 and Your Rights as a Worker – UPDATED 15 January
Frequently Asked Questions – UPDATED 15 January 2021 The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation continues to evolve and Unite will continue updating our advice as dictated by circumstances. Most recently, the Level 5 measures announced on 24 December 2020, followed by the additional restrictions announced on 8 January 2021, mean that many of our members are again…
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New approach to industrial relations by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council shows how Unite is delivering for workers
Five years after council formation, management moves to resolve long-standing pay inequality dispute by extending pay uplift to disadvantaged workers Unite welcomes moves to furlough workforce on 100 percent pay and to provide workers a special Covid-19 recognition payment to those who continued working on frontlines during lockdown Reviewing the successes of the previous year…
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Belfast City Council must intervene to ensure livelihoods of 140 casual workers employed by council-owned company at Waterfront & Ulster Hall
Councillors cannot wash their hands of this decision – they must intervene to secure jobs of Waterfront and Ulster Hall workers Decision to lay off 140 workers made when employers had to contribute 33 percent of wages – it must be reconsidered now this has been reduced to five percent Kieran Ellison, Unite Regional Officer…