Tag Archives: Covid-19
Covid-19 and your Rights as a Worker – UPDATED 5 June
Frequently Asked Questions – UPDATED 05 June 2020 The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation continues to evolve and Unite will continue updating our advice as dictated by circumstances. The measures announced by the Government in March resulted in widespread business closures, layoffs … Continue reading
Northern Ireland Executive must ensure Chancellor moves on June 10th furlough deadline currently blocking support to 500 Thompson Aero Seating workers
Government intervention and investment for repurposing needed to preserve Aerospace jobs and skills as sharp downturn leads to empty order books Kieran Ellison, Unite Regional Officer for Thompson Aero Seating, expressed his union’s dismay at this afternoon’s announcement by Thompson … Continue reading
Unite writes to Executive Ministers to protest Economy Minister’s rush to reopen hospitality industry without effective infection control
No confidence in role of tourism working group – a business cabal composed overwhelmingly of bosses but excluding totally hospitality workers – to oversee workplace safety Call for Northern Ireland to adopt ‘roving health and safety reps’ like Scotland and introduce limited reopening with continued … Continue reading
Hospitality bosses cannot be allowed to leverage jobs threat to force unsafe reopening
Workers call for no erosion of two-metre social distancing in the workplace as vital Infection control precaution Opportunities for workforce up-skilling during COVID-shutdown must be explored as part of a new deal for hospitality workers Unite hospitality organiser Neil Moore … Continue reading









