Tag Archives: Craigavon

ABC council vote to outsource Craigavon leisure threatens community access to leisure services

Experience of outsourcing of leisure services in Belfast City Council has been higher prices, reduced staffing and user access Unite the union vows to make demand for leisure services to stay in-house central to upcoming local elections February 12th: Workers … Continue reading

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Plans to outsource Craigavon leisure centre threatens unacceptable cost to communities and staff

Unite joins NIPSA and GMB to seek meetings with all political groups on Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council Experience of outsourcing of Leisure in Belfast must be a warning to service users and staff January 17th: On Monday evening … Continue reading

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Unprecedented and robust vote for strike action at Glen Dimplex, Craigavon as workforce demands a Living Wage

Following 86% vote for industrial action, Unite official to meet with workforce reps to discuss strike action    Management at a company which made €38 million profit last year have no excuse but to address in-work poverty Announcing the results … Continue reading

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Proposed redundancies likely to impact workers at all Northern Ireland Sainsbury’s sites

Team leaders, store supervisors and deputy manager positions will go in UK wide restructuring Unite to engage with management to seek to ensure those affected by job losses are found appropriate employment elsewhere within company January 23rd: Taryn Trainor, Unite … Continue reading

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Unite puts Moy Park management on notice over increased use of minimum wage agency workers

Chief Executive Janet McCollum refuses to meet with union to address pay concerns and her support for Pilgrim’s Pride takeover  Moy Park £41 million profit must be used to end scourge of poverty pay and deliver an inflation-busting pay increase … Continue reading

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