Tag: Davy Kettyles
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Workers’ expertise critical to improving road safety
Driving instructors and motor mechanics make submissions to RSA November 23rd: Unite members working as driving instructors and motor mechanics have made submissions to the Road Safety Authority’s public consultation on the Government’s Road Safety Strategy 2021 – 2030. Commenting, Unite Regional Officer Jean O’Dowd said: “Safer roads depend on highly trained drivers operating road-worthy vehicles. The…
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Campaigners call on Marks & Spencer to intervene over BA Betrayal
WHAT: BA Betrayal demonstration outside M&S WHERE: Marks and Spencer, 48 Donegal Place, Belfast BT1 5BY WHEN: 12.30pm, Friday July 31st 2020 Campaigners against British Airways’ plans to fire its workforce and rehire those that survive on inferior contracts are calling on the airline’s corporate partner Marks & Spencer to use its influence to urge BA to enter…
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Covid-19 clusters in Northern Ireland meatpacking sector point to urgent need for sector-specific infection controls to protect workers
Immediate programme of testing with quick turnaround needed for all meatpacking workers and their families along with wider package of measures including, where necessary, temporary closures for deep-cleanses without loss of pay Fears that meatpacking sites here could experience outbreaks similar to those in USA and Brazil where tens of thousands of workers have caught Covid-19 and…
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English Language Teachers: Unite has positive meeting with Patrick King
Union will be making submission to mediator Government decision reflects power of collective action January 14th: Trade union Unite, which organises English Language Teachers, today (Monday) welcomed the decision by Higher Education Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor to appoint former ASTI General Secretary Patrick King to work with stakeholders in the English Language Teaching sector to…
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Cabin crew have lift-off with Norwegian Air recognition deal
Cabin crew have lift-off with Norwegian Air recognition deal, agreement proves decent jobs no bar to competitiveness December 20th: Unite the union and Norwegian Air have signed a recognition agreement covering cabin crew based in Dublin. Unite currently represents the vast majority of cabin staff and will now be able to represent them collectively. The…
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Playwright Martin Lynch joins trade unionist songwriter to launch Unite for Humanity song for refugees
A singer-songwriter who works for the UK and Ireland’s biggest trade union is using his music to raise money for Syrian refugees by releasing a single this week into the UK download charts in Belfast. November 20th: Davy Kettyles’ song ‘Humanity’ was written to mark the first anniversary of the death of Aylan Kurdi, the…