Tag Archives: DUP

Workers maintaining roads and water courses are being denied fair holiday pay

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Unite the union NI

Unite questions whether failure to address payments irregularity is due to absence of an Executive Minister At least one thousand workers across Roads Service, Rivers Agency and Forestry Service denied holiday pay based on Working Time Regulations act December 13th: … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign for Decent Pay, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases, Public Services | Tagged #Unite4FairPay, DUP, fair pay, Forestry Service, Gareth Scott, industrial civil service, NI Executive, Northern Ireland, political failure, Rivers' Agency, Sinn Fein, Transport NI | Leave a comment

Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey pledges to raise issue of Boeing’s failure to engage Canadian government with sister unions

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Unite the union NI

The government, DUP and Sinn Fein must step up to defend right to invest in vital manufacturing sector and fully use their leverage to defend Belfast jobs September 18th: Unite the union’s General Secretary Len McCluskey added his support to Bombardier’s Belfast … Continue reading →

Posted in Manufacturing, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases | Tagged Belfast, Boeing, Bombardier, Canada, DUP, Jimmy Kelly, job losses, Len McCluskey, NI Executive, Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein, State investment, state-aid, UK | Leave a comment

Management must work with union to mitigate impact of latest Bombardier jobs blow

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Unite the union NI

Plans for ninety-five redundancies in core workforce confirmed Separately, Unite meet DUP leader, Arlene Foster, to seek to leverage Boeing over its legal threat to Bombardier’s CSeries September 15th: Davy Thompson, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer, responded to news that Bombardier … Continue reading →

Posted in Manufacturing, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases | Tagged Belfast, Boeing, Bombardier, Compulsory Redundancies, Davy Thompson, DUP, Redundancies, Westminster | Leave a comment

Restrictions on EU migration pose a direct threat to jobs in NI’s Agri-Food sector

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Unite the union NI

Post-Brexit migration controls must reflect particular challenges facing food industry in Northern Ireland September 7th: Sean McKeever, Unite Regional Officer with responsibility for members in the agri-food sector responded to details of a leaked draft government paper on restricting EU … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign for Decent Pay, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases | Tagged Agri-Foods, Brexit, disinvestment, Dunbia, DUP, European Union, exploitation, job losses, migrants, Moy Park, NI Executive, Sean McKeever, Sinn Fein, Unite NI, Westminster | Leave a comment

Most vulnerable face paying the price for political failure

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Unite the union NI

Unite the union strongly opposed to £70 million further cuts to healthcare Western HSC Trust proposals posed to close residential care home in Derry and neo-natal unit in Enniskillen Unite Regional Officer with responsibility for Health in the Western HSCT … Continue reading →