Tag: employment

Northwest economy needs investment for well-paid and skilled employment not job losses

Seagate proposes redundancy for up to one-third of production operators the year after a $2.4 billion pay out to shareholders In 2022 Seagate’s turnover was $11.66 billion with an operating profit of almost $2 billion. The company paid out $2.4 billion in dividends and buy-backs to the exclusive benefit of shareholders. Speaking for Unite the…

June 22, 2023
UK Government must provide Globalisation Adjustment funding to support Northern Ireland workers affected by large-scale redundancies

Union makes call as Bombardier management confirms 1,080 job-losses initially planned over two years will be delivered in current year Davy Thompson, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer responded to confirmation Bombardier management would seek to deliver an originally planned two-year redundancy over one year by demanding that the UK Government provide Globalisation Adjustment funding for affected…

October 27, 2016
Northern Ireland Employment growth rate falls further behind UK

Statistics confirm concentration of losses in Manufacturing and need for a Strategic approach to sector NI Executive must prioritise raising incomes through investment rather than the race-to-the-bottom on taxes, pay and productivity September 14th: Unite Regional Secretary, Jimmy Kelly, responded to the latest Labour Force Survey, published today [Thursday 14th September] by the Northern Ireland…

September 14, 2016
Stakeholder parties must work together to secure continued success and employment at Antrim Carpets

Unite offers to mediate between management, landlord and purchaser Union’s sole interest is to secure much needed employment in an area of acute deprivation Unite Regional Officer, Sean Smyth, whose union represents workers at Antrim Carpets has called on all stakeholder parties to work collaboratively to secure employment and a future for the company: “Antrim…

April 22, 2016
Unite disappointed as Bombardier could cut sixty agency staff jobs

Union will continue engagement with company to seek to safeguard Belfast employment January 7th: Davy Thompson, Regional Coordinating Officer with responsibility for the workforce expressed his regret that Bombardier announced that up to sixty agency jobs could be lost in the company’s Complementary Labour Force: “These job losses would be another blow for the Northern…

January 7, 2016
Manufacturing employment growth needs to be underpinned by investment strategy

Expanded manufacturing sales in 2014 and employment to September 2015 must be set against job losses to come in sector – situation remains fragile NI Executive must prioritise investment for growth, delivering real jobs with decent wages Jimmy Kelly, Ireland Secretary of Unite, welcomed figures showing growth in NI Manufacturing sales in 2014 and in…

December 16, 2015