Tag: employment
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Noonan’s slur on unemployed can’t mask absence of inclusive recovery
According to Government’s own data, 20 people chasing every vacancy Unite calls on Minister to withdraw ‘outrageous’ comments May 7th: In a stinging attack on Finance Minister Michael Noonan, the Ireland Secretary of Unite, Jimmy Kelly, today branded the Minister’s remark that some unemployed are ‘allergic to work’ as ‘outrageous’. Mr Kelly said that Minister…
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NIHE: Unite briefs Social Development Committee on public procurement concerns
Briefing document presented to Committee outlines abuses uncovered by union Workers treated like ‘pawns on NIHE’s procurement chessboard’ October 3rd: Trade union Unite today briefed the NI Assembly Committee on Social Development on Unite’s concerns regarding the NIHE’s Procurement Framework. The briefing document presented by Unite to the Committee outlines a number of abuses uncovered…