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Traveller accommodation: Unite members in community sector and Traveller CDPs urge immediate implementation of Traveller Accommodation Plans

Posted on February 5, 2016 by unitetheunion

Resources spent on Louth evictions would have been better spent on making site safe February 5th: Trade union Unite today expressed serious concern at the plight of twenty-three Traveller families in the Dundalk area whom Louth Co. Council, citing health … Continue reading →

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Unite condemns criminalisation of women facing crisis pregnancies

Posted on January 14, 2016 by unitetheunion

Union says extension of 1967 Abortion Act to NI, repeal of 8th Amendment in ROI, crucial to protecting women’s health January 14th: Trade union Unite has today condemned the arrest and prosecution of women in Northern Ireland charged with procuring … Continue reading →

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Ministers must legislate to extend same protections and reproductive rights to women in Northern Ireland

Posted on January 7, 2016 by unitetheunion

One thousand women from Northern Ireland travel to Britain to get a termination January 7th: Responding to a statement by incoming First Minister, Arlene Foster, that she would not be supporting the extension of the abortion rights to women in … Continue reading →

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Unite joins with Translink and Women’s Aid in launching the White Ribbon campaign to end violence to women

Posted on November 24, 2015 by unitetheunion

Translink staff in Ulsterbus, Metro and NI Rail will wear white ribbons for sixteen days Campaign to be launched at Metro Station, Queen Street, Belfast tomorrow (Wednesday, 25th November) at 11.30am Unite Equality Officer, Taryn Trainor, welcomed the strength of … Continue reading →

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Marriage Equality: Unite urges members to vote Yes on Friday

Posted on May 17, 2015 by unitetheunion

Statement follows overwhelming endorsement at union’s conference May 17th: Unite is writing to its members urging them to vote Yes in the forthcoming referendum on Marriage Equality. Commenting, the union’s Ireland Secretary, Jimmy Kelly, said: “Last week, delegates at our … Continue reading →

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