Tag Archives: European Union

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

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Unite the union NI

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Manufacturing, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases | Tagged Belfast, Bombardier, Davy Thompson, EGF, employment, European Union, HM Treasury, Industrial Strategy, James Brokenshire, job losses, Northern Ireland, Redundancies, Reskilling, Retraining, Shorts | Leave a comment

Executive parties must secure access to EU labour market and defend rights of migrant workers

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Unite the union NI

Northern Ireland’s economy particularly at risk from Tory moves to impose a ‘hard Brexit’ Moves to restrict access to migrant labour threatens future sustainability of Northern Ireland’s Agri-Food sector October 7th: Sean McKeever, Regional Officer with responsibility for workers in … Continue reading →

Posted in Manufacturing, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases | Tagged Agri-Foods, Brexit, Conservative, economy, EU Referendum, European Union, migrants, Northern Ireland, Sean McKeever, Tory, Unite NI | Leave a comment

Leading QC advises that EU-US Free Trade deal poses ‘real and serious risk’ to NHS

Posted on February 23, 2016 by unitetheunion

The UK government has no right to allow EU bureaucrats to negotiate away our ability to control the future of our NHS February 23rd: Responding to a detailed legal opinion supplied to his union, Ireland Secretary of Unite, Jimmy Kelly, … Continue reading →