Tag: #FairPay
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Northern Ireland public transport trade unions agree to re-enter discussions with Translink management
Joint Trade Union press release The three public transport trade unions, UNITE, GMB and SIPTU, have agreed to re-enter discussions with Translink’s management with the aim of achieving a resolution to the ongoing pay dispute over the 2023-24 pay offer. Members of all three trade unions voted last week voted decisively to reject the previous…
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Translink unions to ballot members on improved pay offer
Planned 72 hour strike action due to commence midnight on Tuesday is suspended by all three trade unions Following an improved pay offer by Translink the three public transport trade unions (Unite, GMB and SIPTU), will suspend the forthcoming strike action and will ballot their memberships on the new offer. Pay negotiations between the transport unions…
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Strike action at Newtownards factory to severely impact Lakeland dairies profits
Workers determined to defend £1 pay an hour differential between skilled grades and bare legal minimum Strike will bring production to a standstill Unite the union members working at LE Pritchitt & Co Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lakeland Dairies, which operates the company’s Global Logistics Centre in Newtownards will take a first week…
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Hovis workers vote with a majority of 79 percent to accept latest, improved pay offer from management and end their 11 day strike action
Unite welcomes increased pay offer as decisive victory for workforce achieved through collective organisation and industrial militancy Pay deal includes 8 percent increase over two years, with first increase backdated to January 2021, as well as LRA conducted industrial relations audit to address wider workforce issues of concern Sean McKeever, Regional Officer for Unite confirmed that…
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Workers at Allied Bakeries vote to accept improved pay offer and end industrial action
Result confirms that union-organised workforces can win Susan Fitzgerald, Regional Coordinating Officer for Unite, commended the workforce at Allied Bakeries in Northern Ireland whose decisive and powerful strike action on Sunday won a significantly improved pay offer which was subsequently accepted by the workforce, ending the industrial dispute. “The workers at Allied Bakeries have voted…