Tag: Fermanagh
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First one day strike set to shutdown Balcas sawmill
Low-paid workforce at highly profitable Enniskillen sawmill vote overwhelmingly to reject insulting pay offer Unite members at Enniskillen-based sawmill Balcas are to commence the first of three 24-hour strike actions on Thursday (June 18). In the absence of an improved offer from management, the strike will be followed by two further one-day strike on June…
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Dale Farm decision to close Fivemiletown Creamery is a blatant case of asset stripping leaving eighteen workers facing redundancy
Decision to move production of some specialist Fivemiletown brand cheeses to other sites is driven by desire to maximise profit Unite seeks further investment from Dale Farm to safeguard more than one hundred years of milk processing at the Fivemiletown site April 26th: Liam Gallagher, Unite Regional Officer responsible for his union’s membership at Dale…
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Strike action at Balcas, Enniskillen ends as workforce votes overwhelmingly to accept vastly improved pay offer
Two year pay deal is worth more than one thousand pounds a worker in first year with guaranteed above-inflation pay increase in year two First successful private-sector industrial action in Fermanagh in more than a decade has electrified workers in county and galvanised demand for fair pay April 12th: Gareth Scott, Unite Regional Officer responsible…
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Encirc workers in Derrylin to be balloted on industrial action after overwhelming rejection of below-inflation pay offer in consultative ballot
April 5th: Derrylin result follows decisive vote by Encirc workforce in Elton, Cheshire rejecting inadequate management pay offer Unite to establish Encirc joint-bargaining spanning Irish sea with strike ballot planned to proceed concurrently across both sites Michael Keenan, Unite Regional Officer responsible for his union’s Encirc membership at its site in Derrylin, County Fermanagh, confirmed…
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48 hour strike action at Balcas set to proceed within days as management obstinately refuse workforce pay claim
April 4th: Pickets will be placed on gates of Fermanagh-based woodchip production company from 6am Tuesday [April 9th] Workforce determined to secure decent pay from a business which has benefited hugely from Renewable Heating Initiative scheme Gareth Scott, Unite Regional Officer responsible for his union’s membership at Balcas Timber, based just outside Enniskillen, confirmed that…
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Unite members to be balloted on strike action over sacking of injured Health & Safety rep at Encirc
Support offered for solidarity protest called by Fermanagh Council of Trade Unions in defence of Encirc workers this Saturday [19th May] 11am at Encirc factory gates Two workers had their arms crushed working with same piece of equipment – the first of whom has been dismissed by Encirc management due to his inability to work…