Tag: Finance Minister
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Department for Infrastructure infection control recommendation for facemasks to be worn on public transport must be made compulsory
Clarity needed that services on cross-border bus and rail routes will adopt same approach to infection control either side of border Adequate funding for additional public transport services to facilitate social distancing needed from Finance Minister Conor Murphy Davy Thompson, Unite Deputy Regional Secretary, welcomed today’s recommendation by the Department for Infrastructure that those using…
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Public transport services must be properly resourced not funded through workforce furlough
Finance Minister’s public call for furlough of Translink workers without consultation challenged by trade union representing overwhelming majority of workforce Davy Thompson, Unite Deputy Regional Secretary, with responsibility for his union’s members at Translink challenged public pronouncements by Finance Minister Conor Murphy which suggested that furloughing public transport workers could address longstanding problems of underfunding. “The Finance Minister Conor…