Tag: Food Manufacturing
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Stormont must act urgently to enforce protections for drivers and hauliers
Strict enforcement of Public Health Agency Covid-19 guidance needed to ensure health and safety of road hauliers Drivers won’t become collateral damage when protections are flouted by employers more focused on profiting from the current crisis George Brash, Unite Regional Officer called on the Northern Ireland Executive to introduce legislation to ensure strict enforcement of…
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Prime Minister Johnson’s shutdown statement causes huge confusion and leaves workers at risk
Only appropriate response to Coronavirus threat is to shutdown all non-essential production putting employees on fully-paid leave for duration Workers in essential production and businesses must be kept safe or sent home Susan Fitzgerald, Regional Coordinating Officer for Unite called on the Stormont Executive to shutdown non-essential producers and to enforce robust adherence…
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Northern Ireland political leaders must secure Agri-Food sector access to EU workers post-Brexit
Tory plans to end freedom of movement in March 2019 pose further challenge to Northern Ireland’s vital agri-food sector Announcement only days after International Trade Secretary pushes post-Brexit US trade deal threatening local agri-food industry July 28th: Unite Regional Officer with responsibility for Agri-food, Sean McKeever called on local political leaders to work together to…
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Moy Park workers welcome JBS decision to relocate international headquarters to Ireland
Financial media report that JBS, the largest global food manufacturer, has informed its shareholders that it will seek to relocate headquarters to Ireland Union representing workers in Moy Park says decision must mean additional jobs and investment to follow May 16th: Sean McKeever, Unite officer for workers at Moy Park, owned by JBS, welcomed reports…