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Industrial Civil Servants, including Workers in Roads Service, Rivers Agency, Forest Service and Strangford Ferry, vote overwhelmingly for strike action in pursuit of pay increase

Unite and GMB members employed in the industrial civil service are set to coordinate action with non-industrial civil service workers in NIPSA Strike ballot occurs alongside existing industrial dispute by roads workers seeking end to productivity pay mechanism  Unite and the GMB … Continue reading

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Roads Service maintenance workers in Unite commence one week strike action

Road Workers demand productivity payment be integrated into payscales to remove potential mechanism for pay victimization. More than two hundreds Unite members employed by the Roads Service of Northern Ireland will be joining with colleagues in the GMB in taking … Continue reading

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Workers at Causeway Coast and Glens council to commence all-out strike action tomorrow after councils vote down pay increase

Offer of two pay points plus a cash lump sum to end dispute was rejected at last night’s council meeting by a single vote in the chamber Unite the union has confirmed that its members at Causeway Coast and Glens … Continue reading

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Striking workers at Derry City and Strabane District Council end strike action after winning double pay point increase

Unite the union members vote to accept improved pay offer with 63 percent majority Workers at Derry City and Strabane District Council have voted with a 63 percent majority to accept an improved offer from management and end their industrial … Continue reading

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Sharon Graham says Mid Ulster council workers’ strike action won the day

Pay win secured after workers notified bosses of intent to move to all-out action after conclusion of four week strike The Win: two fully-consolidated pay grade increases and a one off payment of £750 above the bare National pay offer Unite’s … Continue reading

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