Tag Archives: health
HSE: Unite members vote for action over staffing crisis
Unite, which represents a range of grades across the Health Services Executive (HSE) said today (Wednesday) that members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action over the staffing crisis resulting from the HSE’s ‘Pay and Numbers Strategy’. After the … Continue reading
HSE: Unite health workers say ‘backdoor hiring freeze’ impacting patient services
Lunchtime protests set for next week as unions prepare to ballot for action Unite, which represents a range of grades across the Health Services Executive (HSE) said today (Thursday) that what it termed the HSE’s ‘backdoor hiring freeze’ is impacting on … Continue reading
More than 4,000 Unite members working in the NHS to strike for fair pay and safe staffing
Unite members will join Northern Ireland-wide strike action by health trade unions for 48 hours from 00.01 Thursday 21st September Unite the union has served a seven-day notice of planned strike action by health and social care workers across Northern … Continue reading
4,000 Unite NHS members to strike across NI tomorrow
Health and social care workers determined to defend living standards 25 January: Members of Unite, which represents 4,000 health and social care workers across Northern Ireland, will be joining members of other health unions in taking industrial action tomorrow (Thursday … Continue reading
Government must confirm Covid Recognition Payment for non-HSE healthcare staff
Frontline workers need firm payment date as cost-of-living crisis bites Trade union Unite, which represents workers throughout the economy, has written to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly seeking confirmation that the Pandemic Special Recognition Payment, introduced to recognise the unique contribution … Continue reading









