Tag: health
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Migrant HCAs: Oireachtas members hear demands for family reunification
“Care is what we do – so let us care for our families” Representatives of Unite the union, Migrant Rights Centre Ireland and Migrant Nurses Ireland today (Wednesday) spoke at an Oireachtas briefing hosted by Ruth Coppinger TD to outline workers’ demands for reform of Department of Justice rules which can see migrant Health Care…
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A cruel Christmas for care workers separated from children
Government accused of ‘institutionalising new gender pay gap’ Unite writes to party leaders demanding reform of ‘inhuman regime’ Unite has today (Monday) written to party leaders demanding urgent reform of the work permit regime which will see thousands of care workers spend Christmas without their families. Migrant health care assistants (HCAs) working in nursing homes…
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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 HSE claimed that it had lifted its recruitment ban, it emerged that vacancies are being…
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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 patient services and causing staff burnout. The union was commenting ahead of lunchtime protests scheduled…
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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 Ireland. The strike is the latest in an ongoing dispute for fair pay and safe…
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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 26 January). The strike is a result of the failure to deliver a cost of…