Tag: in-work poverty
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Glen Dimplex workforce to escalate industrial action in pursuit of Living Wage
After nearly week of overtime ban, first twenty-four hour strike action set to commence at midnight Monday 29th October Portadown workforce gears itself for battle to end in-work poverty at group which made €38 million profit last year October 25th: Workers who manufacture Quantum-intelligent storage heaters for Glen Dimplex have commenced industrial action with an…
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Northern Ireland Executive must deliver for Just-About-Managing Households
UK in-work poverty surges as average wages in Northern Ireland fall further behind those in UK or Republic of Ireland Draft Programme for Government fails to include indicators on raising pay, productivity or investment in the economy December 7th: Following publication of a study conducted by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation identifying a sharp increase in…