Tag: industrial action
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Public sector: Unite reps agree to suspend Wednesday strike pending talks outcome
New deal must deliver no-strings cost-of-living pay increase Unite, which organises workers across the public sector and is a member of the ICTU Public Services Committee, said today (Monday) that a meeting of the union’s reps in the public sector has agreed to suspend Wednesday’s strike action. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said:
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Unite public sector members set for picket lines tomorrow
Strike reflects workers’ frustrations at cost-of-living pressures and broken promises Government must gain workers’ trust As Unite members in the public sector prepare to take to the picket lines across the country tomorrow, the union said that the strike reflects workers’ frustration at cost-of-living pressures and the government’s failure to honour previous commitments. Unite also…
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Public Sector: Unite finalises plans for Wednesday strike
Minister’s eleventh-hour letter “written with eye to media rather than eye to workers” Government inaction forcing workers onto picket lines Unite, which represents public sector workers across Ireland, today held a meeting of the union’s National Dispute Committee to finalise plans for Wednesday’s national strike. The dispute committee comprises Unite shop stewards from across the…
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Public sector pay: Time running out for government to make inflation-beating pay offer
Government told to stop dithering as Unite National Dispute Committee meets Following an overwhelming mandate for industrial action, Unite’s National Dispute Committee, comprising elected shop stewards across the public sector, met today (Thursday) to finalise plans for strike action on 14 October. The action is being coordinated by the ICTU Public Services Committee and will…
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Public sector craftworkers serve strike notice in pay equity fight
Workers seeking restoration of pre-crash analogue agreement Unite said today (4 September) that it has served three weeks’ notice of industrial action on the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA). Unite is part of a coordinated campaign by the Public Sector Craft Group of Unions (PSCGOU) in the Irish Congress…
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Public sector pay: Unite members vote overwhelmingly for industrial action
Government must make meaningful offer or face winter strikes Trade union Unite, which represents members across the public sector, has announced that members have returned an overwhelming mandate for industrial action, if the government fails to make a ‘meaningful offer’ on pay following the expiry of the 2024-2026 Public Services Agreement. Unite is a member…