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Crane dispute: Unite defers industrial action to facilitate WRC engagement

July 13th: Unite today (Thursday 13 July) announced that it is deferring the crane operators’ industrial action which had been scheduled to start tomorrow in order to facilitate engagement with the CIF at the Workplace Relations Commission, expected to take … Continue reading

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Unite crane operators to ballot on extension of industrial action

Union warns CIF that low pay is undermining foundations of recovery June 30th: Unite, which represents 90 per cent of crane operators in Ireland, today announced that members will be balloting to extend the industrial action which started yesterday to … Continue reading

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Crane Operators set to strike for decent wages

Move comes as construction unions press for pay rises as part of Sectoral Employment Order  “Workers must share in construction recovery” June 19th: Trade union Unite – which represents over 90 per cent of Crane Operators in Ireland – announced … Continue reading

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Bombardier’s Belfast workforce overwhelmingly agree multi-annual pay deal

Unite hopes pay deal will stabilise company’s presence in Northern Ireland and allow for future employment growth June 15th: Davy Thompson, Regional Coordinating Officer for Unite expressed his hopes that the pay deal agreed by the union’s membership will safeguard … Continue reading

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Public sector pay proposals: modest advances long overdue as workers wait 12 years for restoration

Unite to consult with members in advance of balloting June 9th: Trade union Unite said today that the ‘modest advances’ made during negotiations for a successor to the Lansdowne Road Agreement were long overdue given that, by the end of … Continue reading

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