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  • Job cuts at Smurfit-Westrock in Lurgan totally unjustified, Unite

    Job cuts at Smurfit-Westrock in Lurgan totally unjustified, Unite

    Job cuts at Smurfit-Westrock in Lurgan totally unjustified, Unite   Company recording bumper profits and dividends, but investment needed to modernise Lurgan site is withheld while Smurfit spends millions sponsoring Ryder Cup Unite is warning that proposed job cuts by Smurfit-Westrock at its Lurgan site signals a first step in shutting the site entirely. On…

  • Ambitious vision for expansion and rail link to Belfast City Airport welcomed

    Unite which represents workers at Belfast City Airport has welcomed the ambitious proposals contained in a master plan for the future of airport. The plan was published by airport management today (16 September) and contains proposals to expand the airport’s footprint to include Ireland’s first air-rail link and to double employment at the airport to…

  • Quick-fix Budget fails working people

    Low and middle income earners, social protection recipients, lose out in real terms Short-term supports no substitute for long-term policies October 10th: In an initial response to the Budget, trade union Unite dubbed the measures announced today a “quick-fix Budget” which uses short-term supports to mask the ongoing failure to develop long-term policies to reduce costs.…

  • Northwest economy needs investment for well-paid and skilled employment not job losses

    Seagate proposes redundancy for up to one-third of production operators the year after a $2.4 billion pay out to shareholders In 2022 Seagate’s turnover was $11.66 billion with an operating profit of almost $2 billion. The company paid out $2.4 billion in dividends and buy-backs to the exclusive benefit of shareholders. Speaking for Unite the…

  • Welcome for announced state investment to expand Wrightbus production of hydrogen-powered buses

    Expanded production at Ballymena bus builder comes only two years after workers had to mobilise to keep doors open Success for Northern Ireland manufacturing confirms vital capacity of sector to build a greener and cleaner economy  Unite Regional Officer, George Brash, welcomed today’s announcement that Wrightbus in Ballymena would be one of three beneficiaries for state funding…

  • Johnson must nationalise Harland & Wolff to secure NI productive power

    Unions warn jobs and skills will be lost if iconic shipyard closes  Opportunity for DUP to demonstrate influence with new PM July 25th: Trade unions Unite and the GMB today called on the new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to make good on his Downing Street speech and invest in what Mr Johnson termed Northern…