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  • Unite representatives to give evidence before Westminster Northern Ireland Select Committee later today

    Unite Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly will raise demand for action by UK government to safeguard 4,000 jobs at Bombardier Union will highlight need for an activist industrial strategy for Northern Ireland to defend workers from impact of protectionist ‘America First’ policies November 22nd: Jimmy Kelly, Ireland Secretary for Unite will be accompanied by two of…

  • Unite welcomes launch of ‘Abortion as a Workplace Issue’ report

    Pioneering research will help inform union’s campaigning on abortion October 19th: Unite today welcomed the publication of Abortion as a Workplace Issue, based on a quantitative and qualitative survey of trade union members commissioned by five trade unions including Unite, as well as Alliance for Choice (Northern Ireland) and the Trade Union Campaign to Repeal…

  • Bombardier jobs still under threat despite Airbus deal

    Union welcomes planned EU intervention by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar Campaign for escalated UK action to stop Boeing corporate bullying will continue Ireland secretary for Unite, Jimmy Kelly, has welcomed the revelation by BBC Spotlight that Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will be raising the plight of Bombardier workers with the EU President Jean-Claude Juncker later this week. …

  • Unambitious Budget offers little for working people

    Combined tax package will disproportionately benefit better-off October 10th: In an initial response to what he termed today’s ‘unambitious Budget’, Unite Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly criticised the over-reliance on tax and USC cuts which, he said, disproportionately benefited the better off while doing little to raise living standards across the board. “Today Minister Donohoe announced…

  • Concern over impact on Belfast jobs from Department of Commerce ruling against Bombardier

    Following meeting with Secretary of State, Unite Regional Secretary states that Boeing case is without merit as they did not suffer any loss from Delta Airlines deal Union demands government intervene to defend UK workers against US protectionist barriers September 26th: Jimmy Kelly, Unite Regional Secretary, expressed his union’s acute disappointment following the decision of…

  • Union fears that Prime Minister Theresa May’s Canada visit is a missed opportunity

    Unite to continue active schedule of meetings with political and trade union leaders in pursuit of resolution to threat hanging over Belfast jobs September 19th: Jimmy Kelly, Unite Regional Secretary, criticised the response of both the Prime Minister to the threat hanging over thousands of jobs at Bombardier in Belfast and reiterated “Boeing’s legal case…