Tag Archives: Jimmy Kelly

Unite to meet workers over union’s response to Lidl pay offer insult

Union members want to know why Lidl is discriminating against workers based in Northern Ireland Living Wage rate is a bare minimum for workers and is UK-wide outside London September 18th: Ireland Secretary for Unite, Jimmy Kelly, rounded on Lidl … Continue reading

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Waterford Crystal pensions: Unite welcomes payment of €34 million to 1,251 former workers

Remaining claims to be processed in coming weeks September 16th: Trade union Unite today welcomed the news that the Department of Social Protection has lodged payments to the bank accounts of 1,251 former Waterford Crystal workers totalling €34 million. The … Continue reading

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An economic development strategy based on corporation tax race-to-bottom will fail to deliver growth

Report fails to offer anything for manufacturing sector facing unsustainable energy costs and needing investment support Committee threatens to open up skills provision to private sector but silent on need for increased funding for Further & Higher Education September 7th: … Continue reading

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Issuing Pre-Budget Submission, Unite proposes €2 billion one-off social housing investment

Housing proposal to be funded by repayment of bank bailout funds Proposed measures also include increased Employer’s PRSI to fund range of benefits September 7th: Unite today published its proposals for Budget 2016.   A summary of the proposals is available … Continue reading

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Extracts from remarks delivered by Jimmy Kelly at Saturday’s Right2Water demonstration

Politics is about choices – and the wrong choices have been made August 30th: “Since last October hundreds of thousands of us have taken to the streets of Dublin, and of towns and cities around the country, to asset our … Continue reading

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