Tag: job cuts
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Concern that temporary closure of Moy Park line in Ballymena will be permanent with loss of up to 400 jobs
April 3rd: Latest jobs cull in Ballymena is driven by reckless greed and comes at a time of swelling corporate profits Workers left with little confidence in management promises made while company’s corporate executives face US trial Sean McKeever, Unite Regional Officer representing the bulk of Moy Park’s workforce in Northern Ireland questioned the temporary nature…
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Unite to seek urgent meeting with TESCO following confirmation of cuts impacting nine thousand workers across UK stores
Retailer bosses announce plans to slash workforce only days after announcing twelfth consecutive quarter of growth January 28th: Unite the union Regional Officer George Brash responded to confirmation that TESCO would be bringing forward changes to their stores which would result in thousands of job losses across the UK: “Today’s announcement from TESCO management confirms…
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Proposed redundancies likely to impact workers at all Northern Ireland Sainsbury’s sites
Team leaders, store supervisors and deputy manager positions will go in UK wide restructuring Unite to engage with management to seek to ensure those affected by job losses are found appropriate employment elsewhere within company January 23rd: Taryn Trainor, Unite Regional Officer for the union’s membership in Sainsbury’s raised concerns that the impact of the…
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Most vulnerable face paying the price for political failure
Unite the union strongly opposed to £70 million further cuts to healthcare Western HSC Trust proposals posed to close residential care home in Derry and neo-natal unit in Enniskillen Unite Regional Officer with responsibility for Health in the Western HSCT area, Gareth Scott, indicated his union was deeply opposed to proposals by the Trust to…
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Latest healthcare cuts mean it is a bad time to be sick in Northern Ireland
Unite the union strongly opposed to £70 million further cuts to healthcare Proposals seek to undermine the founding principles of the NHS – free at the point of delivery Unite members and representatives in the health service across Northern Ireland turned out at the exceptional Board meetings in the five Health Trusts today. Speaking after…
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Belfast City Council must reverse threats to Ballysillan and Shankill swimming pools
Outsourced management company, Greenwich Leisure Limited, plan to close Shankill pool Staffing cuts planned at Ballysillan will force part of pool to be roped off meaning unsafe access for junior swimmers June 21st: Unite Regional Officer, Michael Keenan, has called on Belfast City Council to put an end to threats hanging over pools at Shankill…