Tag: jobs threat
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Welcome for Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council decision to reconsider plans for dismissal threat to 73 workers and instead seek furlough
Unite has written to NI Executive Ministers, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Chancellor to demand clear guidelines on public sector eligibility for Coronavirus furlough scheme Kieran Ellison, Unite Regional Officer welcomed today’s announcement by Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council which came on the back of union efforts to avert the dismissal of council employees on permanent, fixed…
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Bamford acquisition of Wrightbus must lead to greatest number of workers returning to building buses
Union calls for wider investment to lock-in Ballymena’s status as manufacturing skills hub into the long-term Unite Regional Officer for Wrightbus, George Brash, welcomed confirmation from the administrators of the former bus manufacturer, Deloitte, that they had been bought by Bamford Bus company. “This news confirms the result Wrightbus workers and those in the wider…
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Ballymena march and rally set for tomorrow to demand government action to secure Wrightbus jobs and skills
Jeff Wright must do the right thing and ‘hand back the land’ to protect jobs and skills Unite Regional Secretary Jackie Pollock reiterated his union’s call for the UK government to act to secure a future for Wrightbus and to safeguard jobs and skills. “Yesterday the Conservative government has promised a new deal for Northern…
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Unite press conference today on threat to jobs at Wrightbus
When: 11am today [Wednesday September 25th] Where: Unite the union office, the Pentagon, 2 Ballymoney Road, Ballymena BT 45 3BY Unite warns of devastating consequences of closure to Ballymena and wider economy if jobs and skills not saved Union challenges administrator to be creative to defend jobs & contracts Today’s planned announcement of administration is…
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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…