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Balcas workers set for week-long strike action from tomorrow
Unite warns seven-day strike at Balcas will impact timber supplies across Northern Ireland Approximately 150 Unite members employed at Balcas will take a week of strike action in an escalating industrial dispute at the Enniskillen sawmill. The strike will commence … Continue reading
Ambulance dispute: Strike action to proceed tomorrow
Resolution of dispute up to management as workers wait over six years for recognition Trade union Unite, which represents members at the National Ambulance Service, has confirmed that members working as emergency medical technicians, paramedics, advanced paramedics, paramedic specialists and … Continue reading
May Day warning: Workers won’t be shortchanged
Speaking ahead of International Workers’ Day (May Day – Friday 1 May), Unite’s Irish secretary Susan Fitzgerald warned both public and private sector employers that workers will not tolerate being shortchanged and said that Unite members across Ireland are determined to … Continue reading
Public sector: Local bargaining claims must be addressed before talks on new deal
Inflation-busting increases vital to combat price pressures Public sector workers will not tolerate being leapfrogged by other interests At a meeting to decide Unite’s priorities ahead of talks on a new public sector pay deal, Unite shop stewards were adamant … Continue reading
Unite members in Danone savour inflation-beating pay increase
Union delivers nearly nine per cent pay increase over two years plus benefits Unite members working for Danone Nutricia in Wexford have voted overwhelmingly to accept a two year pay deal which will see pay rise by nearly nine per … Continue reading









