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MEBSCA dispute: Pickets set for Intel site tomorrow as dispute escalates

Workers fight for travel time restoration against backdrop of falling living standards Unite members working as plumbers, fitters, welders and apprentices are set to down tools tomorrow as they continue action to secure the reversal of the austerity-era cut to … Continue reading

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Budget 2025: Workers failed by short-term giveaways

Budget framed ‘with eye to the election rather than eye to the future’ Responding to Budget 2025, Unite, which represents workers throughout the economy, warned that today’s package of election giveaways will not lay the foundations for sustainable wage-led growth. … Continue reading

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Unite accuses MEBSCA of failing mechanical employers, as strikes set to begin

Union offers to support application for SEO incorporating ‘travel time’ Sectoral collective agreement best way to ensure level playing field Trade union Unite, which represents plumbers, fitters, welders and apprentices, today (Thursday) said that the Mechanical Engineering & Building Services … Continue reading

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MEBSCA dispute: Unite announces stoppages on September 6, as talks break down

Union warns employers must engage meaningfully or face further escalation Workers seeking reversal of austerity-era cut to ‘travel time’ Trade union Unite, which represents plumbers, fitters, welders and apprentices on construction projects throughout Ireland, said today (Monday) that talks with … Continue reading

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Mechanical dispute: Unite to serve notice of industrial action this week

Series of one day stoppages to hit sites nationwide Union seeking reversal of austerity-era cut to travel time Trade union Unite, which represents plumbers, fitters and welders on construction projects throughout Ireland, said today (Sunday) that it will this week … Continue reading

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