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Unite blasts disgraceful Kingspan strikebreaking in effort to avoid fair pay

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Unite the union NI

Union escalates to round-the-clock pickets at Portadown site to defeat company greed English workers get four star treatment while Polish workers left with hostels Unite the union can reveal that Ulster Rugby sponsor Kingspan is flying in strikebreakers in a … Continue reading →

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Portadown workers resolute on pickets at Kingspan Water & Energy

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Unite the union NI

Unite slams company for piling money into shareholders’ pockets but denying workers their bonus and fair pay All-out strike action follows big rejection of inadequate eve of strike offer Unite the union members at Kingspan Water & Energy Ltd have … Continue reading →

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Kingspan workforce at Portadown to commence all out strike action for cost of living pay increase

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Unite the union NI

Industrial action follows 99 percent vote for strike action on 91 percent turnout Workers unanimously reject ‘eve-of-strike’ offer providing only 5 percent consolidated pay increase Unite the union has confirmed that its membership at Kingspan Water & Energy Ltd will … Continue reading →

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Kingspan’s Springvale EPS site at Ballyclare, Antrim to close with loss of 23 jobs

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Unite the union NI

Site is still profitable but management’s attitude is ‘to hell with the small group of staff’ who operate it Closure comes as Kingspan proceeds with euro 255 purchase of a leading insulation company in Denmark Springvale EPS Ltd, a subsection of … Continue reading →

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