Tag: Larne
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Caterpillar 83 jobs redundancy announcement is another bitter blow for Larne area
Unite to engage with employer to mitigate impact on its membership This afternoon’s announcement by Caterpillar that it is to seek 83 redundancies among its Larne workforce has been branded as another ‘bitter blow’ for the local area by trade union Unite which represents the workforce. The union was notified of the redundancies this afternoon.…
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Caterpillar pays for strike-breakers to stay in five star luxury
Unite blasts firm for ‘burning through’ cash on rooms that cost up to £850 a night rather than pay workers fairly Manufacturing company Caterpillar has been paying for the strike-breakers it brought to Northern Ireland to stay in five star luxury, Unite the union says today (Wednesday). The strike breakers have been staying at the…
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Big city investors can’t wash their hands of Caterpillar’s mistreatment of Northern Ireland workers
Unite brings workers’ campaign to London offices of Vanguard, Blackrock and State Street, who hold more than a fifth of Caterpillar’s stock Caterpillar pay cut and compulsory overtime for Northern Ireland workers makes total mockery of ethical claims The general secretary of the UK’s leading union has warned big City investors that they cannot ‘wash…
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Eight more weeks of strike at Larne and Springvale at ‘hugely profitable’ Caterpillar, as Unite steps up pay fight.
CEO top line is £19.7 million, shareholders have a £4 billion bonanza but workers offered a brutal pay cut as well as forced labour through compulsory overtime. US construction giant Caterpillar faces two more months of strike action as members of Unite the union continue to fight for a fair pay rise from their super-rich employer. The workers are also facing the…
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Unite warns of four more weeks of strike at ‘greedy’ Caterpillar in fight to win ‘cost of living’ pay
Unite the union has notified Caterpillar that their members working for the corporation at Larne and Springvale in Belfast will launch a further four weeks of strike action at both plants in the fight for a pay deal that reflects the deepening cost of living crisis. In a dispute that has already seen four weeks…
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Andor poised for strike ballot as Unite reveals 9 in 10 of workforce can’t make ends meet as costs rise
Workers at the optical instruments manufacturer Andor Technology site in Springvale, Belfast are poised to ballot for strike action in a bid to improve their pay in order to meet rising living costs. Unite, the union representing the workforce, says that recent survey of the workforce revealed that nine in ten of workforce (91 per cent) are finding it…