Tag Archives: Living Wage

Irish Life: Unite announces stoppages following company’s refusal to engage

Irish Life: Unite announces stoppages following company’s refusal to engage Issues in dispute include unilateral imposition of new pay structure Company seeking to break link between profits and pay November 3rd: Trade union Unite today announced that the first in … Continue reading

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Lidl Living Wage concession follows Unite campaign in NI

Jimmy Kelly says Living Wage of €11.50 now recognised as benchmark of decency October 8th: Welcoming the announcement by retail giant Lidl this morning that they will pay the Living Wage of €11.50 per hour to all employees in the … Continue reading

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Unite: Lidl ‘Living Wage’ Pay decision – an all-island Fair Pay Victory!

Company u-turn demonstrates power of workers getting organised with Unite Other retailers are now ‘on notice’ – they must match Lidl’s Living Wage policy October 8th: Unite Regional Officer, Susan Fitzgerald, welcomed Lidl’s announcement that it would now include workers … Continue reading

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Lidl dismisses worker after he questions discriminatory pay policy on Facebook

Public opinion strongly backs demand for Pay Equality, local political leaders will write to company’s German headquarters Unite has called a solidarity protest for Pay Equality outside Lidl on High Street, Belfast this Thursday (October 8th) at 5pm October 5th: … Continue reading

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Women have borne brunt of austerity, Unite women’s conference told

Minimalist Minimum Wage increases North and South inadequate response to in-work poverty Strategies need to make Ireland a Living Wage island October 2nd: Unite’s Regional Women’s Conference is being held today. Issues of concern to working women in both the … Continue reading

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