Tag: Living Wage
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MM Bangor workforce denied cost of living increase while shareholders receive dividend
MM Bangor workforce denied cost of living increase while shareholders receive dividend Union calls on employer to recognise that a paltry minimum wage increase plus one pound a day leaves workers suffering cost of living crunch Strike action by workers at MM Bangor, a manufacturer of agricultural sacks, is now into its fourth day with members of…
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New Living Wage highlights need for supplementary increase to Minimum Wage
Cost of living crisis driving widening gap between Living Wage and statutory wage floor Responding to today’s announcement that the Living Wage Technical Group has calculated the new Living Wage as €13.85 per hour, an increase of 95 cent on the previous rate of €12.90, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer Tom Fitzgerald called on the Government to announce…
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Minimum Wage: Government must set aside Low Pay Commission recommendation
Unite accuses Government of ripping up Living Wage commitment Unite this morning (Wednesday) called on the Government to set aside the Low Pay Commission report which recommends an increase in the hourly Minimum Wage of just 80 cent to €11.30. Unite, which earlier this year made a submission to the Low Pay Commission calling for…
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Unions demand significant increase in Minimum Wage
September 8th: Connect, CWU, FSU, SIPTU and Unite have supported the call by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, in its pre-budget submission, for a significant increase in the minimum wage. In a joint statement, the unions said: “The Government has committed to raising the minimum wage to the level of the living wage before…
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Minimum Wage: Unite seeks €2 increase to €12.50 from November 1st
Union tells Low Pay Commission aim should be to raise wage floor to 66% of median earnings Low pay is bad for business says Unite Regional Secretary Jackie Pollock Trade union Unite, which represents workers in all sectors, this week gave a presentation to the Low Pay Commission urging that they recommend an increase in…
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Glen Dimplex UK Ltd in Portadown served with notice of strike action after 96 percent of workforce vote for action in strike ballot for a Living Wage
First three day strike action is due to commence with workforce pickets forming at 6am Wednesday November 10th for three days ending 3pm Friday November 12th Unite the union warns of likelihood that initial strike action will escalate to all out strike if management do not provide a Living Wage to its workforce. It’s now…