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Week-long strike action on Ulsterbus and Metro from next Tuesday as workforce rejects inadequate pay offer
Bus drivers in both Ulsterbus and Metro bus have rejected the latest pay offer from management as inadequate in the face of spiralling living costs. Following the result, Unite today gave notice to Translink of a first, one-week strike action from next … Continue reading
Unite the union condemns NI Protocol related attack on Translink bus and one of its members in Newtownabbey
Translink workforce are left deeply angered at continuing attacks and feel that they are a political punchbag for issues above their head Following discussions with management on measures to increase security and support for drivers, Unite the union condemned the attack on a Translink bus … Continue reading
Vital that the Stormont Executive prioritises public transport workers for Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Unite the union deputy Regional Secretary Davy Thompson urged action by the Northern Ireland Executive to prioritise frontline workers in public transport for the rollout of vaccination against Covid-19. “Unite represents the overwhelming majority of bus and rail workers in … Continue reading
Posted in Covid, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases
Tagged #Covid19, Covid-19, Davy Thompson, infrastructure, Metro, Northern Ireland Rail, Stormont, Ulsterbus, Vaccination
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Latest medical evidence showing rising risk of social transmission of Covid-19 makes urgent case for schools to make mandatory wearing face coverings on school buses
Ministers for Education and Infrastructure must intervene to issue guidance for all schools to enforce infection control measures on public transport Huge variations in approach taken by schools leaves drivers concerned for their own safety as well as that for … Continue reading
Department for Infrastructure infection control recommendation for facemasks to be worn on public transport must be made compulsory
Clarity needed that services on cross-border bus and rail routes will adopt same approach to infection control either side of border Adequate funding for additional public transport services to facilitate social distancing needed from Finance Minister Conor Murphy Davy Thompson, … Continue reading
Posted in Northern Ireland news, Press Releases, Public Services
Tagged Conor Murphy, Covid-19, cross-border harmonisation, Davy Thompson, Department for infrastructure, facemasks, Finance Minister, Infection Control, Metro, NI Rail, Nicola Mallon, Public Transport, Translink, Ulsterbus
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