Tag: Michael Keenan
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Guinness workers in Belfast secure pay boost as strike threat ends
Unite members employed by Diageo at the Guinness zero canning plant in Belfast have secured a large pay increase following strike action. The workers will see their pay increase by 15.5 per cent in a three-year deal. The deal will be paid in stages with the increase for the first year backdated to September 2024.…
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Christmas shortages of Guinness Zero as strikes at Diageo plant in Belfast back on after workers reject substandard pay offer
Empty shelves could greet shoppers looking for Guinness Zero this Christmas after Unite members at Diageo in Belfast voted overwhelmingly to reject an inadequate pay offer from management and to take strike action. Around 90 workers will commence an eight-day strike from 7am on Friday 12 December continuing until the early hours of Saturday 29 December. A…
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Strikes at Diageo Belfast suspended after improved pay offer
Planned eight-day strike action at Diageo in Belfast, that would have seen shortages of Guinness Zero this Christmas, has been suspended following an improved pay offer from the employer. Around 90 workers were set to strike tomorrow (Friday 5th December) but workers will now vote on the new deal [ballot closing on Monday 8th December]…
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Striking housing workers vote 99.5 percent on 93.5 percent turnout to reject inadequate NI Housing Executive pay offer
As industrial action by housing workers enters its twenty-third week without resolution, Unite demands Department for Communities intervention Thousands of social housing tenants are left without needed repair and maintenance work as a result of management intransigence Unite the union has written to the Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive Grainia Long after its…
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Tenants groups in Belfast and Craigavon challenge NIHE on impact of unresolved strike
Workers enter their fifteen week of strike action for improved pay as LRA-mediated talks are due to commence this week Striking housing workers at NIHE have linked up with tenants associations and residents groups across the three housing regions impacted by the ongoing industrial dispute which is now entering its fifteenth week. The pay dispute…
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NI Housing Executive bosses must show respect to workers and tenants and clear their diaries to engage in negotiations to end housing worker strike
Responding to the media appearance of NIHE Chief Executive Grainia Long on regional radio this morning where she failed to touch upon the profound crisis facing social housing tenants, Unite the union has challenged NIHE management on their inaction. Press reports confirm that in excess of 3,600 tenants have been left needing repairs and improvements…