Tag: Michelle O’Neill

Unite the union, First Minister and deputy First Minister, along with First Ministers of Scotland and Wales, issue joint call for ‘urgent intervention’ by Prime Minister Johnson to save aerospace jobs and skills

Devolved authorities and unions issue joint demand for creation of a UK Aerospace Taskforce Jackie Pollock Regional Secretary of Unite was signatory to a letter involving the leaders of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland devolved authorities to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, demanding for ‘urgent intervention’ by the UK Government to preserve highly-skilled jobs in the…

September 19, 2020
Unite writes to First Minister and Deputy First Minister to demand testing for workers as Covid-19 clusters emerge in poultry and meatpacking sector and Moy Park employee dies

Urgent action needed from Stormont Executive on meat processing sector to avoid repeat of crisis and fatalities in care home sector If necessary, sites must be temporarily shut for testing of workers, and family members, with full pay to enable safe reopening Jackie Pollock, Regional Secretary for Unite, wrote to the First Minister and deputy First…

May 11, 2020
Union welcomes publication of Bengoa report heralding transformation of Health & Social Care

Restructuring process must be underpinned by adequate budgets and must guarantee equality of outcome for all patients Priority given to co-production and collaborative approach involving staff is best approach to improve our Health Service October 25th: Unite Regional Officer Kevin McAdam, welcomed the publication of the Bengoa Report ‘Systems Not Structures’ and the Health Minister…

October 25, 2016
Ministerial u-turn on pay for healthcare workers in face of industrial ballot threat

Decision a victory for common sense which will provide relief to low paid health care workers Announcement comes as UNITE and UNISON unions were initiating ballots on industrial action July 19th: Kevin McAdam, Unite lead officer with responsibility for Health welcomed the announcement by Health Minister Michelle O’Neill that she was instructing her department to…

July 19, 2016
Closure of AFBI’s Crossnacreevy research centre another blow to establishing a sustainable, high-value added economy

Decision forced by NI Executive austerity policies which are damaging the long-term future of our economy AFBI has lost funding for research programmes on potato breeding, renewable energy, biomass and poultry production August 19th: Responding to the announcement that the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will close the Crossnacreevy research centre operated by the…

August 19, 2015