Tag: NI Rail
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Translink management betrays commitment to pay a Living Wage
Decision to exclude minimum wage workers from negotiated pay increase indefensible in light of verbal assurances offered by Translink Chief Executive Union calls on Minister Hazzard to ensure Translink becomes a fully-accredited Living Wage employer November 17th: Unite Regional Officer, Davy McMurray, expressed his union’s dismay after Translink management refused to extend a two percent…
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No justification for Translink management to consider another Fare Hike
Interview remarks indicating Chief Executive’s equivocal attitude to privatisation deeply concerning Translink management stall on delivery of Unite’s ‘cost-saving’ proposals, refuse to disclose findings of studies on NITHCo’s extensive property portfolio September 16th: Unite officer for Translink Davy McMurray, whose union represents the majority of the workforce in Northern Ireland’s public transport provider, has blasted…
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NIC-ICTU biennial delegates’ conference backs Unite proposal to bring Energy sector back into local ownership and accountability
Conference also endorses call for a British-Irish rail interconnector and rail electrification April 12th: Speaking after the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions Biennial Delegates’ Conference in Derry/Londonderry endorsed his union’s radical economic proposals, Jimmy Kelly, Ireland Secretary of Unite, welcomed the decision: “Unite’s membership has borne the brunt of the…
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Enterprise trains refurbishment six weeks delayed and counting
Mounting costs from Translink mismanagement of Belfast to Dublin rail service threatening wider budget for public transport January 11th Unite Regional Officer, Davy McMurray, has challenged the failure of Translink management which has seen a six-week delay so far in the specialised De Dietrich Enterprise Dublin Express trains coming back into service: “The De Dietrich trains,…
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Unite joins with Translink and Women’s Aid in launching the White Ribbon campaign to end violence to women
Translink staff in Ulsterbus, Metro and NI Rail will wear white ribbons for sixteen days Campaign to be launched at Metro Station, Queen Street, Belfast tomorrow (Wednesday, 25th November) at 11.30am Unite Equality Officer, Taryn Trainor, welcomed the strength of support coming from both the workforce and management for the Union’s White Ribbon campaign to…
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Translink’s consultation on train service cuts another insult to travelling public
Travelling public offered a twelve-day consultation to approve unspecified cuts to train routes Unite bus and rail workforce reps gathering to agree campaign of industrial action to defend public transport Unite Regional Officer with responsibility for Translink workers, Davy McMurray, was highly critical of the proposed new consultation on train service cuts: “Translink will follow-up…