Tag: Nigel Gregg
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Industrial action suspended at Saica and Smurfit-Kappa to allow for further negotiations on a two-year pay deal
Work-to-rule and strike action suspended for twenty-eight days as management return to negotiations November 24th: Confirming that unions representing members in Confederation of Paper Industries employers, including Saica and Smurfit-Kappa in Northern Ireland, have decided to suspend industrial action scheduled over the next days, Unite Regional Officer, Nigel Gregg said: “We welcome the agreement reached…
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Industrial action to proceed at Saica and Smurfit-Kappa in Warrenpoint and Lurgan
Strike action likely to disrupt packaging supplies to Amazon and other suppliers Combined sectoral management blame Brexit for rejecting ‘reasonable’ pay claim November 23rd: Speaking ahead of an overtime ban commencing and a first twenty-four hour strike at packaging companies Saica and Smurfit-Kappa, Unite Regional Officer, Nigel Gregg, called on employers to return to the…
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Unite ballots NI local government workers for strike action following 90 per cent vote against management pay offer
Union warns industrial action could start mid-July June 18th: In Northern Ireland, Unite has joined with NIPSA, GMB and Unison in balloting members on industrial action in support of a pay increase for local authority workers. Unite Chair for Local Authorities, Nigel Gregg, said: “Over one million local authority workers in the UK earn less…