Tag: #NINeedsAPayRise
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Welcome break in Departmental log-jam ensures healthcare workers receive independent pay body recommended pay increase
Unite welcomes news that healthcare workers will now receive recommended one percent pay increase Latest Retail Price Inflation figures mean HSC workers effectively still suffering a 2.9% standard of living cut December 13th: Kevin McAdam, Unite Industrial officer with responsibility for the health sector welcomed confirmation that the Department of Health would ensure that £26…
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Latest household income stats confirm work failing to lift workers out of poverty
62% of all Northern Ireland adults in poverty in 2015-16 were living in working households Marginal increase in total incomes in Northern Ireland leaves households lagging far behind rest of UK Jackie Pollock, Deputy Regional Secretary for Unite, said that figures released today on Household Incomes in Northern Ireland for the 2015-2016 tax-year confirmed the…