Tag: NIPSA
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Unions lodge notice of first 24-hour strike by workers at Belfast council leisure services
Joint UNITE-NIPSA press release Belfast leisure workers are lowest paid in Northern Ireland and are seeking a one pound an hour increase to the current pay offer Talks ended without management company Greenwich Leisure Limited making any improved pay offer Unite and NIPSA trade unions have announced a 24-hour strike by leisure staff at facilities…
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Belfast GLL leisure workers vote for industrial action
Largest council in Northern Ireland has worst pay for leisure workers Industrial action to commence Tuesday 15 July with a work to rule at outsourced leisure centres and gyms Members of Unite and NIPSA employed at Belfast’s municipal leisure centres have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action. The ballot followed the refusal of Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL)…
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Unions warn Belfast council of leisure centres strike threat
Patience of leisure workers at end, Greenwich Leisure Limited must provide clarity and transparency Trade unions Unite and NIPSA have met Belfast city council management and warned them of the prospect of disruptive industrial action by leisure centre workers. The workforce is in a pay dispute with outsourced management company Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL). Following…
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Public encouraged to attend demonstration and show opposition to outsourcing of leisure services at Ards & North Down District Council.
Trade unions warn of likelihood that outsourcing will lead to huge price hikes and corner-cutting on staffing. Representatives of GMB, NIPSA and UNITE are adopting a united front against proposals before Ards & North Down District Council which threaten to hand over leisure services to the private management company Serco. The unions highlight the poor…
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Workers in Roads, River, Forestry and Ferry workers and other civil service commence initial, weeklong strike action for pay improvement
Joint Unite-GMB Press Release Strike action by industrial civil servants set to commence from midnight 20th April and continue to 26th April Industrial action by members of Unite and GMB follow ballots of 91 percent and 80 percent in favour of strike respectively. – workers will join wider civil service industrial action involving NIPSA and…
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Newry Mourne and Down council services to be heavily impacted by industrial action from April 10th
Members of GMB, NIPSA and SIPTU commence work-to-rule from Monday 10th April, to be joined by Unite from 12th April Industrial action by members of all four trade unions at council proceeds after management renege on commitment to partnership-based job evaluation process Trade unions at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council confirmed that industrial action…