Tag Archives: Northern Ireland

Stormont must protect pensioners from devastating loss of winter fuel payment

Today, representatives from organisations backing the campaign, to restore the winter fuel payment including trade union Unite, met with Communities minister Gordon Lyons to demand urgent action to shield low-income pensioners from the impact of the payment cut. The campaign has called on … Continue reading

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Hospitality workers in Northern Ireland denied fair tips rights provided in England, Scotland and Wales

Unite demands Stormont legislate for “fair tips” for Northern Ireland hospitality workers From tomorrow workers in the hospitality sector in Great Britain will have legal protections to receive 100 per cent of tips paid by customers in restaurants, cafes, hotels … Continue reading

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Supreme Court unanimously upholds Unite’s right to strike

‘Historic’ judgement rejects employers’ injunction In a ‘landmark ruling’, the Supreme Court has today found that Unite was fully legally entitled to undertake strike action in a dispute with construction company Jones Engineering.  The strike action, which involved hundreds of … Continue reading

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Unite NI health reps recommend acceptance of pay offer ensuring parity with NHS workers in England & Wales

Unite the union’s workforce representatives have voted to recommend acceptance of a pay offer made by the department of health in negotiations. These resulted from industrial action taken by health workers in Northern Ireland who sought to maintain pay parity … Continue reading

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8,000 members of Unite to participate in one day public sector strike on 18 January

Workers in health and social care, education, public transport, roads, forestry, rivers, ferries and PSNI to strike for improved pay Union demands secretary of state for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris stops using underfunding of public services as negotiating leverage Unite … Continue reading

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