Tag Archives: outsourcing
Belfast City Council must vindicate employment rights of outsourced Leisure workers
Outsourced management company Greenwich Leisure Ltd effectively threatens 49 leisure workers around city with redundancy unless they accept reduced T&Cs contracts In addition more than twenty former Andersonstown Road Leisure Centre staff seeking right to return on same conditions of … Continue reading
Capita crisis: Time to call time on outsourcing culture
Outsourcing giant’s profit warning should ring alarm bells says Unite Is Capita set to be Ireland’s Carillion? January 31st: Unite today called on the Government to impose a moratorium on outsourcing pending a risk assessment of major contractors. The call … Continue reading
DUP and Sinn Féin support Unite’s demand for direct employment of Carillion workers by Housing Executive
Uncertainty facing 250 workers after Carillion Northern Ireland-operation falls into liquidation must be lifted Following confirmation earlier in the day that Carillion Energy Service, who provides Housing Executive maintenance work in Northern Ireland, had followed Carillion plc into liquidation, Jackie … Continue reading
Politicians to hear workers’ concerns over Schlumberger closure proposal
Workers from Schlumberger’s production facility in Newtownabbey will raise their concerns directly with local political leaders at an event organised by Unite the union. December 6th: Under corporate management plans, Schlumberger’s site in Northern Ireland is scheduled for closure … Continue reading
Schlumberger announce plans to close Newtownabbey site with loss of more than 220 jobs
Concern that closure proposal is an unjustified attempt to lower costs at workers’ expense Unite will seek explanation why Northern Ireland site will be closed as opposed to other locations October 26th: Susan Fitzgerald, Unite Regional Industrial Officer, reacted to … Continue reading









