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Health and social care workers in Northern Ireland in strike ballot

Unite to ballot members following failure of department of health to deliver pay parity and safe staffing Unite is to ballot over 4,500 workers in Northern Ireland’s health and social care system, for industrial action. This follows the failure of … Continue reading

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Pay for Northern Ireland health workers must keep pace with rest of NHS

Proposed increase doesn’t resolve long-term problems faced by HSC workers with staff shortages and cuts creating a toxic environment Unite has warned that the government’s pay proposal for NHS staff still fails to address the long-term issues of low pay … Continue reading

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Unite members working in Health and Social Care vote overwhelmingly to accept pay parity offer and end industrial dispute

Union celebrates historic win for workers and pledges to continue efforts to secure legal protections for safe staffing Members of Unite the union working for the health and social care service in Northern Ireland have voted decisively, with an 81 … 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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Moy Park feed mill workers at Randalstown site vote overwhelmingly for strike action over pay and threat to holiday premiums

Unite members at the Moy Park mill in Randalstown have voted by 78 per cent to take strike action in a dispute over pay parity across the business’s Northern Ireland sites. Unite members working as drivers, mill operators and engineers … Continue reading

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