Tag: pensions
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Irish Life workers set for 24-hour strike on April 12th
Stoppage follows decisive vote for action Dispute centres on unilateral closure of healthy pension scheme April 2nd: Irish Life is Ireland’s largest pension provider, but Unite members working for the insurance giant are being forced to take industrial action in defence of their own pensions. Following a decisive vote in favour of industrial action, Unite…
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Irish Life: Decisive vote for industrial action to defend pensions
Decision reflects anger at unilateral closure of scheme in surplus Trade union Unite today (Monday) announced that a sizeable majority of its members in Irish Life have voted for industrial action in response to the company’s unilateral decision to close its Defined Benefit pension scheme as of June 30th. Overall, the Defined Benefit scheme has…
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Unilateral closure of Irish Life pension scheme may trigger industrial action
Ireland’s largest pension provider accused of ‘prioritising balance sheet over workers’ Move to DC scheme will hit around 700 Unite members January 15th: Unite today announced that it is holding a series of consultative meetings with members in pensions giant Irish Life prior to balloting for industrial action in response to the company’s unilateral decision…
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Public sector pay proposals: modest advances long overdue as workers wait 12 years for restoration
Unite to consult with members in advance of balloting June 9th: Trade union Unite said today that the ‘modest advances’ made during negotiations for a successor to the Lansdowne Road Agreement were long overdue given that, by the end of the proposed agreement, workers will have waited 12 years to have their pay restored. Commenting,…
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Unite vows to defend pension rights, public sector workers
Pension age increase does not take account of glaring health inequalities Varadkar warned on strike restriction Unite successes in reversing NI public sector cuts highlighted May 23rd: This afternoon’s debate at Unite’s Fourth Irish Policy Conference in Belfast focussed on pensions, public services and the public workers who deliver them. Opening the debate on pensions,…
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Strong public support for strike at picket lines on all eleven former Belfast City Council managed leisure centres
Industrial action follows 97% ballot vote by UNITE members to defend right of young and new employees to full pension and to secure safe staffing levels Union official blasts ‘inappropriate’ intervention of Belfast City Council officer briefing against workforce on behalf of private management company, Greenwich Leisure Ltd May 24th: Davy Edmont, Unite officer for…