Tag: #politicalfailure
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Northern Ireland political representatives must support a form of customs union to avoid a damaging hard border
North-South or East-West hard border unavoidable if UK does not retain a customs union arrangement with EU Given binding backstop already agreed, a vote against a customs union is a vote for a hard sea border between NI and GB In the absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer, Davy Thompson,…
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Political failure means Northern Ireland risks missing out on Heathrow hubs investment
Heathrow long-list of 65 locations, includes six in Northern Ireland, for off-site hub as part of £16 billion airport development project Scottish government has secured hub site for Scotland to create 16,000 jobs – Northern Ireland must get its fair share of investment March 27th: Unite Regional Secretary was highly critical of the political failure…
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Wrightbus redundancies latest hammer blow for Ballymena and Antrim economy
Wrightbus redundancies latest hammer blow for Ballymena and Antrim economy Management inform workers of ninety-five job losses due to downturn in orders February 12th: Manufacturing strategy including economic taskforce, with trade union representation, must be established to tackle tsunami of job losses Employees at Wrightbus were this afternoon [Monday February 12] informed by management that there…
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Department of Infrastructure failure to address workforce pay inequality leaves winter service understaffed
Transport NI failure to respond to union’s warnings about consequences of pay disparity blamed on absence of Infrastructure Minister A fixed ‘rate for the job’ for road gritting duties is only way to ensure continued equality of cover for all parts of Northern Ireland January 17th: Unite Regional Officer, Gareth Scott, explained his union’s efforts to…