Tag: Portadown
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Staff at Glen Dimplex, Portadown end industrial dispute after vote to accept improved pay offer
Unite members employed in staff grades at Glen Dimplex in Portadown have voted overwhelmingly to accept a significantly improved pay offer from management. The decision ends an ongoing pay dispute which has seen workers take four days of strike action in recent weeks. The pay deal provides a consolidated uplift of £2,330 to all staff…
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Strike action to escalates at Glen Dimplex, Portadown in pay dispute
Glen Dimplex staff in Portadown are taking two days of strike action beginning today Monday 5th January. The strike represents an escalation of a pay dispute which saw workers strike for one day December. Approximately 30 workers will strike across a variety of specialist roles including maintenance, engineering, quality, administrative and supervisory functions. The strike…
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Strike action at Glen Dimplex, Portadown over pay
Staff members employed by Glen Dimplex at Portadown will participate in a one-day strike action on Monday [15 December]. The strike involves approximately 30 workers across a variety of specialist roles including maintenance, engineering, quality, administrative and supervisory functions. The strike will commence from 00.01 on Monday [15 December] continuing until 0200 on Tuesday [16…
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Threat by Associated Print to shut Portadown site indefensible
Proposed closure will leave only one newspaper printworks in Northern Ireland Unite the Union has condemned plans by Associated Print to shut its Portadown facility, warning that the move would result in the loss of over 30 skilled jobs and deals a severe blow to Northern Ireland’s newspaper print capacity. The union is calling on…
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Glen Dimplex workers in Portadown to begin industrial action
Dispute is a result of proposed site closure, Unite has notified employer of work-to-rule, training and overtime ban The workforce at Glen Dimplex will commence the first phase of industrial action including a work-to-rule from 00.01am on Friday 16 August. The industrial dispute is a result of proposals by Glen Dimplex’s management to offshore work to…
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Emergency rally in Portadown as Glen Dimplex workers face offshoring threat
Unite calls on election candidates to state what they will do to secure good union jobs in manufacturing Unite has called an emergency rally for the future of manufacturing jobs and skills in the Upper Bann area. When: 12:30 Friday 28 June Where: St Marks Church, Portadown BT62 3LG The rally is being held in…