Tag: Portadown
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Threat to Portadown site is completely unjustified while Glen Dimplex profits and dividends soar
Announcement of proposed closure comes as a shocking blow to workforce Unite the union has blasted today’s announcement by Glen Dimplex of plans to close its Portadown factory. Management issued a statement indicating that work on storage and panel heaters will move to Lithuania with production at the Portadown site ceasing in 2025. The union…
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Portadown workers resolute on pickets at Kingspan Water & Energy
Unite slams company for piling money into shareholders’ pockets but denying workers their bonus and fair pay All-out strike action follows big rejection of inadequate eve of strike offer Unite the union members at Kingspan Water & Energy Ltd have commenced all-out strike action today [Monday, 20 March 2023]. Pickets went up at the company’s…
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Kingspan workforce at Portadown to commence all out strike action for cost of living pay increase
Industrial action follows 99 percent vote for strike action on 91 percent turnout Workers unanimously reject ‘eve-of-strike’ offer providing only 5 percent consolidated pay increase Unite the union has confirmed that its membership at Kingspan Water & Energy Ltd will be taking strike action on Monday [20 March 2023]. Pickets will be due to go…
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Glen Dimplex in Portadown must end cycle of poverty pay by offering workers a decent pay rise
Unite has made a counter-offer to management to end debilitating strike and awaits management response First day of strike action at home heater manufacturer resulted in a collapse in production. Two more strike days to follow. Nine out of ten Glen Dimplex workers voted yesterday evening to reject a last minute pay offer by management.…
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Glen Dimplex UK Ltd in Portadown served with notice of strike action after 96 percent of workforce vote for action in strike ballot for a Living Wage
First three day strike action is due to commence with workforce pickets forming at 6am Wednesday November 10th for three days ending 3pm Friday November 12th Unite the union warns of likelihood that initial strike action will escalate to all out strike if management do not provide a Living Wage to its workforce. It’s now…
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Northern Ireland Executive must ensure Chancellor moves on June 10th furlough deadline currently blocking support to 500 Thompson Aero Seating workers
Government intervention and investment for repurposing needed to preserve Aerospace jobs and skills as sharp downturn leads to empty order books Kieran Ellison, Unite Regional Officer for Thompson Aero Seating, expressed his union’s dismay at this afternoon’s announcement by Thompson Aero Seating Ltd bosses of plans for five hundred potential redundancies. “Today’s announcement will come…