Tag: Portadown
-
Moy Park bosses refusal to provide workforce Covid testing blasted by Unite the union
Group’s latest profits showed £72 million in operating profits with the top-paid director receiving £2.6 million In the face of total and continued inaction by the Stormont Ministers on crisis in meatpacking sector, workers will organise to defend themselves Sean McKeever, Regional Officer for Unite, blasted the refusal of Moy Park bosses to provide Covid-19 testing to their workforce…
-
Urgent action needed by Stormont Ministers after Moy Park worker dies from Covid-19 and clusters of infection reported at a growing number of poultry and meatpacking sites
Moy Park’s Dungannon site must be temporarily shutdown while entire workforce, and families, is tested and assessed, with workers receiving full pay for duration Health and Safety Executive of NI must conduct responsive and unannounced physical inspections of meat processing sites to assess infection controls Sean McKeever, Regional Officer for Unite, demanded that the Northern…
-
Moy Park workforce left incensed as company bosses refuse fully-paid leave for workers self-isolating with Covid-19 symptoms
Company fails to reply in a week to Unite request for 100 percent paid leave for those unable to work Sean McKeever, Unite Regional Officer blasted the management of Moy Park for their callous refusal to extend financial protections to vulnerable and self-isolating employees. “Moy Park bosses have once again confirmed their callous disregard for the…
-
Food production workers will not allow themselves to become the collateral damage of the Northern Ireland Executive’s failure to enforce infection control
NIFDA industry guidance is welcome but now must be converted into action in all workplaces Unite Regional officer for the Food sector including employers such as Moy Park, Sean McKeever, welcomed the new industry guidance issued by the Northern Ireland Food & Drink Industry (NIFDA) today but called on employers to roll it out across all workplaces. “Today’s NIFDA…
-
A thousand workers walkout at Moy Park site at Seagoe in Portadown after company profits are put before safety
Unite proposals to secure health and safety protections rejected by bosses, leads to spontaneous walk out by workers Sean McKeever, Unite Regional Officer confirmed that there had been a mass walkout of workers at Moy Park at Seagoe, Portadown: “Up to one thousand workers have walked out of the Seagoe Moy Park site in Portadown. This follows…
-
Moy Park strike ballot called by Unite in defence of workforce terms and conditions
Strike ballot of more than three thousand Unite members in largest Northern Ireland employer will proceed in coming weeks April 15th: Sean McKeever, Unite Regional Officer representing Unite’s members at Moy Park sites across Northern Ireland confirmed that the union would be balloting members over unreasonable management demands in ongoing pay negotiations. “When Moy Park…