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Huge surge in Northern Ireland potholes reflects more than a decade of underinvestment
Roads Service suffering acute staffing crisis as low-pay undermines recruitment and retention Unite the UK’s leading union has blamed a huge increase in potholes in Northern Ireland on chronic under investment in the Roads Service. Statistics unveiled today have revealed that … Continue reading
Public encouraged to attend demonstration and show opposition to outsourcing of leisure services at Ards & North Down District Council.
Trade unions warn of likelihood that outsourcing will lead to huge price hikes and corner-cutting on staffing. Representatives of GMB, NIPSA and UNITE are adopting a united front against proposals before Ards & North Down District Council which threaten to … Continue reading
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Belfast City Council vote for Greenwich Leisure Limited to recognise leisure workforce unions must now be implemented
Leisure staff warn council that failure to recognise representative trade unions will led to ballot on industrial action. Outsourced leisure services across Belfast are delivered by a two-tier workforce with staff pay the lowest in Northern Ireland, further exposing them … Continue reading
Tory government’s National Insurance hike aims to make workers pay for costs of rationed and privatised Social Care provision
Unite Regional Secretary Jackie Pollock challenged the Tory government on its decision to raise national insurance contributions by 1.25 percent under cover of funding social care in a Covid crisis. “The increase of 1.25 percent on national insurance from April … Continue reading
Department of Health must nationalise Four Seasons nursing homes for benefit of staff and clients
Three thousand five hundred workers and seventeen hundred vulnerable and elderly persons in Northern Ireland face threat as company enters administration Questions must be asked about role of private sector in the provision of social care and how the NHS … Continue reading
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