Tag: protest
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Craigavon protest called over threat by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough to outsource leisure services
£3.2 million of ratepayers money has been wasted on consultants threatening a possible 14 percent rates hike post-election Work force representatives from the GMB, NIPSA and UNITE unions who represent the workforce in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council issued the following statement in defence of local leisure services . At the recent meeting…
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Jobstown: Unite welcomes vindication of right to protest
Verdict must signal end to political policing June 29th: Unite today welcomed the ‘Not Guilty’ verdict in the Jobstown trial as a ‘vindication of the right to protest’. Commenting, Unite Regional Secretary Jimmy Kelly said he hoped that the verdict would signal an end to political policing. “The right to protest, like the right to…
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Southern HSCT plans to slash Daisy Hill A&E a disaster waiting to happen
Unite industrial and community branches to join protests at coming SHSCT Board meeting Creeping closure of A&E unit and downgrading of Daisy Hill engineered to open door to private sector providers Unite Regional Officer Kevin McAdam announced that his union would be fully supporting protests called by the Saving Daisy Hill Hospital campaign at the…
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Protests in Derry and Waterford demand Schivo Chief Executive meets union over Maydown job losses and union-busting
Fifteen redundancies announced at Maydown Precision Engineering since transfer to Schivo Management withhold approximately £10,000 of union membership dues paid by workforce August 27th: Trade union Unite has led protests at Waterford and Derry over union-busting behaviour at Derry-based Maydown Precision Engineering since its takeover by Waterford-based Schivo. The protesters demanded that Seamus Kilgallon, Chief…
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Unions stage joint protest at NI economic conference
Trade unionists from Unite, NIPSA, CWU and Unison protest outside the Titanic Quarter buildings this morning. Once again trade union organisations are being ignored at the annual Agenda NI Northern Ireland Economic Conference where there will be no alternative approach to the economic and financial crisis which our members are facing.