Tag Archives: public services
HSE: Unite health workers say ‘backdoor hiring freeze’ impacting patient services
Lunchtime protests set for next week as unions prepare to ballot for action Unite, which represents a range of grades across the Health Services Executive (HSE) said today (Thursday) that what it termed the HSE’s ‘backdoor hiring freeze’ is impacting on … Continue reading
Budget 2025: Workers failed by short-term giveaways
Budget framed ‘with eye to the election rather than eye to the future’ Responding to Budget 2025, Unite, which represents workers throughout the economy, warned that today’s package of election giveaways will not lay the foundations for sustainable wage-led growth. … Continue reading
Quick-fix Budget fails working people
Low and middle income earners, social protection recipients, lose out in real terms Short-term supports no substitute for long-term policies October 10th: In an initial response to the Budget, trade union Unite dubbed the measures announced today a “quick-fix Budget” which … Continue reading
Unite members set for industrial action on Water Services Framework
Water delivery workers in local authorities to down tools on Friday 30 June Unite seeking changes to Water Services Framework including referendum commitment Unite members involved in water delivery services around the country will take industrial action on Friday 30 … Continue reading
Rathlin Island ferry confirm further January strike dates as Unite urges Infrastructure Department to step in
Three year pay freeze amid living costs crisis leaves workers with no alternative Workers deliver 85 percent majority to strike for improved pay Unite the union has called on the Department for Infrastructure to intervene and ensure workers on the … Continue reading









