Tag: public services
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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 patient services and causing staff burnout. The union was commenting ahead of lunchtime protests scheduled…
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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. While any measures to alleviate immediate cost-of-living pressures will be welcomed, Unite said that, by…
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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 uses short-term supports to mask the ongoing failure to develop long-term policies to reduce costs.…
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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 June. The dispute follows members’ decision to reject the ‘Framework for the Future Delivery of…
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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 ferry service between Ballycastle and Rathlin Island receive a cost of living pay increase and…
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Those responsible for savage assault of Translink Glider workers must face full weight of the law
Unite calls on public to come forward to help identify those involved in attack on Glider workers Attack latest example of Translink employees being on the receiving end of verbal and physical assaults December 28th: Davy Thompson, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer for Translink workers on bus and rail services across Northern Ireland condemned the violent…