Tag: Public Transport
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Unite negotiating with Bamford to ensure continuity of employment and terms and conditions for Wrightbus workers
Commitment made by new management to union that the future will be based on permanent, direct employed staff Unite Regional Officer for Wrightbus, George Brash, welcomed confirmation that Bamford would be opening a recruitment process to take on additional workers at Wrightbus in Ballymena to enable bus construction. “Today’s announcement by Bamford that it will…
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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…
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Public transport remains the safest mode of transport for female passengers, but this needs to be true for workers as well
Translink management must adopt a no tolerance approach to better support staff attacked in the workplace Figures confirm Translink employees continue to be on the receiving end of verbal and physical assaults November 12th: Davy Thompson, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer responded to revelations that confirmed the high incidence of verbal, physical and sexual assaults on…
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Public have less than three-weeks to safeguard Belfast’s bus lanes and bus services
Drivers’ union urges public to bombard Department for Infrastructure email over opening of Belfast bus lanes to 4,500 private taxis Questions must be asked over how unelected civil servants can reverse decades of public transport policy with minimal consultation June 18th: Unite Regional Coordinating Officer, Davy Thompson, was scathing of proposals published quietly last week…
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Department move to open Belfast bus lanes will compromise public transport in city
Unite to engage with membership on response to threat to both BRT project and City bus services Unelected Department officials appear more concerned with appeasing private taxi lobby than with defending public transport provision March 9th: Responding to reports that the Department of Infrastructure had written to objectors to the twelve hour operation of BRT…
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Translink workers stand ready to defend public transport services against impact of austerity cuts
Northern Ireland’s public transport faces a ‘perfect storm’ between private sector cherry-picking of profitable routes and chronic underfunding Union seeks urgent meeting with Translink management and Department for Infrastructure officials to identify status of threat to bus routes January 23rd: Davy Thompson, Regional Coordinating Officer for Unite the union in Northern Ireland warned that any…