Tag Archives: Public Transport

Strong vote for strike action against Stormont Austerity Budget

Workers in Translink, Education & Library Boards, Roads Service, NI Fire & Rescue Service and Housing Executive to take one-day strike action Friday March 13th. Unite healthcare workers to join action on March 13th over pay dispute Unite Regional Secretary, … Continue reading

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Unite seek urgent meeting with Minister Kennedy over bus and rail cuts

Translink management say Minister is preventing disclosure of full scale of cuts to union Monday, March 2nd: Unite Officer with responsibility for Public Transport, Davy McMurray, has written to demand an urgent meeting with DRD Minister, Danny Kennedy, after Translink … Continue reading

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Translink needs to come clean on management reform proposals

Proposals are a transparent, eleventh hour attempt to influence strike ballot February 25th: Unite’s lead Regional Officer for public transport, Davy McMurray called for management at Translink to provide detail on their proposals to cut expenditure on management waste to … Continue reading

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Unite to build People Power campaign to defend bus and rail services

December 10: Threat to local bus runs is an attack on older people, disabled, families and working poor  Union commits to work with local communities and voluntary groups Following a meeting with senior shop stewards across both bus and rail … Continue reading

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Unite to defend Northern Ireland’s bus and rail services

Threat to local bus services will have huge impact on older people, disabled, families and working poor in regional towns December 5th: Davy McMurray, lead Regional Officer for public transport in Unite expressed Unite’s total opposition to proposals  which would see … Continue reading

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