Tag: REA

  • Welcoming construction growth, Unite says workers must share in recovery

    Union has written to employers seeking engagement on new industry-wide agreement Union says workers now earning less than in 2004 September 9th: Responding to the latest CSO figures showing that building construction output in the second quarter was up 7.2 per cent compared to the same period last year, trade union Unite today said that…

  • Archaeologists challenging poverty pay

    New Unite archaeology branch digging for decent work June 19th: Contract archaeologists working in Ireland have joined Unite in a bid to improve their terms and conditions of employment. At present site assistants – most of whom have postgraduate degrees in archaeology and related disciplines – earn little more than a Euro above the minimum…