Tag Archives: Redundancies

Executive parties must commit to long-term funding of vital Youth Services

Posted on January 24, 2017 by unitetheunion

Staff left anxious for future after receipt of protective notice letters from Education Authority January 24th: Unite Regional Officer, Taryn Trainor, who represents the union’s membership in the Youth Service sector called for all Assembly parties to commit themselves to … Continue reading →

Posted in Northern Ireland news, Press Releases, Public Services | Tagged austerity, austerity cuts, Department of Education, Education Authority, funding, Peter Weir, post-conflict society, protective notice, Redundancies, Taryn Trainor., Taryn Trainor. equality, youth clubs, youth services | Leave a comment

UK Government must provide Globalisation Adjustment funding to support Northern Ireland workers affected by large-scale redundancies

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Unite the union NI

Union makes call as Bombardier management confirms 1,080 job-losses initially planned over two years will be delivered in current year Davy Thompson, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer responded to confirmation Bombardier management would seek to deliver an originally planned two-year redundancy … Continue reading →

Posted in Manufacturing, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases | Tagged Belfast, Bombardier, Davy Thompson, EGF, employment, European Union, HM Treasury, Industrial Strategy, James Brokenshire, job losses, Northern Ireland, Redundancies, Reskilling, Retraining, Shorts | Leave a comment

Caterpillar announcement another blow to NI Manufacturing base

Posted on September 1, 2016 by unitetheunion

Today must be a turning point for Stormont industrial policy with real action to help beleaguered sector Executive parties acting as if manufacturing is a lost cause, Northern Ireland needs a stand-alone strategy September 1st: Unite Regional Coordinating Officer, Davy … Continue reading →

Posted in Manufacturing, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases | Tagged Carrickfergus, Caterpillar, Closure, Davy Thompson, DUP, FG Wilson, Industrial Strategy, InvestNI, job losses, Monkstown, Newtownabbey, NI Executive, Redundancies, Sinn Fein, Unite NI | Leave a comment

Union members in Tayto discuss next steps in campaign to defend jobs and win Living Wage

Posted on April 29, 2016 by unitetheunion

Management letter sent to workers’ homes impacted ballot result by threatening job security Manderley Group refusal to raise wage to legal minimum morally unjustifiable Sean McKeever, Unite officer for production and packaging workers at Tayto in Tandragee has responded to … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign for Decent Pay, Living Wage, Manufacturing, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases | Tagged #Unite4FairPay, ballot, Hutchinson, Industrial disputes, Living Wage, Manderley Food Group, poverty pay, Redundancies, Sean McKeever, Tandragee, Tayto, Unite NI | Leave a comment

Union hopes $5.6 billion Delta Airlines CSeries order will mean planned redundancies at Bombardier can be avoided

Posted on April 28, 2016 by unitetheunion

Unite warns depressed state of private and regional aircraft market still poses a threat to Belfast employment April 28th: Davy Thompson, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer responsible for Bombardier-Shorts workforce, expressed his union’s hopes that a major order from Delta Airlines … Continue reading →