Tag: Roads Service
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Huge surge in Northern Ireland potholes reflects more than a decade of underinvestment
Roads Service suffering acute staffing crisis as low-pay undermines recruitment and retention Unite the UK’s leading union has blamed a huge increase in potholes in Northern Ireland on chronic under investment in the Roads Service. Statistics unveiled today have revealed that potholes reported by members of the public have increased year on year over the last…
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Roads Service and Forestry service workers to strike for a week commencing on 18 January
Unite’s members across the civil service will refuse to conduct winter service for a week Strike action on 18 January by civil service workers including in Strangford ferry, rivers’ agency, historical environment division, forestry service, roads service as well as staff in the PSNI who are paid on the same pay-scale Unite has announced that…
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Roads Service workers strike in dispute over productivity-based pay system
Workers concerned that productivity unit bonus leaves workers subject to management victimisation and undermines health and safety Strike action commenced at roads service depots in west yesterday [Monday 3rd July] and due at depots in east from Thursday 6th July July 4th: Roads Service workers in Unite the union have recommenced strike action in their…
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Workers in Roads, River, Forestry and Ferry workers and other civil service commence initial, weeklong strike action for pay improvement
Joint Unite-GMB Press Release Strike action by industrial civil servants set to commence from midnight 20th April and continue to 26th April Industrial action by members of Unite and GMB follow ballots of 91 percent and 80 percent in favour of strike respectively. – workers will join wider civil service industrial action involving NIPSA and…