Tag Archives: Roads Service

Workers in Roads, River, Forestry and Ferry workers and other civil service commence initial, weeklong strike action for pay improvement

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Unite the union NI

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign for Decent Pay, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases, Public Services | Tagged Forestry Service, GMB, NIPSA, PCS, Portaferry, rivers agency, Roads Service, Sharon Graham, Strangford, Strangford ferry, Unite | Leave a comment

Industrial Civil Servants, including Workers in Roads Service, Rivers Agency, Forest Service and Strangford Ferry, vote overwhelmingly for strike action in pursuit of pay increase

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Unite the union NI

Unite and GMB members employed in the industrial civil service are set to coordinate action with non-industrial civil service workers in NIPSA Strike ballot occurs alongside existing industrial dispute by roads workers seeking end to productivity pay mechanism Unite and the GMB … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign for Decent Pay, Northern Ireland news, Public Services | Tagged ballot, Forestry Service, Gareth Scott, GMB, industrial civil service, Industrial disputes, Northern Ireland, rivers agency, Roads Service, Sharon Graham, Unite the union | Leave a comment

Roads Service maintenance workers in Unite commence one week strike action

Posted on February 26, 2023 by Unite the union NI

Road Workers demand productivity payment be integrated into payscales to remove potential mechanism for pay victimization. More than two hundreds Unite members employed by the Roads Service of Northern Ireland will be joining with colleagues in the GMB in taking … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Wage, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases, Public Services | Tagged Gareth Scott, Joanne McWilliams, Productivity, Roads Service, Sharon Graham, strike, Victimisation | Leave a comment

DfI Roads workers at Woodburn depot to strike over inaction on management bullying

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Unite the union NI

After 90.9 percent strike vote, workforce pickets to be deployed at Woodburn DfI Roads in Derry/Londonderry during twenty-four strike, which starts midnight on Thursday, July 22rd Road Service workers’ union Unite warns first twenty-four hour stoppage at Woodburn likely to escalate … Continue reading →

Posted in Northern Ireland news, Press Releases | Tagged bullying, Derry/Londonderry, Gareth Scott, Industrial disputes, Nichola Mallon, Roads Service, Unite NI | 10 Comments

Department of Infrastructure failure to address workforce pay inequality leaves winter service understaffed

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Unite the union NI

Transport NI failure to respond to union’s warnings about consequences of pay disparity blamed on absence of Infrastructure Minister A fixed ‘rate for the job’ for road gritting duties is only way to ensure continued equality of cover for all … Continue reading →