Tag: Sean Smyth
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Unite members accept improved pay offer at Builders’ Merchants, Haldane Fisher in Newry
Industrial action including overtime ban and twelve planned strike days called off Improved offer includes 2.5% pay increase and additional paid holiday April 28th: Unite Regional Officer, Sean Smyth, welcomed the outcome of negotiations at which a significantly improved pay offer was made to his union’s membership: “This is a good result for our members…
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Stakeholder parties must work together to secure continued success and employment at Antrim Carpets
Unite offers to mediate between management, landlord and purchaser Union’s sole interest is to secure much needed employment in an area of acute deprivation Unite Regional Officer, Sean Smyth, whose union represents workers at Antrim Carpets has called on all stakeholder parties to work collaboratively to secure employment and a future for the company: “Antrim…
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Unite confirms strike action dates at Newry Builders’ Merchants, Haldane Fisher
Overtime ban and twelve days of strike action to win cost-of-living pay increase at successful business Workers demand to be rewarded for higher productivity and years of pay moderation April 22nd: Unite Regional Officer, Sean Smyth, responsible for his union’s membership at Haldane-Fisher has called on management to act now to make a reasonable pay…
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Sainsbury’s restructuring proposals threaten more than two hundred jobs in Northern Ireland
Unite will work with management in an attempt to minimise necessary redundancies UK restructuring will affect Unite members working in Holywood, West Belfast, Strand Road and Dungannon April 5th: Sean Smyth, Unite officer for Unite members in Sainsbury’s explained that UK-wide management plans to restructure nightshifts and reduce store trainers would mean that more than…
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Dunnes to close food hall in Park Centre, Belfast with fifty job losses
Shock job loss announcement made without engagement with union or political representatives November 4th: Unite Regional Officer, Sean Smyth, expressed his union’s disappointment with the job loss announcement and manner of its delivery: “Dunnes stores has announced that it proposes to close its food hall in the Park Centre, Belfast with the loss of approximately…
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Unite challenges justification for 3M Bangor announcement of thirty-four job losses
3M informs workforce compulsory redundancies likely at Bangor site Scale of job-losses disproportionate to transfer of production proposed October 26th: Sean Smyth, Unite Regional Officer, expressed his union’s dismay at the 3M Bangor announcement that they plan 34 job-losses following the transfer of Tier B tape manufacture to Italy: “This announcement has come as a cruel…