Tag Archives: Sharon Graham

National Ambulance Service: Ballot continuing despite resolution of appointment and transfer issues

Unite slams six-year delay in implementing ‘Roles and Responsibilities Review’ recommendations Management must ditch piecemeal approach and address all outstanding issues Trade union Unite, which represents members working for the National Ambulance Service (NAS), today (Wednesday) welcomed confirmation by NAS … Continue reading

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Unite to ballot Nelipak workers for strikes in real living wage dispute

Dismissal of workforce rep during pay negotiations will be fought for Unite by all means available Unite is balloting its members at Nelipak, a manufacturer of sterile barrier systems for medical devices and pharmaceuticals, based in Derry/L’Derry, in a dispute … Continue reading

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Northern Ireland SEN cuts threatened due to costs

Unite will ballot workers at the Education authority in response to plans to cut the terms and conditions of school support workers. In a further development, cost-cutting proposals have been made for a wider review of the system of SEN … Continue reading

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Northern Ireland ambulance service response times more than twice target

Lack of recruitment leaves no possibility of filling the NIAS staffing gap in next five years Unite has challenged the ongoing failure of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) to meet its response time targets and called for a new … Continue reading

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Northern Ireland Executive must ringfence public sector apprenticeship funding

Skills shortages looming as Translink fails to confirm restoration of suspended apprenticeship scheme because of funding squeeze Unite which represents frontline workers across the public sector in Northern Ireland has called on the executive to ring-fence funding in the budget … Continue reading

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