Tag Archives: Stormont
Unite hosts a meeting at Stormont as part of campaign to restore the Winter Fuel Payment
Unite the union will be holding a meeting at the Long Gallery in Stormont today (3.30pm) as part of its campaign to fully restore the Winter Fuel payment. This meeting will address the devastating impact of the changes to the … Continue reading
Stormont must protect pensioners from devastating loss of winter fuel payment
Today, representatives from organisations backing the campaign, to restore the winter fuel payment including trade union Unite, met with Communities minister Gordon Lyons to demand urgent action to shield low-income pensioners from the impact of the payment cut. The campaign has called on … Continue reading
Unions warn minister pay deal delay for water workers will lead to strikes
Unite – GMB joint trade union press release NI Water and NI Water Alpha employees in Unite and GMB preparing to take industrial action Trade unions Unite and the GMB have warned finance minister Caoimhe Archibald that she risks a … Continue reading
All seven Stormont party leaders sign winter fuel payment pledge
Party leaders unite behind union demand for the reinstatement of the winter fuel payment as a universal benefit Retired members of Unite in Northern Ireland have scored a clean sweep of political leaders in support of their winter fuel payment … Continue reading
Campaign to restore Winter fuel payment for all pensioners launched on steps to Stormont
At today’s National Pensioners Convention rally at Stormont, speaker after speaker assailed both the Labour government for ending the winter fuel payment and the Stormont executive for meekly enforcing the policy in Northern Ireland. Unite’s speakers committed the union to … Continue reading









