Tag Archives: Stormont
Hospitality workers in Northern Ireland denied fair tips rights provided in England, Scotland and Wales
Unite demands Stormont legislate for “fair tips” for Northern Ireland hospitality workers From tomorrow workers in the hospitality sector in Great Britain will have legal protections to receive 100 per cent of tips paid by customers in restaurants, cafes, hotels … Continue reading
Registered childminders demand level playing field on staffing ratio rules in Northern Ireland
Welcome increase in financial support for parents to pay for childcare does nothing for registered childminders Trade union Unite has warned that large numbers of registered childminders have left the sector due to the failure of consecutive Stormont executive’s to … Continue reading
Unite will make school support staff campaign for a pay and grading review an election issue
Unite leader Sharon Graham visits Northern Ireland school support workers’ picket lines and vows to escalate campaign for improved pay and equality Unite general secretary Sharon Graham committed her union to make an election issue of the campaign of school support workers to secure … Continue reading
Northern Ireland school support workers begin strikes over pay and grading
Workers’ presence at Stormont to demand MLAs refuse to support any budget that does not deliver a pay and grading review After six years of failure to implement the review and a staffing crisis, education workers have had enough Over … Continue reading
Stormont budget failure risks strikes during school exam period
Unite calls on four education unions to stand and strike together for improved pay Unite officials and workforce reps have begun coordinating the union’s industrial response, due to the Stormont budget failing to provide anything for low paid education workers. … Continue reading









