Tag: strike
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Pilgrims workers secure inflation busting pay improvement and end strike
Workers vote overwhelmingly to accept above inflation deal which provides paid breaks to all Members of Unite employed at Pilgrim’s Enniskillen site have voted overwhelmingly to accept an improved pay offer and end their dispute. The workers have taken six weeks of strike action in pursuit of improved pay. The deal will see all shop…
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Department of economy must investigate use of agency workers at Pilgrims during strike
Employment agency, Staffline Group plc, advertised for immediate start positions at Pilgrims after Unite wrote to raise need for compliance with agency regulations Unite has formally complained to the department of economy’s employment agency inspectorate over Pilgrim Europe’s illegal use of agency workers during the strike at the company’s Enniskillen factory. The union has demanded…
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Pilgrims Europe employees in Enniskillen will strike for two further weeks in escalating pay dispute
Workforce is seeking a cost of living pay increase and an end to the current unequal payment of breaks Approximately 130 members of Unite employed by Pilgrims Europe are set to escalate their strike action at the company’s Enniskillen site. The union served notice on the employer of a further two-week strike commencing 6.30am on…
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Haldane Fisher strikes causing construction sector disruption across Ireland
Approximately 40 members of Unite have entered the eighth day of strike action at Haldane-Fisher in Newry. The strike is a result of the workers rejecting a below-inflation, 2.5 per cent pay increase imposed by management. Haldane-Fisher has its own network of shops but its Newry supply store is central to its supply trade to…
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First one day strike set to shutdown Balcas sawmill
Low-paid workforce at highly profitable Enniskillen sawmill vote overwhelmingly to reject insulting pay offer Unite members at Enniskillen-based sawmill Balcas are to commence the first of three 24-hour strike actions on Thursday (June 18). In the absence of an improved offer from management, the strike will be followed by two further one-day strike on June…
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Staff at Glen Dimplex, Portadown end industrial dispute after vote to accept improved pay offer
Unite members employed in staff grades at Glen Dimplex in Portadown have voted overwhelmingly to accept a significantly improved pay offer from management. The decision ends an ongoing pay dispute which has seen workers take four days of strike action in recent weeks. The pay deal provides a consolidated uplift of £2,330 to all staff…