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Mid Ulster District Council Leisure workers to continue all-out strike for improved coaching payments

Strike by leisure workers continues at both Cookstown and Greenvale Leisure Centres Approximately 30 members of Unite the union employed at both Cookstown Leisure Centre and Greenvale Leisure Centre are taking strike action in demand of improved payments for coaching … Continue reading

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Public transport unions to escalate strike action next month

Joint transport unions press release The three public transport trade unions, Unite, GMB and SIPTU, will today (Monday 22 January) notify Translink of further planned strike action on Thursday (1 February). This is the first of a likely four further … Continue reading

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Health and Social Care Northern Ireland: Unite survey reveals safe staffing shortages in frontline services, due to low pay crisis

76 per cent of health and social care workers report patient care being compromised or unsafe either regularly or occasionally as a result of staffing shortages Only 21 per cent of health and social care workers did not consider leaving … Continue reading

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Unite education authority workers announce eight days of strike action 

Workers seek implementation of negotiated pay and grading review to deliver equality and pay improvement In absence of move by secretary of state, education support staff will escalate their action over next three weeks  Unite the union has served notice … Continue reading

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8,000 members of Unite to participate in one day public sector strike on 18 January

Workers in health and social care, education, public transport, roads, forestry, rivers, ferries and PSNI to strike for improved pay Union demands secretary of state for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris stops using underfunding of public services as negotiating leverage Unite … Continue reading

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