Tag Archives: Survey

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

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Unite the union NI

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 →

Posted in Campaign for Decent Pay, Industrial disputes, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases, Public Services | Tagged health and social care, low pay, NHS, safe staffing, Sharon Graham, strike, Survey | Leave a comment

Unite survey of striking housing workers exposes shocking impact of poverty pay at NIHE

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Unite the union NI

90% struggling to make ends meet, 73% borrowing to get by, one-in-three forced to use foodbanks A Unite the union survey of its members working for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive has exposed the scale of the financial pressures bearing … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign for Decent Pay, Northern Ireland news, Public Services | Tagged housing workers, Michael Keenan, NI Housing Executive, poverty pay, strike, Survey | Leave a comment

Unite launches workers’ survey for hospitality and tourism

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Unite the union NI

Former Ivy worker and Unite the Union Hospitality & Tourism Coordinator Julia Marciniak is today launching an online survey to gather and interpret working conditions and pay in the hospitality sector as many people return to work over the coming weeks. The confidential survey … Continue reading →

Posted in Press Releases, Republic of Ireland news | Tagged hospitality, Julia Marciniak, Survey, tourism, Unite ROI | 1 Comment

UK and Ireland-wide survey confirms scale of workplace problems in Northern Ireland’s community and voluntary sector

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Unite the union NI

Survey of more than 2,500 working in the sector confirms stress, low-pay, management bullying are leading to low staff morale and mental health challenges Unite Equalities Officer, Taryn Trainor, called for workers in the community and voluntary sector to join … Continue reading →