Tag: Susan Fitzgerald
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Unite public sector members set for picket lines tomorrow
Strike reflects workers’ frustrations at cost-of-living pressures and broken promises Government must gain workers’ trust As Unite members in the public sector prepare to take to the picket lines across the country tomorrow, the union said that the strike reflects workers’ frustration at cost-of-living pressures and the government’s failure to honour previous commitments. Unite also…
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Strike at Haldane-Fisher ends after workers win inflation-busting pay deal
Members of Unite employed at Haldane-Fisher in Newry are to return to work after securing an inflation beating pay increase after five weeks of all-out strike action. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This was a hard fought and well won victory by workers who were prepared to strike to secure a decent pay increase.…
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Stormont must legislate on upper working temperature limits
Workers need protection from excessive heat, in particular those involved in strenuous activity Responding to the current heatwave, Unite has called on the Stormont executive to introduce upper working temperature limits as a matter of urgency. The demand is included in Unite’s ‘Workers in the eye of the storm’ campaign for improved health and safety…
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Unite condemns violence and demands all employers ensure workers’ safety
All workers have a right to go to work without fear or harassment. Serious disorder in Northern Ireland last night saw rioters commandeer a glider bus, forcing the driver off before setting it alight. Public transport services have been suspended to protect drivers and transport workers. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Unite condemns the violence carried out…
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Stormont Executive has no excuse for failing to deliver on basic rights for workers
Political parties are warned that if they fail to deliver for workers they will not be forgiven Responding to recent developments in Stormont around the Good Jobs Bill, Unite the union has demanded that the promises for workers’ rights be delivered in the current assembly term. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Most of the…
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May Day warning: Workers won’t be shortchanged
Speaking ahead of International Workers’ Day (May Day – Friday 1 May), Unite’s Irish secretary Susan Fitzgerald warned both public and private sector employers that workers will not tolerate being shortchanged and said that Unite members across Ireland are determined to defend their living standards in the face of the latest cost-of-living crisis. “Workers have been…