Tag: Unite NI members
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Swissport management must engage to avert looming strike action by baggage-handlers at Belfast City Airport
Threat to lock out workers has galvanised support for strike action and solicited widespread expressions of solidarity Management must use remaining days to engage positively or seek mediation through the Labour Relations Agency October 18th: Unite Regional Industrial Officer, George Brash, has criticised the irresponsibility of Swissport management who appear intent on forcing serious disruption…
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Swissport lockout threat at Belfast City Airport has potential to escalate industrial dispute in UK
Management threaten workers with a lockout if they participate in legitimate and legal strike action Regional Officer confident Unite National Negotiating Committee will take resolute action in solidarity with Belfast workforce October 12th: Expressing his union’s outrage at the threat by management at Swissport to lock out Oxctover employees, including baggage-handlers taking part in planned…
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Conflicting information to Dyno Rod staff leaves workers fearing their jobs are set to go down the drain
Belfast Drain Clearing Services Ltd tell workers they will transferred to Irish Waste Services Ltd from Monday morning but Irish Waste Services Ltd deny any plans to take on Dyno Rod contracts or workers October 5th: Unite Regional Officer Michael Keenan, expressed his concern for his union’s members after their employer told them that their…
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Belfast City Airport baggage handlers vote for strike action
Strike ballot endorses action over management dismissal of union representative Union to consult members on specific form of the industrial action that will be taken September 28th: Confirming that Unite members working for Swissport in Belfast City Airport have voted for strike action, Unite Regional Officer, George Brash said: “This is a clear vote in…
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Metro Bus drivers threaten to withdraw bus services after attacks
Warning comes after latest in series of sporadic attacks on Buses last Saturday in the Falls Park area September 25th: Jackie Pollock, Unite deputy Regional Secretary, issued a warning on behalf of his union’s Metro drivers, that they could withdraw bus services from the Falls Park area of West Belfast: “Over recent months our drivers…