Tag: Unite NI members

Direct Earnings Attachments threaten to push low-pay workers out of legal employment

Department for Communities places responsibility on Employers for debt collection relating to social security overpayments Impact on low income households likely severe as guidance allows repayments to 40% of net earnings November 10th: Unite Community Coordinator, Albert Hewitt, expressed his concern after his union’s community members learned of communications to employers from the Department for…

November 10, 2016
NI Ambulance Service management cynically exploiting emergency cover agreement

At 10 pm last night (Thursday 12th March), the NI Ambulance Service announced a major incident. In response, Unite responded by advising its members to return to work. Kevin McAdam, Unite national officer with responsibility for health explained the union’s action: “We advised our members to return to normal roles in response to the NIAS’s…

March 13, 2015

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Direct Earnings Attachments threaten to push low-pay workers out of legal employment