Tag Archives: Unite NI

Minister must support residents threatened by Four Seasons nursing homes closure

  Union welcomes decision by Minister to review plans for closure of twelve statutory nursing homes Private sector failure demonstrates need for expanded role for statutory provision November 24th: Unite Regional Officer with responsibility for Health, Kevin McAdam, expressed his concern … Continue reading

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Unite joins with Translink and Women’s Aid in launching the White Ribbon campaign to end violence to women

Translink staff in Ulsterbus, Metro and NI Rail will wear white ribbons for sixteen days Campaign to be launched at Metro Station, Queen Street, Belfast tomorrow (Wednesday, 25th November) at 11.30am Unite Equality Officer, Taryn Trainor, welcomed the strength of … Continue reading

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Schlumberger confirms it will cut 37 jobs at Newtownabbey plant

Job losses reflects downturn in Oil and Gas sector and weakness of NI manufacturing operating environment Unite will engage with management to mitigate planned jobs losses and secure best possible redundancy for members affected November 19th: Speaking after a meeting … Continue reading

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Ministerial silence and inaction in face of multiple job loss announcements unacceptable

Unite Regional Secretary calls for the Executive to bring forward set of proposals to deal with the crisis in NI Manufacturing. First Minister and deputy First Minister must give a lead on dealing with the issues leading to job losses. … Continue reading

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Multiple job loss announcements proof Northern Ireland manufacturing is in crisis

Caterpillar announce ninety-eight job losses, Schrader forty-two and Invista are to seek up to forty-eight redundancies Minister Bell must reverse Invest NI decision to not proactively seek inward investment in Manufacturing November 11th: Davy Thompson, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer responded … Continue reading

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