Tag Archives: Unite the union

New Unite Regional Secretary: workers refuse to just survive but will fightback and win through their trade unions

Posted on April 29, 2023 by Unite the union NI

Susan Fitzgerald calls on the trade union movement to draw the lessons from workers’ struggle and hit back hard at government Punishing budget cuts will devastate public services in Northern Ireland and are an attempt to make working-class people pay … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign for Decent Pay, Northern Ireland news, Press Releases | Tagged cost of living, fightback, Susan Fitzgerald, Unite the union | Leave a comment

Workforce at Queen’s University to take strike action to defend pay and pensions

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Unite the union NI

Unite the union striking on 16th March, UCU on 15th and 16th March Both Unite and UCU at QUB are set to take further strike action at Queen’s University as part of their ongoing industrial dispute with management over fair and equitable pay, … Continue reading →

Posted in Northern Ireland news, Press Releases, Public Services | Tagged Belfast, Queen's University Belfast, strike action, UCu, Unite the union, University | Leave a comment

Industrial Civil Servants, including Workers in Roads Service, Rivers Agency, Forest Service and Strangford Ferry, vote overwhelmingly for strike action in pursuit of pay increase

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Unite the union NI

Unite and GMB members employed in the industrial civil service are set to coordinate action with non-industrial civil service workers in NIPSA Strike ballot occurs alongside existing industrial dispute by roads workers seeking end to productivity pay mechanism Unite and the GMB … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign for Decent Pay, Northern Ireland news, Public Services | Tagged ballot, Forestry Service, Gareth Scott, GMB, industrial civil service, Northern Ireland, rivers agency, Roads Service, Sharon Graham, strike action, Unite the union | Leave a comment

Unite the union Champions Cup 2021 called off

Posted on May 4, 2022 by Unite the union NI

The Unite the union Champions’ Cup 2021 has regrettably been called off in the wake of scheduling issues which have left Unite the union, the Football Association of Ireland and the Irish Football Association with no choice but to inform … Continue reading →

Posted in Press Releases | Tagged Champions' Cup, Davy Thompson, FAI, IFA, Unite the union | Leave a comment

Unite members vote with a 90 percent majority for strike action in demand of improved pay at Spirit Aerosystems

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Unite the union NI

Strike action likely to proceed at all Spirit sites unless management responds with a pay offer that protects workers from surging price rises Unite the union, which represents the majority of workers at Spirit Aerosystems in Belfast, confirm that its members have voted … Continue reading →