Tag: #UniteAgainstCuts
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Cuts to funding for Translink services threatening passenger safety
Unite driver suspended after refusing to drive unsafe vehicle after engineering management ignores danger posed by worn tyres Union posts photographic evidence of tyres deemed ‘safe’ by cash-strapped Management September 22nd: Unite Regional Officer, Davy McMurray, has called on Translink management to come clean on the devastating impact of austerity cuts on safety in the…
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Minister Farry must intervene on University proposals which threaten compulsory redundancies
University of Ulster has told Unite that unless they can secure sufficient voluntary redundancies, they too will require compulsory redundancies Announcement of forced job losses at Queen’s makes nonsense of NI Executive promises that public sector Exit Scheme would be voluntary September 17th: Unite Regional Officer, Sean Smyth, called upon Minister Farry to take action…
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University of Ulster management must come clean on plans for redundancies and closures
Staff told plans include closure of Psychology department in Magee campus at cost of 14.5 jobs Failure to issue formal notice of consultation and engage union leaves staff to consider industrial action ballot September 10th: Unite Regional Officer, Sean Smyth, raised concerns over the lack of clarity over the scale of job losses and faculty…
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An economic development strategy based on corporation tax race-to-bottom will fail to deliver growth
Report fails to offer anything for manufacturing sector facing unsustainable energy costs and needing investment support Committee threatens to open up skills provision to private sector but silent on need for increased funding for Further & Higher Education September 7th: Following publication of the DETI Committee’s report on Growing the Economy, Unite’s Secretary for Ireland,…
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Funding Cuts will mean thousands excluded from Higher Education Opportunities
NI Executive policies targeting educational expenditure will undermine our long-term economic growth University of Ulster informs workforce of almost 200 redundancies and closure of Coleraine Modern Languages school September 2nd: Unite’s officer with responsibility for the union’s membership at the University of Ulster, Sean Smyth, has condemned the NI Executive budget which forced brutal cuts…
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Closure of AFBI’s Crossnacreevy research centre another blow to establishing a sustainable, high-value added economy
Decision forced by NI Executive austerity policies which are damaging the long-term future of our economy AFBI has lost funding for research programmes on potato breeding, renewable energy, biomass and poultry production August 19th: Responding to the announcement that the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will close the Crossnacreevy research centre operated by the…