Tag: #UniteHospitalityNI
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Unite Hospitality activists launch Charter
What: Launch of the Unite Hospitality Charter When: 11.30am Monday 15th May Where: Outside the Europa Bus centre, Belfast Ahead of the launch, Amy Ferguson, Unite Hospitality’s branch secretary, said: “Our research shows that over 90% of workers in the hospitality industry have experience sexual harassment in the workplace. Bosses need to take this issue…
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Latest Covid mortality for hospitality workers confirm the failure of policies which have allowed unscrupulous employers to cut corners on infection control
Government must compel employers to provide full sick pay for workers forced to self-isolate in order to safeguard public health and the NHS Unite is seeking legislation for roving trade union health and safety reps to ensure that workers in smaller and non-unionised workplaces are protected Highlighting statistics released by the Office for National Statistics…
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Hospitality Workers’ safety and livelihoods must not be used as a bargaining chip or political football by bosses or politicians
Union condemns attempts by bosses to reopen illegally and against medical advice Unite Hospitality organiser, Neil Moore, issued a warning to hospitality bosses who had publicly announced that they would open their doors regardless of any decision by Stormont on Coronavirus infection control. “The last few days have demonstrated publicly the inability of the Stormont…
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Stormont Executive must intervene to support livelihoods and skills of hospitality and tourism workers
After meeting Economy Minister, Diane Dodds, Unite delegation calls for direct financial payments to hospitality workers as previous handouts to businesses have not been passed onto workers on reduced hours and facing redundancy Call for ban on exploitative practices such as zero-hour contracts, fire and rehire arrangements and bosses’ opportunist reductions of contracted terms Speaking…
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Hospitality and tourism workers protest at Stormont to demand a say in their sectors’ reopening
Socially-distanced protest set at Parliament Buildings today [July 21st at 1pm] to include attendance by workers in health and manufacturing Members of Unite will hand in a letter to Economy Minister Diane Dodds demanding an urgent meeting on the need to secure jobs and skills Unite the union, hospitality organiser, Neil Moore, explained that union members working…
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Hospitality bosses cannot be allowed to leverage jobs threat to force unsafe reopening
Workers call for no erosion of two-metre social distancing in the workplace as vital Infection control precaution Opportunities for workforce up-skilling during COVID-shutdown must be explored as part of a new deal for hospitality workers Unite hospitality organiser Neil Moore challenged recent attempts by the NI Hotels Federation and Hospitality Ulster to blackmail the Northern Ireland Executive…