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Unite: Government must commit to public transport

Union appears before Oireachtas Transport Committee October 19th: Unite representatives today appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport today to discuss the ‘Vision for Public Transport and State Subvention’.  Unite’s submission to the Committee is available … Continue reading

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Cameron: Unite asks Minister to intervene to preserve jobs

Union focused on minimising job losses, securing remaining jobs and negotiating the best possible redundancy package October 6th: Unite has written to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, urging her to intervene to prevent or … Continue reading

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CityJet urged to allow pay dispute to be referred to Labour Court as industrial action continues

Unite members angry at company threat to terminate recognition agreement September 29th: Trade union Unite – which represents pilots working for CityJet – today  reiterated its call for the company to agree to the WRC referring the pay issues at … Continue reading

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Dublin Bus: Shrinking subvention at root of problems

As dispute escalates, Unite says workers and public paying price for “persistent Government disengagement” September 19th: Following last week’s announcement of an escalation in the ongoing industrial action at Dublin Bus, trade union Unite – which represents craft workers in … Continue reading

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Dublin Bus: Unite blames Government disengagement for dispute escalation

September 15th: Unite Regional Officer Willie Quigley, who today chaired a meeting of all the unions involved in the ongoing Dublin Bus dispute, has said that the Government bears full responsibility for the dispute’s escalation.  Unions today served notice on … Continue reading

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