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Unite challenges communities minister Gordon Lyons on delay in Winter Fuel support
Unite has challenged the assurances offered by communities minister Gordon Lyons that a winter fuel payment of £100 will be made “by the end of March”. The commitment offers little comfort to vulnerable pensioners and carers struggling to heat homes. Continue reading
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Unite hosts a meeting at Stormont as part of campaign to restore the Winter Fuel Payment
Unite the union will be holding a meeting at the Long Gallery in Stormont today (3.30pm) as part of its campaign to fully restore the Winter Fuel payment. This meeting will address the devastating impact of the changes to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Stormont, Unite the union, Winter Fuel payment
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Stormont must protect pensioners from devastating loss of winter fuel payment
Today, representatives from organisations backing the campaign, to restore the winter fuel payment including trade union Unite, met with Communities minister Gordon Lyons to demand urgent action to shield low-income pensioners from the impact of the payment cut. The campaign has called on … Continue reading
Fuel poverty awareness day: Stormont must restore pensioners’ warmth, dignity and fairness
November 27 is fuel poverty awareness day. The Unite retired members branch in Belfast is marking the day by sounding the alarm on the growing fuel poverty crisis facing pensioners across Northern Ireland. The winter fuel payment is a vital lifeline for … Continue reading
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Campaign to restore Winter fuel payment for all pensioners launched on steps to Stormont
At today’s National Pensioners Convention rally at Stormont, speaker after speaker assailed both the Labour government for ending the winter fuel payment and the Stormont executive for meekly enforcing the policy in Northern Ireland. Unite’s speakers committed the union to … Continue reading
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