Tag: Women

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council management must accord women period dignity

Union members slam inadequacy of council approach which seeks to place onus on staff for donations to addressing period poverty Management approach should focus on providing women with dignity and normalising a natural biological process Unite Regional Women’s and Equalities Officer, Taryn Trainor, challenged the insulting and patronising approach adopted by council management at Newry,…

June 6, 2019
Campaign must continue until women in Northern Ireland secure full equal access to free, safe and legal abortion

UK Government moves to meet costs of Northern Ireland women seeking abortions in GB welcome but leaves women here as second-class citizens Local politicians responsible for system where NI women are forced into exile to access essential healthcare services Unite Regional Equality Officer, Taryn Trainor, welcomed the announcement that women from Northern Ireland seeking abortions…

October 25, 2017
Unite calls for package of measures to help close ‘unaffordable gender wage gap’

March 8th: Unite today called on the Government to introduce a package of measures to close the gender pay gap, which currently sees women earning, on average, nearly 15 per cent less than women. Speaking on International Women’s Day, the union’s Regional Equalities Officer Taryn Trainor pointed out that society as a whole pays for…

March 8, 2017
Unite condemns criminalisation of women facing crisis pregnancies

Union says extension of 1967 Abortion Act to NI, repeal of 8th Amendment in ROI, crucial to protecting women’s health January 14th: Trade union Unite has today condemned the arrest and prosecution of women in Northern Ireland charged with procuring and/or administering abortion pills. Pointing out that, under the 2013 Protection of Life During Pregnancy…

January 14, 2016
Unite joins with Translink and Women’s Aid in launching the White Ribbon campaign to end violence to women

Translink staff in Ulsterbus, Metro and NI Rail will wear white ribbons for sixteen days Campaign to be launched at Metro Station, Queen Street, Belfast tomorrow (Wednesday, 25th November) at 11.30am Unite Equality Officer, Taryn Trainor, welcomed the strength of support coming from both the workforce and management for the Union’s White Ribbon campaign to…

November 24, 2015
Unite to ballot Sean Graham staff on strike action over health and safety concerns

Poverty-pay staff working without protective barriers and without opportunity to take comfort breaks Davy McMurray, Unite Regional Officer, confirmed his union is to ballot members working in the Sean Graham betting chain over management failure to address staff health and safety concerns: “Sean Graham is a highly profitable company but management expect its employees, most…

October 20, 2015