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Unite union chief heralds Mid Ulster council workers’ pay victory

Unite’s General Secretary Sharon Graham congratulated members of her union at Mid Ulster District Council on winning a decisive victory on pay. After weeks of strike action, a deal involving two pay point increases and a one-off £750 lump sum above ...

18 Aug 2022 at 14:33

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'Striking because we can't afford to live'

“We are striking because we can’t afford to live.” These are the powerful words of Barry Boyle, Unite the Union convenor for the NI Housing Executive, in support of the striking members of the Pennyburn direct labour organisation grounds’ ...

19 Sept 2022 at 15:33

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Council calls on union to suspend industrial action

A local council has called on a trade union to suspend its ongoing industrial action and reconsider a pay offer made by the Council earlier in the dispute. Members of Unite the Union at Mid Ulster District Council began localised action ...

01 Aug 2022 at 18:33

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'Real terms pay cut' results in local industrial action

There will be disruption to council services across County Derry next week following the announcement of seven days' industrial action. Unite the Union have instructed members to undertake strike action which will affect all eleven of ...

18 Mar 2022 at 13:33

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Further local strike action announced after 'unacceptable' wage offer

There will be further disruption to local services later this month after Unite the Union yesterday announced a second round of strike action. Unite members across local councils and in the education and housing sectors held strike ...

15 Apr 2022 at 12:33

Derry News

Council strike: "Derry is rising to demand pay justice," says Cllr Harkin

People Before Profit candidate for Foyle, Shaun Harkin, says “Derry is rising to demand pay justice” as the Council workers strike in the city gets underway this week. Members of Unite the Union who work at Derry City & Strabane ...

25 Apr 2022 at 11:33

Derry News

Derry buses to run on Monday as revised pay offer leads to suspension of planned strike

The Translink bus strike that was to hit Derry and the North next Monday has been suspended after bosses made a revised pay offer, unions have announced. GMB and Unite, who represent drivers, cleaners and shunters across the ...

21 Apr 2022 at 16:33

Derry News

Harkin: Political establishment has forced Council workers into taking strike action

People Before Profit's Shaun Harkin has blasted the “political establishment” for the latest round of Council strikes set to hit Derry and North next week. Unite the Union members across local councils and in the education ...

19 Apr 2022 at 17:33

Scotland

Unite demands intervention over oil company’s mandatory vaccine rule

A union has called for Government intervention after an offshore contractor is said to have introduced a “draconian” mandatory vaccine policy. Canadian Natural Resources (CNR) International, which has offices in Aberdeen, ...

18 Jan 2022 at 12:59

Scotland

Unions urge Nicola Sturgeon to halt ScotRail ticket office changes

Unions have joined with other organisations to demand the First Minister scraps proposed changes to ScotRail ticket offices. In a letter to Nicola Sturgeon, they outlined their concerns about “damaging proposals” to ...

02 Feb 2022 at 10:55

Local News

Council defers union offer discussion another week

A Special Meeting held by a local council to discuss an pay offer aimed at ending strike action by its workers has been deferred a further week after councillors used the meeting to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth ...

16 Sept 2022 at 11:33

Scotland

Whisky plant workers to strike in dispute over pay

Workers at a whisky plant in Fife are set to walk out in a dispute over pay, a union has said. Members of Unite at Diageo in Leven will walk out on Saturday for 48 hours, with a series of further stoppages ...

13 Jan 2023 at 15:49

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