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999 call handlers to join BT and Openreach strike over pay

BT workers and Openreach engineers will stage a fresh strike on Thursday in a long-running dispute over pay. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said its members working as 999 emergency call handlers will also walk out, warning of disruption to ...

05 Oct 2022 at 14:03

Northern Ireland

999 call handlers to take part in BT Group walkouts

Emergency call handlers are set to join a BT Group walkout later this week. Around 500 emergency call handlers are set to walk out for the first time on Thursday as they join their colleagues. Further walkouts are planned to take place on Monday ...

05 Oct 2022 at 14:37

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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 ...

18 Aug 2022 at 14:33

Royal Mail workers back strike action in row over terms and conditions

Royal Mail workers have voted massively in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay and conditions, increasing the threat of disruption to postal deliveries. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) backed strikes by 98.7% on a ...

17 Aug 2022 at 17:48

Ireland

Staff shortages blamed for ‘significant drift’ in Tusla cases in Louth-Meath

Ireland’s health watchdog has found that children and families in the Louth-Meath area who need access to Tusla’s child protection and welfare services face long wait times, with “some cases drifting for long periods”. “The quality ...

16 Aug 2022 at 15:48

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Mid Ulster Council and trade unions conclude discussions around pay offer

Mid Ulster District Council and Trade Unions (GMB, NIPSA and Unite) have successfully concluded discussions around a local pay offer. As a result of the collective discussions with all three unions, GMB and NIPSA will now ...

17 Aug 2022 at 20:33

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Staff shortages blamed for ‘significant drift’ in Tusla cases in Louth-Meath

17 Aug 2022 at 08:33

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Nearly a years wait for assessment of child sexual abuse case as staff shortages blamed in Tusla

16 Aug 2022 at 21:33

Royal Mail workers to stage 19 further strikes over next two months

Royal Mail workers are to stage a further 19 strikes in the next two months in a deteriorating dispute over pay and conditions. The Communication Workers Union announced that the action in October and November will ...

27 Sept 2022 at 21:13

Scotland

New pay offer planned for council employees as strikes loom

Council leaders will make a new pay offer to workers as the threat of strike action looms. GMB Scotland and Unison said local authority employees across the country will strike across the country in two four-day ...

12 Aug 2022 at 18:01

Scotland

‘Plan B’ to stop Edinburgh’s bin’s overflowing during Festival – council leader

Edinburgh Council is working on a “plan B” in case refuse workers go on strike during the city’s busy Festival period later this month. Council leader Cammy Day said he hopes the industrial dispute can be ...

08 Aug 2022 at 10:38

All deliveries and collections will shut down during mail strike, union warns

All Royal Mail deliveries and collections will be “shut down” across Scotland during four days of strike action, a union has warned. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said services will be disrupted ...

10 Aug 2022 at 15:30

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