‘My message to essential workers in Northern Ireland is that UNISON is 100% behind them all, and that we’re in it for the long haul’
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Third day of NHS strikes in Northern Ireland
Thousands of UNISON members in the six arm’s length bodies of the health trust have walked out today, including staff at the NI ambulance service.
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NHS staff across Northern Ireland take third day of action in strike over pay
Health and social service workers stage latest 24-hour walk out
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Unite wins of the year – Mid Ulster and Coventry council workers
2022 has been the year of Unite wins – under general secretary Sharon Graham, Unite has had more victories in the workplace than it can count. As part of our special 12 days of Christmas series, UniteLive looks back at a handful of the many wins we’ve had in every month throughout the year. Today, […]
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Northern Ireland council workers in pay win
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 that mandated by the National Joint Council (NJC) pay award. The pay offer was […]
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Sainsbury’s DHL workers to strike
Unite the union on Tuesday (August 2) announced a week-long strike action that will hit supplies to Sainsbury’s stores throughout Scotland and Northern Ireland after a poor pay offer was rejected by DHL workers. 96 per cent of DHL workers on a 68 per cent turnout emphatically voted to take strike action following the rejection […]
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Caterpillar workers protest company’s investors
Unite has brought Caterpillar workers’ campaign to London offices of Vanguard, Blackrock and State Street, who hold more than a fifth of Caterpillar’s stock. Unite said that Caterpillar’s pay cut and…Read more…
Moy Park Randalstown workers paid ‘chicken feed’ wages
As Moy Park profits touch £90 million Unite exposes how poverty pay at Randalstown has left workers borrowing to ‘make ends meet’. A Unite survey of striking Moy Park workers has revealed that eight…Read more…
Moy Park shamed amid strike
Unite are workers now on their fourth day of strike action at Randalstown plant. Unite has determined that Moy Park is paying its workers there £5,000 a year less than workers at other company sites….Read more…
Moy Park workers down tools
Unite members at the Moy Park site on the Moneynick Road, Randalstown have established pickets at the feed mill in a strike to win pay parity with other Northern Ireland sites. Strike action at the…Read more…
Langford Lodge workers vote to strike
Unite members working at Langford Lodge, the successful Crumlin-based aeropspace and defence company in Northern Ireland, have voted overwhelmingly for strike action on the issue of pay and an equal…Read more…
‘Tremendous result’
At a press conference held today (March 30) at the gates of Regina Coeli House, the centre of an eleven week occupation by workers, Unite has announced it has received assurances from the Department…Read more…
Northern Ireland local gov’t workers to strike
Unite members in Northern Ireland councils, the Education Authority, NI Housing Executive and schools have launched their first week of strike action to win improved pay. The strike will likely…Read more…
Staff ‘work-in’ at Regina Coeli women’s hostel enters seventh week
A work-in occupation by staff working at Regina Coeli House in Belfast enters its seventh week. As UniteLIVE highlighted in a feature last month, the workers launched their action to prevent the…Read more…
Heart Unions week: ‘If you’re part of the union, they’ll help you the whole way’
This week, Unite is celebrating the TUC’s Heart Unions week. Each day this week on UniteLive, we hear from Unite members how being in our union has made a huge difference in their lives. The theme…Read more…
‘Incredible bravery’
The Regina Coeli House — the only all-female accommodation in Northern Ireland supporting those battling addiction, mental ill health, homelessness and abuse — has been a beacon of hope…Read more…
NI bread shortages warning
Unite has warned of bread shortages in Northern Ireland this weekend as Hovis workers have confirmed all-out strike action. Management’s offer of a three percent pay increase was rejected by…Read more…
Profits over livelihoods
Brexit trade barriers or naked corporate greed are to blame for job losses in Co. Antrim amid a sinking job market and during a global pandemic fears Unite.
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Unite challenges plans to abolish NI agricultural wages board
Agriculture Minister Poots, a member of the Ulster Farmers’ Union, has been challenged by Unite over compliance with the Ministerial Code of Conduct over his decision to deliver on longstanding UFU…Read more…
‘Deep concern’
Unite has expressed ‘deep concern and solidarity’ for the 3,000 employees working for the Ulster Bank as NatWest announces its exit from the Republic of Ireland today (Friday February 19).
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