More than 80,000 HSE workers including nurses vote for industrial action
Votes raise the prospect of serious disruption to services early in the new year
Unite
Cancer survivor Brendan Ogle to appeal WRC rejection of claim he was discriminated against
Trade unionist alleged he was sidelined by Unite after his return to work following treatment
Richie Boucher joins Glen Dimplex supervisory board
Founder Martin Naughton will move to new honorary role within the group’s oversight body
Unite members picket sites over austerity-era cuts
Union say it will continue pickets until employers ‘meaningfully’ engage
Government must hold centre ground on workers’ rights to ‘counter growth of far right’, says Ictu
Unions shift collective bargaining focus from transposition of EU directive due next month to action plan required in late 2025
Aer Lingus ground and cabin crew to seek 4% pay boost following pilots deal
A previous 12.25% agreement allowed them re-enter talks with carrier should any other worker group secure better terms
Brendan Ogle loses disability discrimination claim against trade union Unite following cancer treatment
Workplace Relations Commission tribunal accepted that changes to his position were not related to his status as a cancer survivor
National children’s hospital site picketed by Unite members in travel-allowances dispute
Union says action is to highlight wider ongoing dispute rather than to significantly disrupt work on NCH site
Health service unions mull protests and ballots on industrial action over HSE hiring curbs
More people employed than ever before with substantial growth in recent years, says Health Service Executive
Plumbers, fitters, welders go on strike at several high-profile construction sites
Pickets are placed at six locations in dispute with contractors over travel time payments
Planned industrial action at building sites condemned by employers’ group
United the Union seeking restoration of travel allowance for plumbers and fitters
Aer Lingus faces bill of at least €55m over pilots’ industrial action
Company says it is now examining its costs in light of Dublin passenger cap and increased competition on North American routes
Only one food service business fined under new staff tips legislation
The 2022 Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act followed anecdotal evidence some employers were using tips to pay staff and service overheads
‘Controversial’ to put Brendan Ogle’s name in organisation chart after grievance, Unite officer says
Tom Fitzgerald testifies to Workplace Relations Commission as trade unionist pursues grievance about being sidelined at work upon return from cancer treatment
Tara Mines set to reopen after workers vote to accept deal
Agreement provides for ‘very significant’ levels of change and job losses but should provide ‘certainty’ for more than 400 workers
PTSB agrees 4.7% pay increase for staff with Mandate and Financial Services Union
Pay offer covers 2024 and will be put to a ballot of staff
More than 150 jobs to go in deal to reopen Tara Mines
Tara Mines production has been shut down since last July, with 650 workers temporarily laid off
Unite officials wanted to ‘do a deal’ with Brendan Ogle on exit package, WRC hears
Adjudicating officer allows until Friday for Unite general secretary to respond to a request for her to attend proceedings voluntarily and give evidence
Mediation sought to broker pay deal between PTSB and unions
Unite submitted a pay claim for 13% for 2024 last year after the lender returned to post-Covid profitability
Restraint on industrial action by lower court wrong, Supreme Court rules
Engineering company had secured injuction preventing members of Unite the Union from taking action
GlaxoSmithKline workers in UK vote to strike over pay rise
Strike backed by 86% of those balloted on below inflation pay offer would be first for top drugmaker
Public sector workers in North strike after rejecting pay offer
Proposed rise of 1.75% described as ‘slap in the face’ at time of escalating inflation
DAA warns of potential legal action against union over threatened strike ballot
Airport operator wants unions to follow dispute-resolution procedures
Construction sector unions seek guaranteed 39-hour week
Unite says some employers sending workers home without pay during inclement weather
Daa moves to outsource maintenance services at Dublin airport
Unions likely to oppose any move to transfer direct employment to third-party companies
Driving tests for essential workers cancelled due to cold, claims union
Road Safety Authority rejects that tests being cancelled ‘arbitrarily’ over low temperatures
Unite seeking €1.25m for historic Parnell Square building
Disposal of UCATT House follows €4m sale of Merrion Square headquarters in 2018
Unions warn of potential industrial action at Section 39 agencies
Health service accused of dragging its feet over pay restoration for workers
Plumbers, fitters, welders vote for industrial action if pay is cut
Unite union seeking implementation of 2.7% pay rise under existing agreement
Dalata appoints independent director to board
JD Wetherspoon director Elizabeth McMeikan takes up role
Bidders for Harland & Wolff must provide details by Friday
Unions calling for stricken 160-year-old Belfast shipyard to be nationalised
Northern unions call for Boris Johnson to nationalise Harland & Wolff
Ailing Belfast shipyard said to be just ‘days’ from closing doors
Bombardier ‘suspends’ compulsory redundancies in Belfast
Aerospace group will reinstate 32 workers in ‘tremendous win for workforce’, says union
Over 20 English-language teachers fear their jobs are gone
Teachers in Grafton College were not paid this weekend and owners not responding
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