The pay offer would mean another real terms pay cut and comes after eleven years of pay freezes. Unite members across all five health trusts and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service returned an . The Department of Education said there had been active engagement between managers and teachers about pay. Today, members of the National Education Union (NEU) in . Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The group posted pre-tax profits of almost 50 million in 2021 and is a well-funded business with a strong balance sheet. THOUSANDS of health workers will once again join picket lines tomorrow over an existential crisis facing the NHS. Budget day coverage to be hit by BBC strike. Read about our approach to external linking. Their action on 15 March, which is budget day, is likely to coincide with a strike by PCS union members in the civil service and other public sector workers, taking the number of civil servants . Pickets will be established at the following eleven depots: Ballykeel Roads Depot, 190 Larne Link Road, Ballymena; Woodburn Roads Depot, 1a Crescent Road, Derry/LDerry; County Hall, Drumragh Avenue, Omagh; Silverhill Roads Depot, 53a Shore Road, Enniskillen; Carn Roads Depot, Carn Road, Carn Industrial Estate, Portadown; Armagh Roads Depot, 44 Seagoe Industrial Estate, Craigavon; Newry Roads Depot, Springhill Drive, Carnbane Industrial Estate, Newry; Sprucefield Roads Depot, Sprucefield Roundabout, Lisburn; Airport Road Roads Depot, Airport Road, Belfast; Bangor Roads Depot, 72 Balloo Road, Bangor; Sandyknowes Roads Depot, 543 Antrim Road, Newtownabbey. This may be the first action of many but with no ministers in place it's hard to see who is listening. 92 per cent voted in favour of action short of strike, 8 per cent voted against action short of strike. Re-export of Products of Animal Origin of European Union or Northern Ireland origin back to the European Union or Northern Ireland after storage in Great Britain: certificate 8461 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) POAO imported into GB from the EU that undergoes further processing and is exported to the EU as a new product. The statement added that members were not only taking action over pay but in protest at staffing levels and travel reimbursement. Teachers in Northern Ireland are at "breaking point", a leading trade union official has said. Action by Unite members continues in Northern Ireland. BBC First ballot results. Workers, including ambulance service workers, are fighting for a fair pay rise and urgent action to avert an ` existential crisis' in the service. Unite confirms all out strike action will commence at Belfast Bakery from 6am on Sunday 5th March, Union warns strike is likely to impact bread supplies on shelves across Northern Ireland. Bread supplies across Northern Ireland are likely to be affected by planned industrial action, a union has warned. N. egotiations over the Northern Ireland Protocol are "inching towards conclusion", the Irish Taoiseach has indicated. Workers of Unite the union have voted by a margin of more than 95 percent for strike action in pursuit of a cost of living pay increase at Hovis, the leading Belfast Bakery. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said:Unites members overwhelmingvotefor strike actionsignals their determination tosecurea cost of living pay increase and safe staffing for patients. The strike did not impact Northern Ireland. 28 Feb 2023. Workers were told they would get a 2022-23 pay award of 1,400, but unions said this would not settle the dispute as it was lower than inflation. Read about our approach to external linking. Healthcare workers Orlaigh Sewell and Lisa Heaney said they were striking "to save the NHS". Nurses represented by the largest nursing union, the Royal College of Nursing, have paused strike action to enter talks with the government over pay, but the state-run NHS still faces a planned . Union warns strike is likely to impact bread supplies on shelves across Northern Ireland. Health visitor Lisa Heaney added: "There's more demands, there's more support needed for the families we're going out to visit and we don't have the staff to facilitate that.". The strike by the union's approximately 300 members working at the agency is due to commence on September 5 th and will remain in place for four weeks. Unites lead regional officer for health in Northern Ireland, Kevin McAdam, said: Nobody should be in any doubt regarding our members determination to defend their living standards amid an unprecedented cost of living crisis. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. However, he said challenges were expected on Thursday and the NIAS would maintain the safety of patients with the greatest needs. The strike pickets will be established at 8am on Monday 27 February and will last seven days and affect roads maintenance work across Northern Ireland. A further day of strike action will now take place on March 16. For health and public service unions Unite, Unison, Nipsa and GMB it was further action in a pay dispute. Paramedics on strike will still be on standby to respond to the most serious calls. Unite has notified management of a series of dates for a campaign of industrial action at Caterpillar in Northern Ireland. Nipsa, which has more than 10,000 members, some of whom are nurses, said wages had been "progressively eroded through below inflation pay-rises and pay freezes". Unite the union represents almost 4,000 health and social care workers across all five health trusts and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service. are to join nurses in taking strike action on 6 February in what will be the biggest NHS walkout in this dispute. "Our aim is to disrupt the administration of the service, not to disrupt the patients but obviously it will impact to some extent," he said. Australia One News Page: Monday, 27 February 2023 People are on corridors, and everyone's being overstretched and overworked," he told Good Morning Ulster from the picket line at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Border Force staff are also striking at the ports of Calais, Dunkirk and Dover and at the Coquelles Channel Tunnel Terminal, with . The Department of Education has pointed out that the education budget is under real pressure. Thousands of education and health workers in Northern Ireland have taken part in strike action on Tuesday. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Hope or Austerity: A Road Map for a Better Fairer Ireland after the Pandemic, Available from all good bookshops or online from www.theliffeypress.com, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Overwhelming 93 per cent vote for industrial action at Cargotec in fake TUPEdispute, Thousands of Unite health members to join Northern Ireland-wide strike in demand for fair wages and safestaffing. The problem is we don't know where the money would come from for any revised pay deal. Unite the union has confirmed that its members working across the health and social care sector in Northern Ireland will be participating in an industrial campaign involving all health trade unions after they voted overwhelmingly for strike action in pursuit of a cost of living pay increase. Comment. The Unite union, which represents workers at the bakery, said the strike would shut down bread production if talks with Hovis management were unsuccessful. Unites health and social care members will picket at hospitals across NIfrom 07:00hours. Workers of Unite the union have voted by over 95% for strike action in pursuit of a cost of living pay increase at Hovis, the leading Belfast Bakery. In Scotland, teachers rejected a 5% increase and a subsequent offer of up to 6.85%. He said that ambulance staff will be among those taking part in the strike. Unite confirms all out strike action will commence at Belfast Bakery from 6am on Sunday, March 5 Colin Quinn from Downshire psychiatric hospital in Downpatrick, County Down, said "something needs to be done" to help healthcare workers affected by the cost-of-living crisis. HOT. There's no health minister. Change). Workers, including ambulance service workers, Continue reading (LogOut/ "The NHS is in a terrible state and nowhere is worse than in Northern Ireland," she said. Two waves of strike action already taken place in Northern Ireland so far, with strikes in December including members of the Royal College of Nursing. Seven days of planned strikes by some staff at universities in Northern Ireland will not now go ahead. Teachers and school leaders in Northern Ireland went on strike for 12 hours last week as part of their pay dispute and teachers in the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) and NASUWT unions will also start a wave of national strikes on Tuesday. News Sport Finance Paramedics, nurses and hospital staff on strike, Majority of NI teachers to hold half-day strike, Ambulance staff announce new strike dates, Students join staff on university picket line, Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. While Stormont remains in limbo, she said that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his ministers were missing in action and called on them to make a realistic pay offer. That mood is fuelled by an absence of local government and a feeling that no-one actually cares or even wants to engage. The workers seek changes to their terms and conditions meaning the integration of a productivity bonus into their payscales. The announcement comes as talks as discussion with the UK health secretary failed to make any progress on the 2022/23 pay claim. Roads Service workers pay is dependent on a productivity-based payment which is subject to the determination of managers. The industrial action follows a ballot of Unite members which returned a . STORY: Standing alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a news conference in Windsor, Sunak said the two sides had agreed to ease trade rules for the British province and give its lawmakers more control over the laws they have to follow. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Posted on February 20, 2023 by Unite the union NI Union warns of `existential crisis' for health service as NI wages fall further behind 4000 members of Unite the union will join strike action tomorrow (Tuesday) at health and social care workplaces, across Northern Ireland. TENS of thousands of teachers launched three days of strike action today in their continuing battle for fair pay and funding for schools. Unite has established a 70 million strike fund which we are deploying to back workers in struggle. "All unions are uniting to say none of us are happy at the minute, it can't continue like this and something has to be done," she added. Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Explosive found in check-in luggage at US airport, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, West Africans to leave Tunisia after race row, Dozens of girls treated after new Iran poisonings, Fire knocks out half of Argentina's power grid. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. "Our members are not prepared to stand by while their pay packets shrink and their living costs rise," he said. RMT union members voted to strike after their demand for a 7% pay rise was rejected in favour of a 3% offer, and an initial three days of industrial action were scheduled for 21, 23 and 25 June, with further disruption taking place in July and August, and over the following autumn and winter. Workers at a Hovis bakery in south Belfast are due to walk out on Sunday in a dispute over pay. While workers have watched their disposable incomes collapse with the surge in inflation, Hovis has enjoyed bumper sales during the Covid pandemic and in its aftermath. Sunak and von der Leyen sign the Northern Ireland Protocol deal. BEST. Processing means any action . unions said this would not settle the dispute as it was lower than inflation. 27 Feb 2023 10:54:04 (LogOut/ Staff at the plant are seeking a 13.4% . The strike action occurs after members rejected a pay offer from local government employers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland of just 1.75 percent for the year 2021-22. Sign Up here . Strike action: What do rail workers, nurses and others want? STRIKE action by health workers in Northern Ireland has been moved to next week to coincide with industrial action with teachers. Road Workers demand productivity payment be integrated into payscales to remove potential mechanism for pay victimization. Instead, members will now walk out on Tuesday February 21, when the majority of teachers are taking part in a half-day strike. Roads Service maintenance workers in Unite commence one week strikeaction. Healthcare in Northern Ireland, Scottish airports and some UK government services will all be affected by strike action today (Picture: Metro.co.uk) Today's another busy day of strikes, with ambulance drivers and civil servants among those picketing over pay and working conditions. From 7am, around 4,000 members of Unite including ambulance workers will strike over pay and staffing levels. (c) Sky News 2023: Teachers' strike: 200,000 to walk out in three days of industrial action over pay Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Explosive found in check-in luggage at US airport, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, West Africans to leave Tunisia after race row, Dozens of girls treated after new Iran poisonings, Fire knocks out half of Argentina's power grid. Change). In January, more than 20,000 healthcare staff in Northern Ireland took part in a one-day strike. Unites Northern Ireland officer, Kevin McAdam, told the BBC: "We felt it was really important to move the dates to the (February 21) to coincide with teachers to demonstrate that there are two important things in life, one is health and the other is education.". National Education Union (NEU) members mobilised on picket lines and in regional protests and rallies in northern England while Education Institute of Scotland (EIS) and NASUWT members struck in Scotland. The pair hold a press conference later in the afternoon. For media enquiries ONLY please contact Unite senior communications officer Barckley Sumner on 07802 329235 or 0203 371 2067. Trusts have been in contact with patients who will be affected and further details are available on trusts' websites. Daily update for February 28. Teachers on demo march after members of the National Education Union stage their first day of strike action over pay and conditions. Deirdre Murphy, a staff nurse at Daisy Hill hospital in Newry, County Down, said the health service is "not on its knees, it's flat on the ground". document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Hope or Austerity: A Road Map for a Better Fairer Ireland after the Pandemic, Available from all good bookshops or online from www.theliffeypress.com, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window). Bus drivers with Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 561 have been . "This might be a short term pain but we need to make sure these services are protected for the public. He is currently in the US on trade talks. As with all health service strikes, Unites members will be providing emergency cover during the period of the strike. Unison RVH Branch secretary Conor McCarthy said the union was calling for direct negotiations with the British government. But it added that it fully understood the frustration of staff who continued to work in extremely challenging circumstances. 25 January: Members of Unite, which represents 4,000 health and social care workers across Northern Ireland, will be joining members of other health unions in taking industrial action tomorrow (Thursday 26 January). In December, Unite members voted with an average 87 percent majority across all five health trusts and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service for strike action. Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham expressed her unions support for the Hovis workers as they prepare to take strike action: Hovis has enjoyed huge success during the Covid pandemic and in the period following it. Some large retailers reported small supply issues at the time, but other suppliers stepped in to cover gaps in provision. Workers at Newry, Mourne & Down District Council prepare to return to industrial action for fairtreatment. Commenting, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: Cargotecs success is due to the commitment and expertise of its workforce in Dundalk and elsewhere. Lead regional officer for roads service workers Gareth Scott explained the context for the strike: Our members in Roads Service are dependent on the allocation of productivity-based duties in order to make bonus, which leaves them subject to potentially less favourable treatment from managers. "This time we're fighting this out to the point where we get decent pay, decent mileage and staffing we need for the health service.". The workers seek changes to their terms and conditions meaning the integration of a productivity bonus into their payscales. Your email address will not be published. Sunak makes a House of Commons statement setting out the UK-EU agreement. Health workers in the Nipsa and Unison trade unions will also be taking part in. The company can well afford to increase the pay of these workers to provide some protection from the surge in inflation. There was a ballot and the "Up to and including strike action" passed. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said:Unites members overwhelmingvotefor strike actionsignals their determination tosecurea cost of living pay increase and safe staffing for patients. Although the British Government has promised a 1,400 pay award for 2022-23, and have said they are willing to discuss pay levels in the new financial year, unions have said this still falls well below the rate of inflation. 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The Pharmaceutical Journal It is understood union representatives are to meet the Department of Education later this week for further talks. Roads Service maintenance workers out on the picket lines across Northern Ireland this morning as a week of strike action commences! The industrial action in Northern Ireland involves over 4,000 workers employed across the health and social care sector including ambulance workers. It is part of 18 planned days of industrial action. It is the second day of regional walkouts by the National Education Union (NEU) after teachers took strike action in the north of England on Monday. In January, 20,000 healthcare staff in Northern Ireland, including ambulance staff and nurses, took part in a one-day strike as part of a dispute over pay. Unite the union announced six new strikes for ambulance workers over the next two months More days of strikes by ambulance workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been announced. Cargotec is a successful multinational, generating over 4 billion in revenue during 2022. Rail union TSSA has agreed nine per cent pay deal bringing to an end . Workers at the Hovis factory in South Belfast are set to . The industrial action follows a ballot of Unite members which returned a 95.30 percent vote for strike. In Northern Ireland, around 4,000 NHS workers in the Unite union have planned two 48-hour strikes on February 16-17 and 23-24. He said "a huge amount" of healthcare workers had recently joined unions, which he hoped sent "a strong message out to the government that their attacks on unions isn't working". British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak struck a deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland on Monday, saying it would pave the way for a new chapter in London's relationship with the bloc. Civil servants have been placed in the unenviable position that they're having to implement decisions that they're not paid to do. In the absence of action to address our members pay claim, we have been left with no alternative but to notify employers of strike action.. Road Workers demand productivity payment be integrated into payscales to remove potential mechanism for pay victimization. Mr McKeever said workers' disposable income was being "eaten up by food inflation", adding that some Hovis employees had been forced to use foodbanks. The workers seek changes to their terms and conditions meaning the integration of a . Emergency cover will still be in place during the strikes, meaning paramedics will be able to leave to cover the most serious calls. Striking healthcare workers say they are underpaid and their departments do not have enough staff. The four teaching unions involved were the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT); the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO); the Ulster Teachers Union (UTU) and the National Education Union (NEU). the majority of teachers will hold a half-day strike. Required fields are marked *. Ambulance staff includes paramedics, call handlers and support workers. Teachers' strike. Members of the Royal College of Midwives are currently. NUJ members working for BBC Local have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action over the corporation's plans to cut local radio and have called a 24-hour strike starting at 11am on March 15, until the same time the following day, which will hit coverage of the Spring budget. Thursday's strike is for 24 hours as opposed to 12 which will have place more strain on patients and management. Union warns strike is likely to impact bread supplies on shelves across Northern Ireland. Members of multiple trade unions were present at Belfast City Hall on Tuesday morning, Health workers Orlaigh Sewell (left) and Lisa Heaney (middle) gathered outside Belfast City Hall, In Omagh, workers gathered outside the courthouse as strikes continue, Teaching staff across Northern Ireland walked out until midday, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. "Our aim is to disrupt the administration of the service, not to disrupt the patients but obviously it will impact to some extent," Mr McAdam said. They appealed to the public to only call in life-threatening emergencies. Under trade union law, emergency cover will still be provided and staff can leave the picket lines to attend. More than two hundreds Unite members employed by the Roads Service of Northern Ireland will be joining with colleagues in the GMB in taking strike action for a week commencing Monday 27th February. Roads Service workers pay is dependent on a productivity-based payment which is subject to the determination of managers. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has struck a new deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland and he said it would pave the way for a new chapter in . 2023 BBC. Fionnuala McTaggart, who has been teaching in north Belfast for three years, said there has been a noticeable increase in her workload that can be "really overwhelming at times". Gerry Murphy, from INTO, said teachers had been backed into a corner while the UTU's Jacqui White said the unprecedented move was a reflection of the strength of feeling. Massive 87 per cent average vote for strike action across Northern Ireland trusts. Hovis has previously said its Belfast operation produces 35% of all bread sold in Northern Ireland. They also have to keep members' morale up and the public on board. Nipsa spokesperson Patrick Mulholland told BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme staff can no longer continue working under current conditions. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Advertisement Coins. More than two hundreds Unite members employed by the Roads Service of Northern Ireland will be joining with colleagues in the GMB in taking strike action for a week commencing Monday 27th February. In a show of solidarity for striking education workers, health workers will take part in a march to Belfast City Hall and at other rallies across Northern Ireland. 3 min. Unites lead regional officer for health in Northern Ireland, Kevin McAdam, said: Nobody should be in any doubt regarding our members determination to defend their living standards amid an unprecedented cost of living crisis.. These strikes are being taken as an absolute last resort. Dr Patrick Roach, NASUWT general secretary, said teachers had been left with no choice. 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"There are no negotiations in Northern Ireland, there's no-one to talk to. In the absence of a functioning Stormont executive, the responsibility for this strike lies squarely with Rishi Sunak who has failed to show leadership and ensure that NHS bosses made a realistic offer to the workers who keep our health and social care services running. Brooke Davies Tuesday 28 Feb 2023 12:01 am. The majority of teachers and school leaders in the region took part in a 12 -hour strike on. Northern Ireland has a policy of pay parity with England HSC workers covered by the Agenda for Change framework," the department said. Without a Stormont executive and extra money in the education budget it's hard to see how the teachers' pay dispute can be resolved. Unite has notified the employer that continuous (that is all-out) strike action will commence this Sunday 5th March with strike pickets going up at the Bakery at 6am that morning. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Hope or Austerity: A Road Map for a Better Fairer Ireland after the Pandemic, Available from all good bookshops or online from www.theliffeypress.com, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Ashtown attack on migrant workers highlights need forsolidarity, 4,000 Unite NHS members to strike across NItomorrow. In January, 20,000 healthcare staff in Northern Ireland,. 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