This action's for them, not just us.". 2023 BBC. Healthcare workers Orlaigh Sewell and Lisa Heaney said they were striking "to save the NHS". This vote was carried unanimously in both venues and must be seen as message to those in a position of influence, that this type of leader who cannot, or will not, honour negotiated agreements is not acceptable to our members or their staff. In a statement it said the department remained "extremely concerned at the scale of the current pressures on health and social care services - and the impact this is having on patients, service users, carers and staff". Teachers' strike. Strike at Belfast Hovis bakery enters fifth day, Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Last month, around 20,000 healthcare staff in Northern Ireland took also took part in a one day strike. Some large retailers reported small supply issues at the time, but other suppliers stepped in to cover gaps in provision. Further strike action will happen on 16 March. The company has managed to maintain profitability throughout and its profits for 2021 have been boosted through what they deemed a bargain purchase of assets which raised the groups headline (pre-tax) profits for the 14 months to the end of 2021 to 47.3 million. Thursday's strike is for 24 hours as opposed to 12 which will have place more strain on patients and management. Read about our approach to external linking. 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). Northern Ireland subreddit. PDA Union has agreed how to proceed towards NHS Strike Action; What to do when faced with an industrial action picket line; PDA update on industrial action: why, how, and when strikes are called; Not yet a PDA member? 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. 28 Feb 2023. Workers at Newry, Mourne & Down District Council prepare to return to industrial action for fairtreatment. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. 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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. The majority of teachers and school leaders in the region took part in a 12 -hour strike on. (LogOut/ Health workers to get recommended pay award, Ambulance waits of 24 hours as pressure mounts, NI nurses take part in second day of strike action, Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Unions are pacing themselves they know they are in for the long haul. Your email address will not be published. In the recent year roads workers at some hubs have taken strike action over allegations of bullying and harassment and are now seeking to close down a mechanism which potentially leaves them subject to victimization by managers. Over the past year NHS staff, rail workers, teachers, postmen and others have all taken strike action demanding better pay and conditions amid the cost-of-living crisis. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. "At the end of the day, it has to be safe for patients". Northern Ireland Health and Social Care workers strike for improved pay. 22 February: Unite, which represents over 200 workers at the Cargotec (formerly Moffett Engineering) facility in Dundalk, today (Tuesday) announced that a ballot of members had returned an overwhelming 93 per cent vote in favour of industrial action, starting with a one-day stoppage on 10 March. The company can well afford to increase the pay of these workers to provide some protection from the surge in inflation. This productivity payment must be integrated into workers pay and not subject to the whims of managers. 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. Workers at the Royal Victoria hospital went on strike in January, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Teachers were joined at a number of rallies across Northern Ireland by striking workers from the health unions. Read about our approach to external linking. The strike is a result of the failure to deliver a cost of living pay increase. The dispute follows the companys refusal to engage meaningfully at the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court regarding their proposal to transfer workers under what Unite describes as a fake TUPE, meaning established jobs, pay and conditions could come under future attack. Unison, Nipsa and GMB members last took part in a one-day strike in December. Action by Unite members continues in Northern Ireland. Rees-Mogg defended the Northern Ireland protocol bill, which No 10 seems happy to shelve, saying it has the support of "the person who had a mandate from the British voters" - ie, Boris Johnson. "They [the Department of Education] need to think outside the box, they need to see where money can be saved so that the heart of education - the teachers - are remunerated properly," she said. The Unite union, which represents healthcare staff in Northern Ireland, has moved a planned strike to coincide with industrial action by teachers. The announcement comes as talks as discussion with the UK health secretary failed to make any progress on the 2022/23 pay claim. BBC First ballot results. The industrial action follows a ballot of Unite members which returned a . Northern Ireland representative Kevin McAdam said 87% of Unite's members had rejected a "below inflation pay award" with a vote in favour of strike action. "They're stripping it down piece by piece," Orlaigh explained. Union urges members to vote yes for 10 per cent after strong rejection of employers' insulting 1.75 per cent pay offer. At Belfast City Hall, teacher Emer Bloomer described the strike as a "show of solidarity". 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. More than 20,000 healthcare staff in Northern Ireland have begun a one-day strike as part of a pay dispute. 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. 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). 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. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: With chronic low pay making it impossible to recruit and retain essential health workers, the health service in Northern Ireland is facing an existential crisis.. 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. Change). In the absence of a functioning Stormont executive, the responsibility for resolving this disputefalls tothe UK government. 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 27 th February.. 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. The ballot follows a survey carried out by the PDA in December 2022, to which 80% of its members in Northern Ireland responded; 94% of whom called [] 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". Mr McKeever said workers' disposable income was being "eaten up by food inflation", adding that some Hovis employees had been forced to use foodbanks. But unions said that due to changes in pay scales many teachers would get less than 3.2%. "If we don't take a stand we wont have a health service. 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. "We want respect and that respect should be reflected in getting an honest day's pay for an honest day's work, which we're not getting and which we haven't got. 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. Members of Unite employed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) are preparing for strike action in a dispute over "pitiful pay.". Ambulance workers will be among those returning to the picket lines over pay demands and safer staffing levels. Union warns strike is likely to impact bread supplies on shelves across Northern Ireland. Roads Service maintenance workers in Unite commence one week strikeaction, 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. 12 weeks for 12. Workers, including ambulance service workers, are fighting for a fair pay rise and urgent action to avert an `existential crisisin the service. Unite members across all five health trusts and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service returned an average 87 per cent vote in favour of strike action. "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.". (LogOut/ From 7am, around 4,000 members of Unite including ambulance workers will strike over pay and staffing levels. A further day of strike action will now take place on March 16. A NIAS spokesman said the service had talked to unions to identify what services would be exempt from strike action so the most clinically urgent patients could still be seen. The strike was ended after staff accepted an 8% pay increase. To give some background, Council workers from all four unions took part in a number of successful industrial action campaigns in 2021 and 2022. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said:Unites members overwhelmingvotefor strike actionsignals their determination tosecurea cost of living pay increase and safe staffing for patients. Staff at the plant are seeking a 13.4% . The NASUWT has been calling for a 12% increase in salaries, following deadlock over a pay deal for the past year. The Department of Education said guidance had been issued to help principals assess and prepare for strike action. Unites health and social care members will picket at hospitals across NIfrom 07:00hours. 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Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. unions said this would not settle the dispute as it was lower than inflation. Read about our approach to external linking. Unites health and social care members will picket at hospitals across NIfrom 07:00hours. 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. In Northern Ireland teachers were offered a 3.2% rise spread over two years from 2021 to 2023. Unite says it is determined to ensure workers pay and conditions do not come under attack, Action at Dundalk facility set to start on 10 March. Road users have been urged to be extra careful and prepare for potential delays in the event of unforeseen incidents ahead of planned industrial action by members of the GMB and Unite unions. Staff at the plant are seeking a 13.4% wage increase. 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. 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. "I'm pleased to report that we have now made a decisive breakthrough," Sunak said . There was a ballot and the "Up to and including strike action" passed. It has a responsibility to treat this workforce with dignity and respect. The Unite union, which represents workers at the bakery, said the strike would shut down bread production if talks with Hovis management were unsuccessful. Secondly, it was decided to carry out a ballot for industrial action, to include both action short of a strike as well as strike action. 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. 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. Workers at the Hovis factory in South Belfast are set to . Thousands of education and health workers in Northern Ireland have taken part in strike action on Tuesday. Two meetings of Council staff were held last week in Newry and Downpatrick, hosted by the four trade unions representing workers of all grades NIPSA, SIPTU, GMB and Unite. 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". Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. However, Unite members have well-founded concerns that the company is engaging in a fake TUPE process. Lead regional officer for Unite in health in Northern Ireland, Kevin McAdam confirmed the unions members would be joining the picket lines with members of other health unions with a first 24-hour action set for January 26. Northern Ireland has a policy of pay parity with England HSC workers covered by the Agenda for Change framework.". 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