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Migrant healthcare assistants are calling for urgent reform of work permit earnings rules which they say are prolonging separation from their families

Migrant healthcare assistants protest over separations

Migrant healthcare assistants held a protest outside the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment calling for urgent reform of work permit earnings rules which they say are prolonging separation from their families.

Business • 14 Feb

Trade unionist Brendan Ogle is appealing the WRC's rejection of his claim.

Ogle appeals WRC ruling on discrimination claim

Trade unionist Brendan Ogle is appealing the Workplace Relations Commission's rejection of his claim that he was discriminated against at work as a cancer survivor by Unite.

Business • 07 Nov 24

Last week, construction projects for major companies, were hit by a 24-hour work stoppage

Plumbers, pipefitters and welders to strike on Friday

Hundreds of plumbers, pipefitters, welders and apprentices, who are members of the Unite trade union, will take further strike action on Friday in a dispute over travel allowances.

Ireland • 10 Sep 24

Brendan Ogle is pursuing a complaint of discrimination in relation to access to employment, the failure to provide reasonable accommodation, victimisation and harassment after his return to work following cancer in 2022

Ogle's wife made Facebook post due to 'trolling' fears

Brendan Ogle's wife says she posted on Facebook accusing the Unite trade union of sidelining her husband at work after his cancer treatment in an attempt to head off any "trolling" from council water workers who she claims were upset he was "silent" on an industrial agreement they opposed.

Business • 27 May 24

Brendan Ogle' case at the WRC continues this week

Unite top brass tried to get Ogle to take exit package

Senior officials in the Unite trade union wanted to "do a deal" with Brendan Ogle on an exit package so that he would not pursue a promotion to become regional secretary for the Republic of Ireland, a witness has told the Workplace Relations Commisison.

Business • 10 Apr 24

EasyJet said today that its entire fleet of over 300 aircraft was parked up

EasyJet grounds fleet, furloughs cabin crew

Low cost airline EasyJet said it had grounded its entire fleet of over 330 aircraft and had no visibility on when it could restart flights.

Business • 30 Mar 20

Unite has 1.4 million members across Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic

'Bungled' Brexit hugely damaging to Ireland: union head

A "bungled" Brexit and two years of "Tory Brexit chaos" have been hugely detrimental to the economy of the entire island of Ireland and threaten hundreds of thousands of jobs across Ireland and the UK, according to the head of Britain's biggest trade union.

Brexit • 14 May 19

Bank of England facing its first strike in 50 years

Bank of England facing first strike in 50 years

Bank of England workers are to stage a four-day strike in a dispute over pay.

Business • 03 Jul 17

Workers say the brewery is not honouring a 2009 redundancy agreement

Bulmers workers vote for industrial action

Unite trade union has announced its members working at Bulmers brewery in Clonmel have voted unanimously for industrial action following the company’s decision to renege on the terms of a 2009 collective agreement regarding redundancy terms.

News • 28 Jun 15

160 jobs are to be lost at Cadbury plants in Coolock and Rathmore

Unions to discuss job losses with Cadbury owners

Union representatives say they will meet management at Mondelez Ireland in the coming days after it announced over 200 job cuts.

News • 27 Feb 15

PTSB worker claims 3,700 staff members facing cuts of up to 50% in their pension benefits

PTSB workers facing cut in pension benefits

Staff at Permanent TSB may lose up to half the value of their promised pension entitlements, according to the Unite trade union.

Business • 25 Jun 13

Dispute at Waterford council resolved

Two workers who were suspended from Waterford County Council earlier this week have been re-instated following intervention from the Labour Relations Commission.

News • 29 Mar 12

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