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Housing Executive maintenance workers strike continues.
Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) maintenance workers were back on the picket line outside the organisation’s Derry headquarters in the Diamond, as their strike action continued.
Speaking from the picket line, Derry City and Strabane District councillor, Shaun Harkin (People Before Profit) said People Before Profit was proud to join the maintenance workers as they resumed strike action.
Cllr Harkin said: "This has been a very long strike, unnecessarily long. NIHE workers have demonstrated tremendous resilience. They ended 2022 determined and have started the New Year fully determined to win fair pay. It's time for NIHE and all employers to agree to cost of living pay rises.
"The Executive is down but parties in a position to influence NIHE management have been happy to sit on their hands while workers freeze on picket lines.
"If that doesn't happen we, and many others, are prepared to back workers and their trade union in escalating this struggle. No one will fight alone this year.
"More and more workers are taking action to reject crumbs. The era of silently accepting Westminster and Stormont pay cuts is over."
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