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Nurses, ambulance staff and hospital cleaners balloted on strike action

More than 400,000 health workers are to be balloted for strikes, threatening a massive escalation of industrial unrest across the country in growing disputes over issues including pay. Unison announced that its members ranging from nursing staff and ...

17 Oct 2022 at 07:38

Northern Ireland

NI health workers may return to picket line in dispute over pay, unions claim

Trade unions have warned that health workers in Northern Ireland could be forced to strike once again because of a deepening row over pay. Union members from Unite, Unison, Nipsa, BMA and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) held protests outside ...

24 Aug 2022 at 15:03

Northern Ireland

Hundreds of hospital appointments postponed as nurses take part in strike

Hundreds of appointments and procedures at hospitals across Northern Ireland were postponed or cancelled as nurses took part in strike action. On the picket lines in Belfast nurses spoke of an effective pay cut over the last decade and their ...

15 Dec 2022 at 20:04

Northern Ireland

Nurses across Northern Ireland strike over pay and safe staffing levels

Nurses across Northern Ireland have taken to the picket lines over pay and safe staffing levels. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) strike is the second in three years in the region, and the first involving nursing staff from England and ...

15 Dec 2022 at 10:20

Northern Ireland

Unison and Nipsa health staff set date for industrial action

Health staff in two Northern Ireland trade unions have announced that industrial action will begin on December 5. Members of Unison and Nipsa announced the action as part of a dispute over pay. Unison members will take action short of ...

28 Nov 2022 at 14:54

Local News

Apex frontline workers win sick pay rights

Apex Housing Association workers in Derry have received a boost with the announcement they will now receive full company sick pay in line with their colleagues at the housing association's head office. The measure means that all ...

08 Nov 2021 at 14:07

Local News

Thousands of school support staff to begin strike action across NI

Thousands of school support staff across Northern Ireland are going on strike with the warning that further action will follow if a resolution to their concerns over pay is not found. Workers such as bus drivers, classroom ...

20 May 2024 at 09:11

Derry News

Demands of health workers must be heard "loud and clear" by Stormont

Stormont must hear the demands of health workers “loud and clear” says People Before Profit Councillor, Shaun Harkin. A protest rally at Stormont organised by trade union, UNISON, called for improved working conditions ...

13 May 2022 at 12:00

Northern Ireland

NI public sector staff angry over growing pay gap with rest of UK, unions warn

Public sector workers in Northern Ireland are growing increasingly angry that their pay is falling further behind counterparts in the rest of the UK, unions have claimed. A number of unions have stated that further ...

14 Jul 2023 at 14:24

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'Our patients deserve better'

Strike action wholly unprecedented in the health and social care sector is taking place across the North, including Derry. Health and social care professionals from UNISON, UNITE, NIPSA, GMB, Royal College of ...

21 Sept 2023 at 09:54

Northern Ireland

Supreme Court dismisses PSNI appeal over revised holiday pay rates

An appeal by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) against a ruling over the backdating of revised holiday pay rates for police staff has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. Rule changes introduced ...

05 Oct 2023 at 09:55

Northern Ireland

Police officers and staff ‘vindicated’ by Supreme Court ruling over holiday pay

Police officers and staff in Northern Ireland involved in a long-running holiday pay claim said they have been vindicated following a Supreme Court judgment. An appeal by the Police Service of Northern ...

04 Oct 2023 at 12:42

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