Unite Hospitality Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

North: Unite Hospitality and Rosa call for an end to harassment in hospitality

By Saana Taussi, Hospitality worker A recent survey by Unite showed that 90% of hospitality workers experience sexual harassment during work. To workers in hospitality, this hardly comes as a surprise, as the industry is notorious for poor working conditions. The prevalence

May 14, 2023

News & Analysis·The North

“Give the goss on your boss” – Hospitality workers get organised in Belfast

By Laurence Plunkett On Monday the 17th of April, Unite Hospitality NI held an open meeting in the Sunflower bar titled “Give the goss on your boss”. A packed room of waiters, bartenders, baristas and fast-food workers shared their war stories of

Apr 21, 2023

News & Analysis

Interview: Hospitality workers need to organise

The hospitality sector has experienced an unprecedented level of attacks on workers’ conditions and pay, with the employers utilizing the Covid pandemic and lockdowns as a convenient cover for dodgy employment practices. Despite this, workers in the sector have been attempting to

Jul 17, 2021

The North·Workers' Rights

North: The way forward for hospitality workers

By Neil Moore, Regional Hospitality Organiser, Unite (personal capacity) January 2020 was a simpler time. Workers in the hospitality industry were infuriated at being classed as ‘unskilled’ by the Johnson government and deserving of low pay by the bosses. The trade bodies

Jun 22, 2020

Unite Hospitality

North: Unite Hospitality and Rosa call for an end to harassment in hospitality

“Give the goss on your boss” – Hospitality workers get organised in Belfast

Interview: Hospitality workers need to organise

North: The way forward for hospitality workers

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden