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Interview with Interface worker: “We put manners on this company”

Workers at Interface Europe, a flooring manufacturer based in Craigavon, have won a 15.25% pay increase after taking a week of effective strike action which shut down production at the site. Neil Moore, the Unite regional officer representing the workers and a

Jul 17, 2022

News & Analysis·The North

North: Springtime of discontent – co-ordinated action can win real pay rises

Editorial from the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party in the North “SPRINGTIME OF DISCONTENT” was the headline carried by the Belfast Newsletter on 1 April 2022. An apt description of the current wave of industrial unrest and a warning to the

Apr 22, 2022

News & Analysis·Workplace News

Solidarity with the sit-in: Save Regina Coeli Hostel

By Dagmar Walgraeve The staff and residents of Regina Coeli hostel in Belfast began a ‘sit in’ on 12 January after they were told that the facility is due to close in the next few weeks. As the sole women-only hostel in

Jan 20, 2022

News & Analysis

Unite election: Sharon Graham wins! Now build workplace power to win for workers!

By International Socialist Alternative members in Unite the Union Sharon Graham has won the election to become the general secretary of Unite the Union. Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) and Socialist Party members send our congratulations to

Aug 29, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·Workplace News

Workers cannot wait to safeguard their health – unions must act

By Mick Barry TD On Weds 25 March 1,000 workers at Moy Park Portadown walked off the job demanding proper health and safety protections for the workforce. The same day nearly 100 workers at a Larry Goodman meat plant – ABP in

Mar 30, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·The North

North and COVID-19: Mass layoffs of hospitality workers

By Chris Stewart, Unite Hospitality (personal capacity) In the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, the announcement by employers in the hospitality sector of thousands of lay-offs has thrown the futures of these workers into uncertainty. Largely low-paid & on zero hour contracts,

Mar 19, 2020

Allied Bakeries strike: Workers rise to the challenge, bosses fold under pressure

By Neil Moore, Unite Hospitality Organiser (personal capacity) Bosses at Allied Bakeries have been forced to significantly improve their abysmal pay offer after powerful and decisive strike action by workers in Unite and the Bakers’ Union – BFAWU. The militancy and determination

Feb 20, 2020

Delfin: English Language Teachers strike for union recognition

By Katia Hancke “Like most labor battles, these strikes were about winning respect as much as anything else. More often than not, fights around pay are simultaneously struggles for basic human dignity…” – From “Red State Revolt: The Teachers’ Strike Wave and

Nov 14, 2019

Reviews and Culture·Theory & History

Review: From Lucifer to Lazarus – A Life on the Left

From Lucifer to Lazarus – A Life on the Left By Mick O’Reilly Published by Lilliput, 2019 Reviewed by Michael O’Brien This autobiography by the former Irish Regional Secretary of the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers’ Union (ATGWU, since renamed Unite) is,

Nov 6, 2019

Delfin English Language Teachers strike for union recognition

By Harper Cleves The teachers at the Delfin Language School have voted to take strike action in order to put pressure on management to recognise the union of their choice, Unite. This decision was made following repeated attempts by Unite the Union

Oct 15, 2019

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