Belfast

Subway picketed in Belfast to support sacked worker

xConorx — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:24:44 +0000

The protest at the Subway restaurant on Great Victoria Street in central Belfast was, despite the poor weather, attended by around 60-70 people, during what should have been the fast-food outlet's busy lunch-hour, all showing their solidarity with Natalia.

Queens University placing excessive targets on probationary staff

xConorx — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:54:44 +0000

The ongoing concern over increasing demands on probationary staff has been hightlighted in a current dispute with management in the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences. UCU suspect that excessive workloads being placed on staff not yet in confirmed-positions may be widespread throughout the university.

Starbucks Global Day of Action - Belfast picket

Boulcolonialboy — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:28:56 +0000

At the start of the picket 3 people had gone inside to leaflet customers and staff. There was a very positive response to the picket however one person was falsely accused of assaulting a Starbuck's member of staff after leafleting staff and customers inside.

Queens University pursuing compulsory redundancies

xConorx — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:02 +0000

For the first time ever, Queens University is attempting to introduce compulsory redundancies for staff. Normally, voluntary means are used to resolve staffing issues, but Queens senior-management were attempting to rush-through the compulsory redundancy plan tomorrow at Standing Committee meeting.

Unite injunction against Belfast sacked shop stewards

Ed — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:53:30 +0000

“Unite are trying to deny us our democratic right to peacefully protest.” – Gordon McNeill

The dispute between the sacked airport shop stewards and their union, Unite, was dramatically escalated on Tuesday afternoon.

Unite hunger striker Gordon McNeill in bad shape

Rob Ray — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:42:41 +0000

His health is deteriorating rapidly and visibly. A healthy person might expect to live a week or so without food and water. Gordon suffers from a heart condition and has not recovered from the previous five day hunger and thirst strike at the start of April. He has already reached a critical stage.

Gordon has made it clear that he will refuse medical treatment if he is hospitalised.

Airport workers suspend hunger strike

Boulcolonialboy — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:12:19 +0000

The five day hunger strike by three sacked airport shop stewards, Gordon McNeill, Madan Gupta and Chris Bowyer was suspended at 5.30 this afternoon after the workers received a letter from the union solicitors guaranteeing that their demands would be met.

Pickets win re-instatement of migrant worker

Boulcolonialboy — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:10:28 +0000

A young Slovakian worker was sacked on the spot from Delaney’s restaurant for asking why she had to remove her jumper at work on a cold January day. Delaney’s owners refused to meet with the worker or with her trade union representative.

Unofficial action at Royal Mail continues

Steven. — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:19:39 +0000

Belfast
Postal workers in Belfast have won an important victory against management after unofficial action on Friday of last week. It took the workers just one and a half hours to force down bosses’ attempts to change start times.

Managers insisted that the workforce put forward their start times by two hours.

Strikes at Aer Lingus

catch — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:20:50 +0000

Aer Lingus is planning to open a new hub at Belfast airport, which would involve some flights to and from London being diverted from Shannon. Aer Lingus is planning to use this as an opportunity to cut pay and conditions as it employs new staff at Belfast on lower pay and conditions than existing staff.