The Unite Union, which represents around 4,000 health workers, had planned 48 hours of strike for today and tomorrow as well as on February 23 and 24. 2023 BBC. This action could last months. Firstly, it was decided to call for a vote of no confidence in the current Chief Executive. Instead, members will now walk out on Tuesday February 21, when the majority of teachers are taking part in a half-day strike. 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Unite the union has confirmed that its members working across the health and social care sector in Northern Ireland will be participating in an industrial campaign involving all health trade unions after they voted overwhelmingly for strike action in pursuit of a cost of living pay increase. Required fields are marked *. The industrial action in Northern Ireland involves over 4,000 workers employed across the health and social care sector including ambulance workers. 12 weeks for 12. Members of multiple trade unions were present at Belfast City Hall on Tuesday morning, Health workers Orlaigh Sewell (left) and Lisa Heaney (middle) gathered outside Belfast City Hall, In Omagh, workers gathered outside the courthouse as strikes continue, Teaching staff across Northern Ireland walked out until midday, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Workers were told they would get a 2022-23 pay award of 1,400, but unions said this would not settle the dispute as it was lower than inflation. Workers, including ambulance service workers, are fighting for a fair pay rise and urgent action to avert an ` existential crisis' in the service. The Department of Health said it fully understood the frustration of staff but there was no scope for resolution at local level. 2023 BBC. "They're stripping it down piece by piece," Orlaigh explained. Thousands of education and health workers in Northern Ireland have taken part in strike action on Tuesday. He said that ambulance staff will be among those taking part in the strike. Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham expressed her unions support for the Hovis workers as they prepare to take strike action: Hovis has enjoyed huge success during the Covid pandemic and in the period following it. NUJ members working for BBC Local have overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action over the corporation's plans to cut local radio and have called a 24-hour strike starting at 11am on March 15, until the same time the following day, which will hit coverage of the Spring budget. As we approach February, unions, including teaching unions, are planning a joint hit. Road Workers demand productivity payment be integrated into payscales to remove potential mechanism for pay victimization. Teachers, civil servants, driving examiners and Amazon workers are all taking strike action (Picture: Metro.co.uk . The union representing transit operators in the Fraser Valley plans to significantly escalate its job action on Monday. Some staff at Queen's University Belfast (QUB) and Ulster University (UU) will also strike on 21 February in a dispute over pay. This may be the first action of many but with no ministers in place it's hard to see who is listening. Standing alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a news conference in Windsor, Sunak said the two sides . The industrial action follows a ballot of Unite members which returned a 95.30 percent vote for strike. Health visitor Lisa Heaney added: "There's more demands, there's more support needed for the families we're going out to visit and we don't have the staff to facilitate that.". Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Unite represents 4,000 workers across the health and social care trusts and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS). Secondly, it was decided to carry out a ballot for industrial action, to include both action short of a strike as well as strike action. Workers at Newry, Mourne & Down District Council prepare to return to industrial action for fairtreatment. Workers at the Hovis factory in South Belfast are set to . Unite has notified management of a series of dates for a campaign of industrial action at Caterpillar in Northern Ireland. The University and College Union (UCU) has said that strike action has been "paused". Unite represents 4,000 workers across the trusts and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS). The problem is we don't know where the money would come from for any revised pay deal. STORY: Standing alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a news conference in Windsor, Sunak said the two sides had agreed to ease trade rules for the British province and give its lawmakers more control over the laws they have to follow. "We're not going to be down the same track again in another three or four years' time," he said. Union ballots pharmacists in Northern Ireland on strike action for the . On Tuesday, the union said its members working for BBC England had backed industrial action over the proposals, with 83% voting in favour of strikes, and 92% voting in support of action short of a strike, with a 69% turnout rate. The NEU has estimated that around 200,000 members across England and Wales . Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham pledged her unions full support for the Roads Service workers: No worker should be subject to bullying and harassment in their place of work. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Havana Syndrome unlikely to have hostile cause - US, How 10% of Nigerian registered voters delivered victory, Sake brewers toast big rise in global sales, The Indian-American CEO who wants to be US president, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip. In a show of solidarity for striking education workers, health workers will take part in a march to Belfast City Hall and at other rallies across Northern Ireland. Members of Unite employed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) are preparing for strike action in a dispute over "pitiful pay.". In December, Unite members voted with an average 87 percent majority across all five health trusts and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service for strike action. Teachers are staging a 12-hour strike, due to end at midday, in a dispute over pay and the future of the profession. Workers at the Royal Victoria hospital went on strike in January, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Two waves of strike action already taken place in Northern Ireland so far, with strikes in December including members of the Royal College of Nursing. The strike pickets will be established at 8am on Monday 27 February and will last seven days and affect roads maintenance work across Northern Ireland. However, Unite members have well-founded concerns that the company is engaging in a fake TUPE process. Not registered yet? A senior minister and former hardline rebel on Brexit fought back tears last night as he backed Rishi Sunak's Northern Ireland deal - and revealed the toll the past seven years have taken on his . Premium Powerups Explore Gaming. Healthcare workers Orlaigh Sewell and Lisa Heaney said they were striking "to save the NHS". The workers feel that management have weaponised the bonus scheme, a situation which is intolerable. Workers, including ambulance service workers, are fighting for a fair pay rise and urgent action to avert an `existential crisisin the service. Unison members on the picket line outside Antrim Area Hospital, Colin Quinn says healthcare workers have "had enough", Deirdre Murphy has been a staff nurse at Daisy Hill hospital for over 24 years, More than 20,000 NI healthcare staff are on strike, Striking health service workers say they want better pay and increased staffing levels, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. The strike by the union's approximately 300 members working at the agency is due to commence on September 5 th and will remain in place for four weeks. The strike is a result of the failure to deliver a cost of living pay increase. "This might be a short term pain but we need to make sure these services are protected for the public. The strike action by members of the Unte trade union had a varied impact across Northern Ireland's 11 local councils, with some reporting all services up-and-running while others were forced to . Teachers in Northern Ireland from four different unions are planning a half-day strike tomorrow after concerns over teacher pay. Under trade union law, emergency cover will still be provided and staff can leave the picket lines to attend. Of those balloted, 83 per cent voted in favour of strike action,17 per cent voted against strike action. The pay offer would mean another real terms pay cut and comes after eleven years of pay freezes. THOUSANDS of health workers will once again join picket lines tomorrow over an existential crisis facing the NHS. "We need valued, we need paid appropriately and we've had enough and this is going to continue unless they do something about it.". Over the past year NHS staff, rail workers, teachers, postmen and others have all taken strike action demanding better pay and conditions amid the cost-of-living crisis. It is understood union representatives are to meet the Department of Education later this week for further talks. are to join nurses in taking strike action on 6 February in what will be the biggest NHS walkout in this dispute. While workers have watched their disposable incomes collapse with the surge in inflation, Hovis has enjoyed bumper sales during the Covid pandemic and in its aftermath. 24H. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window). 4000 members of Unite the union will join strike action tomorrow (Tuesday) at health and social care workplaces, across Northern Ireland. In the absence of a functioning Stormont executive, the responsibility for this strike lies squarely with Rishi Sunak who has failed to show leadership and ensure that NHS bosses made a realistic offer to the workers who keep our health and social care services running. (LogOut/ Northern Ireland representative Kevin McAdam said 87% of Unite's members had rejected a "below inflation pay award" with a vote in favour of strike action. This productivity payment must be integrated into workers pay and not subject to the whims of managers. The four teaching unions involved were the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT); the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO); the Ulster Teachers Union (UTU) and the National Education Union (NEU). The NASUWT has been calling for a 12% increase in salaries, following deadlock over a pay deal for the past year. "Our aim is to disrupt the administration of the service, not to disrupt the patients but obviously it will impact to some extent," Mr McAdam said. "Trust workers have been forced to resort to food banks and take on additional shifts/second jobs," the union said in a statement. Valheim . An estimated 200,000 teachers in England and Wales will take part in three days of industrial action as their dispute over pay continues. UK and European Union seal a deal to resolve post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland. Thousands of health and education workers are on strike in Northern Ireland today. Teachers, nurses, ambulance and hospital staff have been taking to picket lines. Unites lead regional officer for health in Northern Ireland, Kevin McAdam, said: Nobody should be in any doubt regarding our members determination to defend their living standards amid an unprecedented cost of living crisis. Kevin McAdam from Unite said members will now walk out on 21 February, the same day the majority of teachers will hold a half-day strike. The PM and ministers have been missing in actionbut it istheirjob to ensure that NHS bosses make a realistic offer to the workers who keep our health and social care services running. Some large retailers reported small supply issues at the time, but other suppliers stepped in to cover gaps in provision. A NIAS spokesman said the service had talked to unions to identify what services would be exempt from strike action so the most clinically urgent patients could still be seen. The workers seek changes to their terms and conditions meaning the integration of a productivity bonus into their payscales. This vote was carried unanimously in both venues and must be seen as message to those in a position of influence, that this type of leader who cannot, or will not, honour negotiated agreements is not acceptable to our members or their staff. (LogOut/ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said:Unites members overwhelmingvotefor strike actionsignals their determination tosecurea cost of living pay increase and safe staffing for patients. As with all health service strikes, Unites members will be providing emergency cover during the period of the strike. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, How fake copyright complaints are muzzling journalists, How 10% of Nigerian registered voters delivered victory, Sake brewers toast big rise in global sales, The Indian-American CEO who wants to be US president, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip. Teachers were joined at a number of rallies across Northern Ireland by striking workers from the health unions. The strike action by industrial staff who work on the roads network is due to commence on Monday (27 February). Northern Ireland has a policy of pay parity with England HSC workers covered by the Agenda for Change framework.". Workers were told they would get a 2022-23 pay award of 1,400, but unions said this would not settle the dispute as it was lower than inflation. They appealed to the public to only call in life-threatening emergencies. That mood is fuelled by an absence of local government and a feeling that no-one actually cares or even wants to engage. It has a responsibility to treat this workforce with dignity and respect. Unite members across all five health trusts and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service returned an average 87 per cent vote in favour of strike action. Unite's Northern Ireland Officer Gareth Scott said employers were to blame for the resumption of strike action. "All unions are uniting to say none of us are happy at the minute, it can't continue like this and something has to be done," she added. A further day of strike action will now take place on March 16. 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