Union warns strike is likely to impact bread supplies on shelves across Northern Ireland. From 7am, around 4,000 members of Unite including ambulance workers will strike over pay and staffing levels. (LogOut/ 4000 members of Unite the union will join strike action tomorrow (Tuesday) at health and social care workplaces, across Northern Ireland. Unions are pacing themselves they know they are in for the long haul. Teachers in Northern Ireland are at "breaking point", a leading trade union official has said. This may be the first action of many but with no ministers in place it's hard to see who is listening. THOUSANDS of health workers will once again join picket lines tomorrow over an existential crisis facing the NHS. Turnover rose 8 percent in 2020 and rose marginally further in 2021 to 361.2 million. While Stormont remains in limbo, she said that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his ministers were missing in action and called on them to make a realistic pay offer. Teachers and school leaders in Northern Ireland went on strike for 12 hours last week as part of their pay dispute and teachers in the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) and NASUWT unions will also start a wave of national strikes on Tuesday. Workers, including ambulance service workers, are fighting for a fair pay rise and urgent action to avert an ` existential crisis' in the service. There's no health minister. This is the only way we can get our message through to government regionally and nationally.". 0 coins. 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. Special school transport faces strike disruption "These employers need to. Unite represents 4,000 workers across the health and social care trusts and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS). Credit: PA Images UNISON's health. Under trade union law, emergency cover will still be provided and staff can leave the picket lines to attend. It said that in some front-line social work teams 42% of posts are unfilled, leaving staff with "unsustainable caseloads". The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Last month, around 20,000 healthcare staff in Northern Ireland took also took part in a one day strike. In January, 20,000 healthcare staff in Northern Ireland,. Workers in Newry, Mourne and Down District Council have lost trust and confidence in the NDMDC Chief Executive Marie Ward, and are commencing a new ballot for refreshed industrial action, up to and including strike action, after management at the Council have neglected to honour a deal agreed in 2022. Unite the union represents almost 4,000 health and social care workers across all five health trusts and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service. 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. Northern Ireland representative Kevin McAdam said 87% of Unite's members had rejected. Road Workers demand productivity payment be integrated into payscales to remove potential mechanism for pay victimization. In January, more than 20,000 healthcare staff in Northern Ireland took part in a one-day strike. In Northern Ireland, 4000 social care workers and health professionals in Northern Ireland under union Unite are participating in their final day of strike action due to the effects of inflation . More than two hundreds Unite members employed by the Roads Service of Northern Ireland will be joining with colleagues in the GMB in taking strike action for a week commencing Monday 27th February. However, he said challenges were expected on Thursday and the NIAS would maintain the safety of patients with the greatest needs. 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While strike action to date has hit a nerve - they know future action will have to cause a lot more pain. The statement added: "The industrial dispute is a national dispute which is only resolvable at national level. Nipsa, which has more than 10,000 members, some of whom are nurses, said wages had been "progressively eroded through below inflation pay-rises and pay freezes". "While these people make the bread, they also have to buy it," he told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme. Unite has notified the employer that continuous (that is all-out) strike action . Mr Mulholland said meetings had been held between management and trade unions to ensure "life and limb" was protected during strike action and called on politicians to invest more money in healthcare services. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said:Unites members have voted overwhelmingly for strike action and rejected the governments derisory pay offer, which is a real terms pay cut. The NEU has estimated that around 200,000 members across England and Wales . Workers at the Hovis factory in South Belfast are set to . In England and Wales, ambulance workers are to join nurses in taking strike action on 6 February in what will be the biggest NHS walkout in this dispute. "Our members are not prepared to stand by while their pay packets shrink and their living costs rise," he said. Emergency cover will still be in place during the strikes, meaning paramedics will be able to leave to cover the most serious calls. Union ballots pharmacists in Northern Ireland on strike action for the . Workers at the Apollo Road factory last walked out in 2021 in industrial action which lasted 11 days. UK and European Union seal a deal to resolve post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland. 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. With chronic low pay making it impossible torecruit and retainessentialhealth workers, the health service in Northern Ireland is facing an existential crisis. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Workers at Newry, Mourne & Down District Council prepare to return to industrial action for fairtreatment. Unite regional officer Sean McKeever said emergency talks were planned for Wednesday morning in an attempt to resolve the dispute. 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. The University and College Union (UCU) has said that strike action has been "paused". Paramedics on strike will still be on standby to respond to the most serious calls. Unite the union announced six new strikes for ambulance workers over the next two months More days of strikes by ambulance workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been announced. It has a responsibility to treat this workforce with dignity and respect. The strike follows ballot across all five health trusts and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service which returned an average 87 per cent vote in favour of strike action. 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. Some staff at Queen's University Belfast (QUB) and Ulster University (UU) will also strike on 21 February in a dispute over pay. Subsequent strike dates which Unite has notified to employers are February 16 and 17, and February 23 and 24. 2023 BBC. 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. They said ambulances would still be available but patients with less clinically urgent needs could face long delays. The industrial action follows a ballot of Unite members which returned a 95.30 percent vote for strike. While there has always been a sense of general fed up-ness, the mood is much more discontented - making staff even more determined. Teachers, civil servants, driving examiners and Amazon workers are all taking strike action (Picture: Metro.co.uk . The industrial action in Northern Ireland involves over 4,000 workers employed across the health and social care sector including ambulance workers. To give some background, Council workers from all four unions took part in a number of successful industrial action campaigns in 2021 and 2022. But unions said that due to changes in pay scales many teachers would get less than 3.2%. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Colin Quinn from Downshire psychiatric hospital in Downpatrick, County Down, said "something needs to be done" to help healthcare workers affected by the cost-of-living crisis. Finland's Transport Workers' Union AKT said wage negotiations chaired by the national conciliator would continue on Monday to try and avoid an expansion of strike action scheduled for Wednesday. Not registered yet? Required fields are marked *. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said:Unites members overwhelmingvotefor strike actionsignals their determination tosecurea cost of living pay increase and safe staffing for patients. STRIKE action by health workers in Northern Ireland has been moved to next week to coincide with industrial action with teachers. Seven days of planned strikes by some staff at universities in Northern Ireland will not now go ahead. "We were out on strike in December, we're back here again today," he said. Change). Unison, Nipsa and GMB members last took part in a one-day strike in December. Health workers in the Nipsa and Unison trade unions will also be taking part in. "The hospitals are choc-a-block. Strike at Belfast Hovis bakery enters fifth day, Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has struck a new deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland and he said it would pave the way for a new chapter in . Unite lead representative for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) Norman Cunningham said stalemate at Stormont is not helping to resolve the issues. More than two hundreds Unite members employed by the Roads Service of Northern Ireland will be joining with colleagues in the GMB in taking strike action for a week commencing Monday 27th February. Unite has notified the employer that continuous (that is all-out) strike action will commence this Sunday 5th March with strike pickets going up at the Bakery at 6am that morning. That mood is fuelled by an absence of local government and a feeling that no-one actually cares or even wants to engage. "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. With chronic low pay making it impossible torecruit and retainessentialhealth workers, the health service in Northern Ireland is facing an existential crisis. The union representing transit operators in the Fraser Valley plans to significantly escalate its job action on Monday. 4000 members of Unite the union will join strike action tomorrow (Tuesday) at health and social care workplaces, across Northern Ireland. "They [the Department of Education] need to think outside the box, they need to see where money can be saved so that the heart of education - the teachers - are remunerated properly," she said. Every day they put their shoulder to the wheel and go above and beyond for patients and the public needing health care. 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. RMT union members voted to strike after their demand for a 7% pay rise was rejected in favour of a 3% offer, and an initial three days of industrial action were scheduled for 21, 23 and 25 June, with further disruption taking place in July and August, and over the following autumn and winter. 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. He said: Unitesnearly 4000 health members in Northern Ireland have returned a 87% rejection of the imposition of a below inflation pay award to health workers in the region. BEST. Instead, members will now walk out on Tuesday February 21, when the majority of teachers are taking part in a half-day strike. Mr McKeever said workers' disposable income was being "eaten up by food inflation", adding that some Hovis employees had been forced to use foodbanks. the majority of teachers will hold a half-day strike. Some staff at Queen's University Belfast (QUB) and Ulster University (UU), 20,000 healthcare staff in Northern Ireland, including ambulance staff and nurses, took part in a one-day strike, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Explosive found in check-in luggage at US airport, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, West Africans to leave Tunisia after race row, Dozens of girls treated after new Iran poisonings, Fire knocks out half of Argentina's power grid. The Unite union, which represents workers at the bakery, said the strike would shut down bread production if talks with Hovis management were unsuccessful. There is a furious new attitude among health workers and it's being felt not only on strike days but every day at work. Brooke Davies Tuesday 28 Feb 2023 12:01 am. This action's for them, not just us.". Teachers' strike. In the absence of a functioning Stormont executive, the responsibility for resolving this disputefalls tothe UK government. Without a Stormont executive and extra money in the education budget it's hard to see how the teachers' pay dispute can be resolved. When are the next strikes and what pay do workers want? "It's not this easy job that people make it out to be, you're not just out colouring with kids all day, you're doing real work that's hard and meaningful and important," she told BBC News NI. Workers at the Royal Victoria hospital went on strike in January, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. The Unite union, which represents healthcare staff in Northern Ireland, has moved a planned strike to coincide with industrial action by teachers. News Sport Finance Roads Service maintenance workers in Unite commence one week strikeaction, Overwhelming 93 per cent vote for industrial action at Cargotec in fake TUPEdispute, Thousands of Unite health members to join Northern Ireland-wide strike in demand for fair wages and safestaffing. 2023 BBC. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Thousands of health and education workers are on strike in Northern Ireland today. 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. Unite members across all five health trusts and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service returned an . 4000 Unite members to strike on 26 January, February 16 ,17 and 23, 24. Our members are seeing the NHS eroded before their eyes and patients lives are being placed at risk due to chronic underfunding. "We need valued, we need paid appropriately and we've had enough and this is going to continue unless they do something about it.". 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. Processing means any action . They mustget on and do so without delay.. 12 weeks for 12. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said that prime minister Rishi Sunak needs to show leadership: If proof were needed of the determination of NHS workers to fight for a better deal its here in the 87 per cent vote recorded in the Trusts in Northern Ireland. So there's negotiations going on at the minute but I don't see anything happening but a strike. 28 Feb 2023. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Union urges members to vote yes for 10 per cent after strong rejection of employers' insulting 1.75 per cent pay offer. Pickets will be established at the following eleven depots: Ballykeel Roads Depot, 190 Larne Link Road, Ballymena; Woodburn Roads Depot, 1a Crescent Road, Derry/LDerry; County Hall, Drumragh Avenue, Omagh; Silverhill Roads Depot, 53a Shore Road, Enniskillen; Carn Roads Depot, Carn Road, Carn Industrial Estate, Portadown; Armagh Roads Depot, 44 Seagoe Industrial Estate, Craigavon; Newry Roads Depot, Springhill Drive, Carnbane Industrial Estate, Newry; Sprucefield Roads Depot, Sprucefield Roundabout, Lisburn; Airport Road Roads Depot, Airport Road, Belfast; Bangor Roads Depot, 72 Balloo Road, Bangor; Sandyknowes Roads Depot, 543 Antrim Road, Newtownabbey. The result means the TSSA will formally accept the offers and notify the train companies that ballots for continuing industrial action have been withdrawn. The problem is we don't know where the money would come from for any revised pay deal. (LogOut/ Strike action: What do rail workers, nurses and others want? He said that ambulance staff will be among those taking part in the strike. The pay offer would mean another real terms pay cut and comes after eleven years of pay freezes. Sunak makes a House of Commons statement setting out the UK-EU agreement. Successful negotiations between the government and trade unions will be key to their resolution. Premium Powerups Explore Gaming. Teachers from across four different unions are due to strike tomorrow in Northern Ireland after 66% of NEU teacher members voted to join the action. Daily update for February 28. Change). The ballot follows a survey carried out by the PDA in December 2022, to which 80% of its members in Northern Ireland responded; 94% of whom called [] Workers, including ambulance service workers, are fighting for a fair pay rise and urgent action to avert an `existential crisisin the service. The workers seek changes to their terms and conditions meaning the integration of a productivity bonus into their payscales. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak struck a new deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland on Monday, saying it would pave the way for a new chapter in London's . Northern Ireland teachers' unions INTO and UTU, as well as . The Department of Education said guidance had been issued to help principals assess and prepare for strike action. last took part in a one-day strike in December. 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 . Read about our approach to external linking. The strike was ended after staff accepted an 8% pay increase. Thousands of education and health workers in Northern Ireland have taken part in strike action on Tuesday. Road users have been urged to be extra careful and prepare for potential delays in the event of unforeseen incidents ahead of planned industrial action by members of the GMB and Unite unions. Workers, including ambulance service workers, are fighting for a fair pay rise and urgent action to avert an `existential crisisin the service. 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. "At the end of the day, it has to be safe for patients". Their action on 15 March, which is budget day, is likely to coincide with a strike by PCS union members in the civil service and other public sector workers, taking the number of civil servants . The NASUWT has been calling for a 12% increase in salaries, following deadlock over a pay deal for the past year. Union warns of `existential crisis for health service as NI wages fall further behind. Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Explosive found in check-in luggage at US airport, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, West Africans to leave Tunisia after race row, Dozens of girls treated after new Iran poisonings, Fire knocks out half of Argentina's power grid. Budget day coverage to be hit by BBC strike. In the absence of a functioning Stormont executive, the responsibility for resolving this disputefalls tothe UK government. would not settle the dispute as it was lower than inflation. Unison RVH Branch secretary Conor McCarthy said the union was calling for direct negotiations with the British government. "We're not going to be down the same track again in another three or four years' time," he said. In Northern Ireland many teachers were offered 3.2% for 2021/22 and 2022/23. Our members will be joining members of other health trade unions on the picket lines tomorrow and, unless sense prevails and our members are made a better offer, there will be a second day of strike actionon March 16th.. 25 January: Members of Unite, which represents 4,000 health and social care workers across Northern Ireland, will be joining members of other health unions in taking industrial action tomorrow (Thursday 26 January). Sunak and von der Leyen sign the Northern Ireland Protocol deal. (LogOut/ The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has launched its first ever strike ballot of pharmacists employed by the NHS under Agenda for Change terms and conditions in Northern Ireland. For health and public service unions Unite, Unison, Nipsa and GMB it was further action in a pay dispute. Anne Speed, from Unison, said the dispute was about more than pay. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. unions said this would not settle the dispute as it was lower than inflation. Under trade union law, emergency cover will still be provided and staff can leave the picket lines to attend. The industrial action follows a ballot of Unite members which returned a 95.30 percent vote for strike. Lead regional officer for roads service workers Gareth Scott explained the context for the strike: Our members in Roads Service are dependent on the allocation of productivity-based duties in order to make bonus, which leaves them subject to potentially less favourable treatment from managers. 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.". In Northern Ireland, around 4,000 NHS workers in the Unite union have planned two 48-hour strikes on February 16-17 and 23-24. Workers, including ambulance service workers, are fighting for a fair pay rise and urgent action to avert an ` existential crisis' in the service. . The Unite union, which represents workers at the bakery, said the strike would shut down bread production if talks with Hovis management were unsuccessful. Teachers, nurses, ambulance and hospital staff have been taking to picket lines. Health workers to get recommended pay award, Ambulance waits of 24 hours as pressure mounts, NI nurses take part in second day of strike action, Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. In January, more than 20,000 healthcare staff, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, NFL hopeful accused of racing in deadly car crash, Beer and wine sales in Canada fall to all-time low, Ed Sheeran says wife developed tumour in pregnancy. 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