Latest Unite the Union Releases

UNITE WITHDRAWS FROM PUBLIC SECTOR TALKS 'FACADE' The UNITE trade union has tonight withdawn from talks with Government over public sector cuts which it believes have been politically driven from ...

UNITE SEEKS MEETING WITH ABP MANAGEMENT The UNITE trade union is seeking a meeting with management of Associated Beef Processors Limited (ABP) to keep workers up to date with events ...

UNITE CONDEMNS 200 JOB LOSSES AT EBS   The UNITE trade union has condemned the loss of 200 jobs at EBS Building Society as “ripping the heart out of what ...

UNION STARTS INITIATIVE TO BRING CRYSTAL BACK TO WATERFORD The UNITE trade union has today outlined plans for a legal campaign to force the current owners of Waterford Crystal to ...

"Taking more money out of empty pockets is wrong and is only accelerating the vicious cycle of austerity." The Government needs to move away from accountancy led policy and ...

Statement for immediate release Wednesday November 28th 2012  UNION YOUTH MEMBERSHIP CALLS FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTION ON AUSTERITY The Youth Committee of the UNITE trade union has added it's weight ...

UNITE CALLS FOR UNION SUPPORT OVER ACCOUNTANT DISPUTE UNITE is to ask all other trade unions to question their retained auditors and accountants on their position with regard to ...

UNEMPLOYED ARE THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE CLAIMS UNION LEADER   The European Union forecast that unemployment will remain high and that 30,000 jobs are likely to be lost next year have ...

Members of the Unite trade union working in the maintenance section of Aer Lingus have joined other union groups in serving notice of industrial action on the airline.   A ...

7 Ways to make the Budget better *Unite proposals include €1Billion investment in growth The Unite trade union has delivered a Pre budget submission to Government which highlights a workable ...

Members of the Unite trade union at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland are to be balloted for industrial action in a row over redundancies that have been imposed ...

Greencore workers travelling from the UK will be available for photographers and interviews outside the Department of  Agriculture, Food and the Marine on Kildare Street at 2pm tomorrow, Thursday 30th ...

Staff at 16 branches of Permanent TSB have been notified today of the closure of their branch.  Each of the 16 will be paired with another branch that will ...

The Unite trade union which represents the majority of workers at Permanent TSB will meet with staff in the coming weeks following the announcement by management today that 16 branches ...

UNITE anger at Permanent TSB announcement of branch closures and redundancies Plans for bank branch closures and redundancies at Permanent TSB, announced at an Oireachtas Committee meeting have been condemned ...

Secret plans uncovered in May to sell off the Shannon Hangar and leave 55 Aer Lingus workers facing  compulsory redundancy or the uprooting of their families to Dublin are still ...

UNITE welcomes recognition of workers’ contribution Warns there is no more to give The UNITE trade union has warned the Government that its members have nothing more to give in ...

The UNITE trade union has called on government to focus exclusively on unemployment following the release of today’s unemployment figures which show that the jobless rate now stands at 14....

Three major trade unions with combined membership of more than 100,000 have issued a strong call to vote no in Thursday’s referendum on what they are calling the austerity treaty. ...

UNITE reaches agreement in principle with Aviva Job losses reduced, no cuts in pay, 220 new jobs created in Galway and voluntary redundancy terms agreed The Unite trade union has ...

UNITE endorses Campaign against Household Charge * Major union will urge members not to register The UNITE trade union has formally pledged its support to the Campaign against the Household ...

Statement for immediate release Tuesday December 13th 2011 1245 Hrs EBS BUILDING SOCIETY WORKERS VOTE FOR CHRISTMAS STRIKE Unite members at the EBS Building Society have voted overwhelmingly to take ...

Statement for immediate release Wednesday December 7th 2011 1430 HRS EBS STAFF TO BALLOT FOR STRIKE OVER NON PAYMENT OF WAGES*Management will be paid but staff have December payment withheldStaff ...