Search results for "industrial action"
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2 years ago
NI Council slammed for employing agency workers to cover for striking staff
Workers on picket lines at Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council, who have been engaged in all-out strike action, expressed indignation as...
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2 years ago
Council statement ‘real body blow’ but unions say management ‘underestimating’ their resolve
Representatives of the three trade unions at Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council have confirmed they are still keen to...
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2 years ago
Watch: DUP and UUP accused of ‘continually blocking’ efforts to end strike
The Alliance Party has accused both the DUP and Ulster Unionists of blocking progress and securing a deal to end the...
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2 years ago
Week 4 of ABC Council strike begins as negotiations stall on pay deal
A fourth week of industrial action by ABC Council staff begins today (Monday) after talks failed to break the deadlock on...
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2 years ago
No breakthrough: Unions switch blame for strike to councillors as fourth week looms
Unions have now taken the blame for the strike and placed it firmly at the door of local councillors. Officials from...
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2 years ago
Council quash false claims they will refund residents who paid for private bin collections
Despite many repeated claims to the contrary, Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council will not be refunding any residents who have...
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2 years ago
No room at the inn as Mid-Ulster Council to ‘refuse’ waste from neighbouring towns
It seems to be a case of no room at the inn as Mid-Ulster Council set to refuse waste from outside...
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2 years ago
Traders’ dismay as Armagh Food & Cider Festival axed as council blames strike for decision
An annual festival highlighting food and drink produce in Co Armagh has been cancelled due to ongoing industrial action by council...
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2 years ago
Co Armagh town centres awash with rubbish as stand-off between unions and council continues
“Disheartening and disgusting” are the words one Lurgan business owner has used to describe the state of his street as the...
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2 years ago
Works on refurbishment of Armagh city centre car park to restart next month
The gates of the St Patrick’s Trian car park could soon be unlocked as essential works – which began two-and-a-half years...
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2 years ago
Sinn Féin to table proposal in bid to break impasse with workers to protest during Council meeting
As workers plan to picket outside Craigavon Civic Centre this evening (Monday) Sinn Féin say they will table a new proposal...
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2 years ago
Rubbish piles up as residents urged not to dump their household waste at amenity site gates
This was the scene outside Keady Business Centre (bottom image) earlier this week as bags of household rubbish can be seen...