Jimmy Kelly
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Unite not seeking to block use of Merrion Square site for social housing
- Social Affairs
- January 17, 2017, 01:00
The leader of Unite in Ireland has insisted the trade union is not trying to block the use of its former headquarters on Merrion Square for social hou(...)

Dark clouds loom over NI’s manufacturing industry
- Business
- October 25, 2016, 05:10
A Craigavon-based firm, AJ Power, has recently supplied and installed a standby generator at the top of Table Mountain in South Africa. The generat(...)

Trade union Unite’s study reveals State to be low-pay economy
- Economy
- June 1, 2016, 15:02
Ireland is a low pay economy with high levels of income inequality compared to other prosperous countries, according to a report published by the Unit(...)

Actor Liam Neeson backs Ballymena jobs rally
- Business
- January 21, 2016
Hollywood star Liam Neeson is lending his support to a major rally that is being organised by trade unions to highlight the impact that hundreds of pl(...)

Two out of five workers in Ireland reliant on ‘insecure contracts’
- Politics
- July 23, 2015, 19:23
Two out of every five workers in Ireland are reliant on insecure contracts, a conference heard today. The secretary of the Unite Ireland trade union s(...)

Unite says employers’ PRSI should not be cut to offset minimum wage
- Business
- July 22, 2015, 22:07
The Unite trade union has urged the Government not to reduce employers’ PRSI to compensate for a planned increase in the national minimum wage. Unite(...)

Minimum wage rise of 50c opposed by business groups
- Social Affairs
- July 20, 2015, 01:00
Business groups and the restaurants sector have strongly opposed any increase in the minimum wage of €8.65 ahead of reports that the Low Pay Commissio(...)

Workers could be forced to join ‘company unions’, Unite claims
- Irish News
- May 11, 2015, 11:58
Workers could be forced to negotiate with their employers through what would essentially be internal “company unions” under planned Government reforms(...)

Unite calls for national minimum wage to be increased by €1
- Business
- March 29, 2015, 16:52
The national minimum wage should be increased by €1 to €9.65, the trade union Unite has urged. It said an increase in the national minimum wage should(...)

Quinn glass bidders Vidrala say they will keep jobs
- Manufacturing
- January 12, 2015, 01:00
The preferred bidder for the former Quinn Group glass business on the Cavan-Fermanagh border has promised to maintain employment in the plant, the c(...)