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Royal Mail Strike Belfast: Picket Interviews Pt. 1
People Before Profit reports on Royal Mail postal workers striking across Northern Ireland over a 2% imposed pay rise, drawing on interviews with CWU strikers at Belfast picket sites. It urges the public to support the next strike days and a rally.
Economy and employment Issue: Royal Mail strike over pay Original release: Royal Mail Strike Belfast: Picket Interviews Pt. 1
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Royal Mail Strike Belfast: Picket Interviews Pt. 2
People Before Profit reports on picket interviews at three Royal Mail sites in Belfast, with workers describing management bribe offers, agency staff use and a two-tier workforce. It urges public support for a city centre rally on 31 August and the strike days that follow.
Economy and employment Issue: Royal Mail strike over pay Original release: Royal Mail Strike Belfast: Picket Interviews Pt. 2
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Support The Royal Mail Strikers
People Before Profit backs the Communication Workers Union strike at Royal Mail in the North, saying the 2% rise is a nominal cut against 12.3% inflation and urging an all‑Ireland push for wages that match inflation.
Economy and employment Issue: Royal Mail strike over pay Original release: Support The Royal Mail Strikers
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Interface Strike Wins 15.2%
People Before Profit reports on the Unite-led all-out strike at Interface in Craigavon, which it says won a 15.25% pay increase in early July, crediting a fighting union, community support and workplace organisation.
Economy and employment Issue: Interface Craigavon all-out strike 15.25% pay settlement Original release: Interface Strike Wins 15.2%
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Gerry Carroll MLA Supports Campaign For Women’s Refuge.
West Belfast MLA Gerry Carroll calls on the Communities Minister and the NI Housing Executive to urgently commission a replacement women’s supported‑living hostel, saying the shutdown of Regina Coeli and unkept promises have left vulnerable women without safe accommodation.
Housing Disability and equality Issue: Regina Coeli women’s hostel shutdown and occupation Original release: Gerry Carroll MLA Supports Campaign For Women’s Refuge.
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Families Struggling To Cope With Private Care Home Top-Up Fees
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says families are struggling with third-party top-up fees charged by private care homes, and says Derry and Strabane Council has agreed to request a report on the Western Trust's use of them. He calls for a Trust investigation and assurances on fair pricing.
Health Local government Original release: Families Struggling To Cope With Private Care Home Top-Up Fees
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Reject Tory Pay Insult For Above Inflation Pay Rise
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says the Tory party’s pay proposal is an insult to nurses and public‑sector staff, calling it a pay cut because it is below the 11.9% RPI inflation rate, and urges Stormont to back above‑inflation pay rises and industrial action.
Economy and employment Health Issue: Stormont Health Minister Robin Swann accepts Tory pay cut for HSC workers Original release: Reject Tory Pay Insult For Above Inflation Pay Rise
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Greedflation? Organise.
People Before Profit, citing a record number of UK billionaires and the idea of 'greedflation', urges workers to join trade unions, put in pay claims and form local Cost of Living campaign groups rather than accept the cost of living crisis.
Economy and employment Original release: Greedflation? Organise.
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People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says the DUP is still propping up Boris Johnson and the Tories after backing the government in a 349 to 238 House of Commons confidence vote, accusing the DUP of inconsistency on workers and the cost of living.
Economy and employment Issue: House of Commons confidence vote backing Johnson government July 2022 Original release: ??? ????? ???????? ?? ????? ?????? ?? ???? ????????? ??????? ??? ?????????
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Council Workers’ Pay Demand Resolve Deserves Credit
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says Unite's agreement to postpone its month-long council workers' strike rests on a better offer from Derry and District council, while the offer awaits formal agreement and member votes. He credits union action and criticises councillors who opposed the pay…
Economy and employment Local government Issue: Derry and District council workers' strike postponement after improved pay offer Original release: Council Workers’ Pay Demand Resolve Deserves Credit
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Time For Above-Inflation Pay Rises For All Care Workers
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin calls for above‑inflation pay rises for all care workers, warning they will take industrial action. He says Health Minister Robin Swann’s 10p mileage increase is inadequate and urges trade‑union representation for domiciliary staff.
Economy and employment Health Issue: Health Minister Robin Swann mileage reimbursement increase Original release: Time For Above-Inflation Pay Rises For All Care Workers
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Boris Johnson Must Go
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll repeats his call for Boris Johnson to resign immediately as further Cabinet resignations emerge, describing his premiership as politically and morally bankrupt and criticising the Conservative government's record.
Economy and employment Issue: Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak resignations from Johnson government Original release: Boris Johnson Must Go
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Council Unanimously Backs BT And Royal Mail Workers Pay Demands
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says Derry & Strabane Council unanimously backed his motion condemning attempts to scapegoat workers for inflation and supporting Royal Mail and BT Group workers' cost of living pay demands.
Economy and employment Local government Issue: Derry and Strabane council motion on Royal Mail and BT Group pay disputes Original release: Council Unanimously Backs BT And Royal Mail Workers Pay Demands
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Translink “Special” Train An Insult To Derry
People Before Profit councillor Maeve O'Neill says Translink's decision to run a special train for the Derry v Galway All-Ireland semi-final from Belfast rather than Derry is a deliberate insult to the city. She calls for the issue to be addressed immediately and urges a proper Derry-Dublin rail…
Infrastructure and transport Issue: Translink Derry special train for All-Ireland semi-final departing from Belfast Original release: Translink “Special” Train An Insult To Derry
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Department For Communities Needs To Increase Core Funding For Advice Provisio
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says Derry & Strabane Council ratified his motion calling on the Department for Communities and Stormont to increase core funding for advice services, which he says has stayed essentially static since 2015 despite rising costs.
Public finance and taxation Local government Issue: Derry and Strabane Council motion on DfC advice services core funding Original release: Department For Communities Needs To Increase Core Funding For Advice Provisio
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Council Needs To Challenge Royal Mail & BT Group Pay Hypocrisy
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin calls on Derry and Strabane District Council to condemn attempts to blame workers' pay for inflation and to back Royal Mail and BT Group workers balloting for industrial action over cost of living pay. He cites BT's £1.3B profit and Royal Mail's £400M…
Economy and employment Local government Issue: Derry and Strabane council motion on Royal Mail and BT Group pay disputes Original release: Council Needs To Challenge Royal Mail & BT Group Pay Hypocrisy
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People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll Welcomed A Large Delegation Of Caterpillar Workers To His Office This Morning 12 Weeks Into Their Strike Action.
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll says he welcomed striking Caterpillar workers to his constituency office, commends their fightback for fair pay from factories in West Belfast and Larne, and calls on management to treat them with respect. He also accuses the company of denying fair pay and…
Economy and employment Issue: Caterpillar workers strike over fair pay in West Belfast and Larne Original release: People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll Welcomed A Large Delegation Of Caterpillar Workers To His Office This Morning 12 Weeks Into Their Strike Action.
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ICTU Stormont March Puts Corporate & Political Establishment On Notice
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says attendees at the ICTU Cost of Living Crisis march on Stormont showed frustration with the DUP and Stormont inaction, and calls on ICTU and member unions to resource local campaigns for real pay uplifts.
Economy and employment Issue: ICTU Cost of Living Crisis march on Stormont Original release: ICTU Stormont March Puts Corporate & Political Establishment On Notice
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People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll Has Called For Urgent Action To Regulate Energy Prices In The Face Of The Rising Cost Of Living Crisis.
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll calls for urgent regulation and capping of energy prices amid the cost of living crisis, urging the Economy and Communities Ministers to strengthen the Utility Regulator's powers and provide financial support to households.
Economy and employment Original release: People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll Has Called For Urgent Action To Regulate Energy Prices In The Face Of The Rising Cost Of Living Crisis.
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Cllr Fiona Ferguson Organises Belfast Rally In Solidarity With The Rollback Of Roe V Wade In America
People Before Profit Cllr Fiona Ferguson says the US rollback of Roe v Wade horrifies the world, urges provision of local abortion services in the North and condemns Health Minister Robin Swann’s inaction, announcing a Belfast City Hall rally tonight at 6 pm with Alliance for Choice, Amnesty Int’l &
Disability and equality Health Issue: US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade Original release: Cllr Fiona Ferguson Organises Belfast Rally In Solidarity With The Rollback Of Roe V Wade In America