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NI Healthcare workers at 'tipping point' as union ballots for industrial action 2026-10-10 [BBC]

John Traynor: Companies fined £145k after worker killed at construction site 2026-10-03 [BBC]

Tributes on 25th anniversary of the murder of journalist Martin O'Hagan 2026-09-28 [NUJ]

NUJ to mark Martin O'Hagan anniversary: 25 Years demanding justice 2026-09-21 [NUJ]

Pilgrim’s strike attracts union concern over agency workers 2026-09-14 [Just Food]

Pilgrims Europe workforce determined to secure fair pay increase 2026-09-08 [Unite]

Pilgrims workers begin all-out strike over pay in Enniskillen 2026-09-01 [Unite]

Enniskillen factory staff to strike for two weeks as dispute escalates 2026-08-13 [The Telegraph]

Sarah Doherty: women’s rights campaigner remembered by Derry and Inishowen family 2026-08-13 [Ireland Live]

NUJ welcomes PSNI’s renewed Lyra McKee appeal 2026-07-31 [NUJ]

Balcas workers set for week-long strike action from tomorrow 2026-07-23 [Unite]

Derry factory workers' rights campaigner Sarah Doherty honoured 2026-07-23 [The Journal]

The campaigner who gave shirt factory women a voice 2026-07-23 [BBC]

Derry factory woman who led fight for workers' rights to be honoured 2026-07-22 [The Journal]

Five weeks of strike action ends at Haldane Fisher in Newry as workers secure ‘inflation-busting’ pay rise 2026-07-12 [Armagh I]

NUJ statement on Lyra McKee murder verdict 2026-07-03 [NUJ]

Stormont must legislate on upper working temperature limits 2026-06-26 [Unite]

West Belfast woman Maria standing for NIPSA general secretary post 2026-06-16 [Belfast Media]

NUJ condemns intimidation and attacks against journalists covering Belfast riots 2026-06-11 [NUJ]

Belfast 'pogrom' riots condemned by GMB Union congress 2026-06-11 [GMB]

PCS Statement on N Ireland Violence 2026-06-11 [PCS]

Unite condemns violence and demands all employers ensure workers’ safety 2026-06-11 [Unite]

Haldane Fisher workers set for strike in Newry after pay offer rejected 2026-06-09 [Armaghi]

NUJ condemns threats to journalists covering event in Northern Ireland 2026-06-08 [NUJ]

Unite secures further recognition agreement at Seagate Technologies in Northern Ireland 2026-05-27 [Unite]

Northern Ireland health department flip-flopping on childminding ratios risks child safety, Unite 2026-05-20 [Unite]

Stormont Executive must put protections for workers during extreme weather events in law 2026-04-27 [Unite]

Ulster University to cut up to 450 jobs 2026-04-15 [BBC]

Paid miscarriage leave now a day-one right in Northern Ireland 2026-04-07 [PCS]

William Houston: Contractor fined £110k after falling stone killed man 2026-03-16 [BBC]

Unite to ballot Nelipak workers for strikes in real living wage dispute 2026-03-10 [Unite]

Union to ballot workers over industrial action at Derry medical packaging firm Nelipak 2026-03-10 [The Irish News]

PDA calls on MLAs to support the Good Jobs Bill 2026-03-07 [PDA]

IFJ and NUJ demand accountability over unlawful surveillance by PSNI 2026-02-27 [IFJ]

Thousands of PSNI officers set for £7,500 payout after data breach 2026-02-24 [Emergency Services Times]

Concrete firm fined £160,000 over employee's death 2026-02-19 [BBC]

Guinness workers in Belfast secure pay boost as strike threat ends 2026-02-12 [Unite]

Public sector workers ‘have just days to claim share of £100m compensation’ says union 2026-01-22 [The Irish News]

Staff at Glen Dimplex, Portadown end industrial dispute after vote to accept improved pay offer 2026-01-16 [Unite]

Some NI Water staff on strike over pay 2025-12-31 [BBC]

Workers’ rights are good populism 2025-11-19 [Agenda NI]

Concerns for child safety in Northern Ireland with hundreds of education posts filled without safety checks 2025-11-17 [Unite]

Union to ballot PSNI workers for strike action over data breach 2025-11-04 [BBC]

'Winter of discontent' unless health pay offer improved 2025-10-28 [BBC]

Talks due to resume as health unions move towards strike ballot 2025-10-27 [BBC]

‘Belfast at night isn’t exactly the safest’ – Late night buses could put bar staff in danger, warns hospitality union 2025-10-23 [The Irish News]

‘Belfast at night isn’t exactly the safest’ – Late night buses could put bar staff in danger, warns hospitality union 2025-10-23 [The Irish News]

Response failures highlights need to end NI ambulance staffing crisis 2025-09-23 [Unite the union]

IFJ condemns MI5’s illegal surveillance of journalists 2025-09-18 [IFJ]

Belfast Better Gym and GLL leisure centre workers go on 24-hour strike 2025-08-12 [BBC]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

4-10-1936 At Cable Street, London, thousands of trade unionists, socialists and communists throw up barricades to block the British Union of Fascists from marching through the Jewish neighbourhoods of the East End. [more]

6-10-1913 The conference of the Miners Federation passes a motion in favour of a general strike in Britain to support Dublin's locked out workers, with only one vote against. [more]

25-10-1895 Socialist and feminist Edith Lanchester captured by her family and institutionalised for opposing the institution of marriage [more]