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Education minister hopes to finalise teacher pay deal 'within days' 2025-01-31 [BBC]

Teaching unions suspend industrial action planned for next week 2025-01-12 [Belfast Media]

NI health service set to avoid strikes after deal proves 'massive step forward' 2024-12-20 [Irish Times]

Navantia takeover offers hope for jobs and future of shipbuilding at Harland and Wolff 2024-12-19 [Unite the union]

Woman settles case after Christmas party incident 2024-12-15 [RTÉ]

Northern Ireland Water strike could see thousands cut off 2024-11-28 [Belfast Live]

Health union warns of 'large-scale' industrial action over pay 2024-11-13 [BBC]

All seven Stormont party leaders sign winter fuel payment pledge 2024-10-28 [Unite the union]

Staff say restaurant management took fines from tips 2024-10-24 [BBC]

Spirit workers still waiting for answers about their future 2024-10-22 [Unite]

Seagate engineering specialists vote for representation by Unite 2024-09-26 [Unite]

'Detrimental effect' on children with autism as school strikes set to force more classroom closures, warns charity 2024-08-15 [BelfastLive]

Education Authority workers win pay and grading improvement to end industrial dispute 2024-08-07 [Unite the Union]

NUJ says those intimidating journalists should be prosecuted 2024-08-06 [NUJ]

NUJ says those intimidating journalists should be prosecuted 2024-08-06 [NUJ]

Health staff ‘should get above inflation pay rises’ 2024-07-30 [BBC]

Harland & Wolff: Focus must be on securing a long-term future 2024-07-22 [Unite the union]

Unions recommend school staff to back pay offer 2024-06-25 [BBC]

Police staff vote to strike over 'danger' payment 2024-06-22 [BBC]

Consultants agree to suspend planned 24-hour strike following pay offer 2024-06-20 [Live]

Education support workers strike: GMB, UNISON and Unite warn of 'huge disruption' to schools in September 2024-05-25 [Belfast News Letter]

'Major' disruption as junior doctors strike 2024-05-23 [BBC]

School workers to strike in May and June over pay 2024-05-14 [BBC]

Social workers strike over staff shortages 2024-05-08 [BBC]

Unpaid carers 'being left behind' new carer's leave law 2024-04-08 [BBC]

PSNI: Ex-officer loses appeal over dismissal amid abuse claims 2024-04-08 [BBC]

RCN rejects NI pay offer, while other unions vote in favour 2024-03-23 [BBC]

Education: main teaching unions vote to accept pay offer 2024-03-22 [BBC]

Lecturer unions UCU and NASUWT reject 'insulting' pay offer 2024-03-20 [BBC]

From ‘Banter’ to ‘Abuse’?: New Northern Ireland guide aims to eradicate sexual harassment in the workplace 2024-03-12 [News Letter]

Belfast City Hall statues of historic female activists installed ahead of International Women’s Day unveiling 2024-03-05 [The Irish News]

Police laid surveillance trap for journalists 2024-02-29 [NUJ]

Strikes: Where each sector stands as unions ponder over pay deals 2024-02-27 [Belfast Telegraph]

Health staff and civil servants offered 5% rise 2024-02-27 [BBC]

Translink: Bus and rail strikes suspended after latest pay offer 2024-02-25 [BBC]

Junior doctors in NI vote for strike action over pay 2024-02-20 [BBC]

Executive’s £688m for public sector pay may not end industrial action, unions warn 2024-02-16 [Belfast Telegraph]

Doctors' pay: BMA 'disappointed' after talks with health officials 2024-02-16 [BBC]

Transport unions give Department of Infrastructure ‘two weeks’ to resolve pay dispute 2024-02-14 [Belfast Telegraph]

School strikes: teaching unions postpone industrial action 2024-02-13 [BBC]

Unite seeking meeting with minister for economy Conor Murphy over proposed closure of Castlereagh campus 2024-02-12 [Unite the union]

CWU bid to save 300 local jobs at BT Enniskillen after shock announcement 2024-02-10 [CWU]

Pay must be priority for new government, union boss says 2024-02-04 [RTÉ]

Transport workers to delay strike to allow space for pay offer 2024-02-06 [SIPTU]

Bus and train workers cancel planned February strike 2024-02-06 [BBC]

MenoVest event – raising awareness of menopause in the workplace 2024-02-01 [Belfast Telegraph]

Bus and train workers strike again despite Stormont progress 2024-02-01 [BBC]

Seagate Technology workers vote for union recognition 2024-01-31 [BBC]

Translink strike to go ahead without more pay detail - union 2024-01-28 [BBC]

Nursing unions ‘taking stock’ after strike 2024-01-26 [Nursing Times]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

10-02-1972 30,000 Birmingham engineers go on strike in solidarity with striking miners. Thousands of them march to Saltley Gate coke depot, overpowering police to shut the gates. [more]

17-02-2006 Royal Mail workers in Belfast return to work after a successful wildcat strike against victimisation [more]