At a rally outside the Craigavon Civic Centre on Monday evening ahead of this month’s general meeting of ABC Council , Unite’s regional secretary Susan Fitzgerald said union members were ‘absolutely incensed’. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. Ms Fitzgerald revealed that on June 6 this year a representative for Unite from the Armagh depot was sacked.
She described senior management at ABC Council as representing a ‘hostile environment for trade unionists’. “We believe this goes back to the very militant strike action of two years ago that delivered on pay and conditions for workers.” Advertisement Advertisement A Council spokesperson ‘strongly refuted’ claims that ‘a member of staff would be subject to any detriment as a result of or relating to Trade Union membership or activities’.
Ms Fitzgerald said: “We all should be judged by our actions and judging this council by its actions, there are hostile actors in the council. It’s not too late for the council to do the right thing, to intervene here and show some leadership. "We are confident that our member has been treated unfairly.
There were a whole number of issues raised for investigation. They were all dropped bar one issue. They took their time in dealing with this issue, that they said was important, but didn’t act on any number of points that were raised by the other workers about the issues .