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Sacked Workers Recommence Hunger Strike at Unite offices

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Friday May 16, 2008 11:34

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Socialist Party claim that Unite renege on deal

Previous protest at Belfast airport

The three sacked airport shop stewards who called off a week long hunger and thirst strike on 11 April, after they received assurances from their union, Unite, that commitments made to them last September would be met, have resumed protest action at Transport House.

In a repeat of the action that last month led to the union calling the police to remove the protesters, Gordon McNeill this morning occupied the awning at the front of the building. Madan Gupta and Chris Bowyer have said they will take his place if the union has him arrested.

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"We have learned that nothing the Unite leadership say can be trusted. Every member of the union would do well to note the way we have been lied to and fobbed off" Gordon McNeill

The previous hunger strike ended with a promise from the union that they would pay the outstanding legal bill for the long court action taken by the sacked workers against their former employer, ICTS. Unite also said that they would make an offer of compensation to the shop stewards for the hardship which the actions of the union leadership had put them through. All this was to have been done by 30 April.

The 30 April deadline passed without any movement by the Unite leadership on any of these issues. Instead, on 8 May, the shop stewards received a letter from the union solicitor which went back on all the previous promises that had been made.

On four occasions over the last eight months the Unite leadership gave firm guarantees that they will pay the legal bills and offer compensation. Their latest letter revokes all these promises. All it offers is to continue discussions which have already dragged on for years. For the first time it introduces strings and conditions on any offer. In a recent meeting with the shop stewards, Unite Irish Regional Secretary, Jimmy Kelly, made clear that, as a precondition for any settlement, he wanted a letter from the shop stewards exonerating himself and current General Secretary, Tony Woodley, for their role in the dispute.

Faced with this double dealing and intransigence the shop stewards can only conclude that the Unite leadership have never had any intention of resolving this dispute and have been stringing them along with false promises. They have therefore decided to begin an escalating campaign of public protest action to force the union leadership to stand by their earlier promises.

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Comments (50 of 50)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	answers please????	bigjimlarkin	Fri May 16, 2008 10:56
2	The above comment is a pathetic attempt to distract and confuse	Answering Machine	Fri May 16, 2008 13:20
3	grow up	bigjimlarkin	Fri May 16, 2008 13:46
4	Scratch a bureaucrat...	Answering Machine	Fri May 16, 2008 14:12
5	sp vs swp	injymeejia	Fri May 16, 2008 14:29
6	balanced comment is not mudslinging	bigjimlarkin	Fri May 16, 2008 14:36
7	A final response to your vague and empty attacks on the workers	Answering Machine	Fri May 16, 2008 14:50
8	right 'comrade'	bigjimlarkin	Fri May 16, 2008 14:59
9	Once more	Answering Machine	Fri May 16, 2008 15:12
10	balance achieved	lisbon67@hotmail.com	Fri May 16, 2008 15:22
11	Response to 'BigjimLarkin'	Peter Hadden	Fri May 16, 2008 22:30
12	'peter hadden's' post above	bigjimlarkin	Sat May 17, 2008 15:51
13	Re AIport workers	Unite member	Sat May 17, 2008 17:38
14	Unite(d) reaction	solidarity seeker	Sat May 17, 2008 21:11
15	Urgent - Hunger and Thirst striker's health deteriorating fast	x	Sun May 18, 2008 09:54
16	Rally for Justice - 1pm Monday 19th May - Belfast	x	Sun May 18, 2008 13:22
17	What has been paid to date?	The Digger	Mon May 19, 2008 12:11
18	f	f	Mon May 19, 2008 15:19
19	Transport House Hunger and Thirst strike update	x	Mon May 19, 2008 19:29
20	Pictures of Gordon McNeill being hospitalised	f	Mon May 19, 2008 20:02
21	there is no defence for unite	martina	Tue May 20, 2008 01:25
22	Support from Ken Loach	Socialist Party	Tue May 20, 2008 10:44
23	petition	che_jesus	Thu May 22, 2008 10:40
24	RALLY	Support Belfast Airport Workers	Thu May 22, 2008 10:57
25	poster	f	Thu May 22, 2008 11:31
26	Rally Postponed	f	Thu May 22, 2008 12:47
27	Airport workers suspend hunger strike to await offer	f	Fri May 23, 2008 10:50
28	compensation	G	Fri May 23, 2008 12:41
29	Not true	Supporter	Fri May 23, 2008 14:36
30	£1 million (not $) question	impartial observer	Sat May 24, 2008 01:32
31	Impartial Observer?	Stephen Boyd	Sat May 24, 2008 12:09
32	Updates	Stephen Boyd	Sat May 24, 2008 12:12
33	Query	Interested	Tue May 27, 2008 16:13
34	Unite union serves injunction and threatens protesting shop stewards with fines and imprisonment	f	Tue May 27, 2008 22:41
35	teachers support	curious	Wed May 28, 2008 08:38
36	Unite serves injunction on protesting shop steward	f	Wed May 28, 2008 09:33
37	Articles in todays papers	f	Wed May 28, 2008 10:13
38	How Unite could have resolved this last year	f	Wed May 28, 2008 11:39
39	Have the legal fees been paid or not?	confused	Wed May 28, 2008 18:53
40	Confused like hell you are	Socialist	Wed May 28, 2008 19:02
41	SOME FACTS - THE TRUTH ALWAYS OUTS IN THE END	bigjimlarkin	Wed May 28, 2008 19:04
42	Sacked airport workers accuse Unite leadership of issuing "black propaganda and disinformation" to t	che_jesus	Wed May 28, 2008 19:16
43	and so the grubby truth finally emerges	bigjimlarkin	Wed May 28, 2008 19:32
44	wsm	impatient	Thu May 29, 2008 12:04
45	re WSM	bigjimlarkin	Thu May 29, 2008 12:39
46	The truth will out in the end	imnotsocommon	Thu May 29, 2008 13:41
47	Shop Stewards to defy injunction	Stephen Boyd	Thu May 29, 2008 15:26
48	INTO and Airport workers	SIPTU member	Thu May 29, 2008 18:10
49	will the real big jim please stand up	proud socialist	Fri May 30, 2008 02:11
50	Unite a farse	BATU member	Thu Jun 12, 2008 22:58

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