09/04/2008
Hunger striker Rushed To Hospital
One of the sacked airport workers protesting outside Transport House in Belfast has been rushed to Hospital.
Gordon McNeil has not eaten for four days and is into his second day without water.
He has been protesting alongside two other men against union Unite over the legal costs of fighting their former employer.
The protesters were dismissed from their security posts at Belfast International Airport in controversial circumstances in 2002.
Speaking to the BBC on Tuesday Mr McNeil said: "It's absolutely unreal, it's destroying me, it's destroying my health."
Unite believe they have: "Acted honourably towards the three men".
The protesters say they have spent seven years of their lives on this campaign.
(GK/JM)
Gordon McNeil has not eaten for four days and is into his second day without water.
He has been protesting alongside two other men against union Unite over the legal costs of fighting their former employer.
The protesters were dismissed from their security posts at Belfast International Airport in controversial circumstances in 2002.
Speaking to the BBC on Tuesday Mr McNeil said: "It's absolutely unreal, it's destroying me, it's destroying my health."
Unite believe they have: "Acted honourably towards the three men".
The protesters say they have spent seven years of their lives on this campaign.
(GK/JM)
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14 January 2013
Flag Violence Is 'Wrong' - UDA Man
Loyalist rioters who are violently protesting the flying of the union flag at Belfast City Hall are destroying their own communities and playing into Sinn Féin's hands. This was the message from Jimmy Birch, a UDA man from east Belfast who was speaking to the BBC as part of a Radio Ulster documentary called 'Inside The Flag Protests'.
Flag Violence Is 'Wrong' - UDA Man
Loyalist rioters who are violently protesting the flying of the union flag at Belfast City Hall are destroying their own communities and playing into Sinn Féin's hands. This was the message from Jimmy Birch, a UDA man from east Belfast who was speaking to the BBC as part of a Radio Ulster documentary called 'Inside The Flag Protests'.
16 April 2009
Visteon Settlement Rejected
The union representing former workers at Visteon has rejected an offer of cash payments by the firm's US owners A Unite union spokesman called the offer "derisory" and that it added "insult to injury" even though it would have meant most of the protesting workers at the doomed Belfast factory being offered individual cash payments.
Visteon Settlement Rejected
The union representing former workers at Visteon has rejected an offer of cash payments by the firm's US owners A Unite union spokesman called the offer "derisory" and that it added "insult to injury" even though it would have meant most of the protesting workers at the doomed Belfast factory being offered individual cash payments.
09 April 2009
Belfast Councillors To Debate Visteon Workers' Plight
City Hall is throwing its weight behind west Belfast car workers protesting against compulsory redundancy terms. Belfast City Council will meet today (Thursday) to discuss the recent upsurge in job losses across the city. Car components firm Visteon closed three plants last Tuesday, making 600 workers redundant, including 210 in Finaghy.
Belfast Councillors To Debate Visteon Workers' Plight
City Hall is throwing its weight behind west Belfast car workers protesting against compulsory redundancy terms. Belfast City Council will meet today (Thursday) to discuss the recent upsurge in job losses across the city. Car components firm Visteon closed three plants last Tuesday, making 600 workers redundant, including 210 in Finaghy.
27 June 2001
FURTHER TENSION IN NORTH BELFAST
TENSIONS in north Belfast continue to run high after 100 protestant residents blocked a road on Tuesday evening and a shot was fired into a house in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Both incidents took place in the Oldpark area.
FURTHER TENSION IN NORTH BELFAST
TENSIONS in north Belfast continue to run high after 100 protestant residents blocked a road on Tuesday evening and a shot was fired into a house in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Both incidents took place in the Oldpark area.
28 April 2011
Quinn Backed By Protesting Workers
Fermanagh was in revolt today with a second protest by staff from the Quinn Group taking place this morning. Around 200 workers and supporters have again gathered outside the company's headquarters in Derrylin as a show of support for the firm's founder, local entrepreneur, Sean Quinn, (pictured).
Quinn Backed By Protesting Workers
Fermanagh was in revolt today with a second protest by staff from the Quinn Group taking place this morning. Around 200 workers and supporters have again gathered outside the company's headquarters in Derrylin as a show of support for the firm's founder, local entrepreneur, Sean Quinn, (pictured).
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