{"id":3343,"date":"2015-03-16T11:39:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T11:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2015-03-16T12:11:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T12:11:56","slug":"unprecedented-mobilisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=3343","title":{"rendered":"Unprecedented mobilisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Workers across Northern Ireland engaged in a one-day strike to say \u00e2\u20ac\u0098enough is enough \u00e2\u20ac\u201c hands off our public services&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The strike on Friday (March 13) called in response to the Stormont \u00e2\u20ac\u0098austerity budget\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, saw an unprecedented mobilisation of public sector workers across a wide range of workplaces.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bFrom our soundings over the past number of weeks, as well as from the strike ballots, we knew there would be a good turnout \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but the scale of today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s response took us by surprise, as did the overwhelming support shown by members of the public,&#8221; said Unite deputy regional secretary Jackie Pollock.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite&#8217;s public sector members in Northern Ireland (pictured below) turned out in droves at picket lines across the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3345\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"NI_strike2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3346\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike3-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"NI_strike3\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike3-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike3-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3347\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike4-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"NI_strike4\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike4-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike4-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3348\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"NI_strike5\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3349\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike6-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"NI_strike6\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike6-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike6-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NI_strike6.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers across Northern Ireland engaged in a one-day strike to say \u00e2\u20ac\u0098enough is enough \u00e2\u20ac\u201c hands off our public services&#8217;. &nbsp; The strike on Friday (March 13) called in response to the Stormont \u00e2\u20ac\u0098austerity budget\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, saw an unprecedented mobilisation of public sector workers across a wide range of workplaces. &nbsp; \u00e2\u20ac\u015bFrom our soundings over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[76,132],"wps_subtitle":"Tens of thousands of workers across Northern Ireland join public sector strike","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3352,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3343\/revisions\/3352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}