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14/01/2002
Trade unions call for strike over loyalist threats
Trade union leaders have called a half-day stoppage throughout Northern Ireland in protest at the murder of a young Catholic postal worker at the weekend.
Mr Tom Gillen, northern spokesman of the Irish Congress of Unions, confirmed the move after a meeting at Stormont with the First Minister David Trimble and Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan.
Union leaders met them to discuss the murder of Daniel McColgan (20) at a postal sorting office in the loyalist Rathcoole area, and the death threats on Catholic teachers at the weekend.
Mr Gillen confirmed that a half-day stoppage will take place on Friday January 18 in conjunction with a rally to be held outside Belfast City Hall.
Meanwhile, postal workers in the greater Belfast area are to stage a 24-hour stoppage tomorrow in protest at the murder of their colleague. There will also be a two-minute silence at workplaces on Tuesday to coincide with the funeral of the 20-year-old postman.
The decision was announced after union representatives met Northern Ireland Secretary Dr John Reid at Hillsborough Castle on Monday, January 14.
Sinn Féin president, Mr Gerry Adams, claimed the British government was not doing enough to confront loyalist paramilitaries in north Belfast.
Speaking before his meeting with the Secretary of State on Monday evening Mr Adams said: “There is a marked reluctance to face up to the UDA because there is a different attitude to violence when it comes from loyalists and because many of those involved in that organisation are in the pay of the British government.” (AMcE)
Mr Tom Gillen, northern spokesman of the Irish Congress of Unions, confirmed the move after a meeting at Stormont with the First Minister David Trimble and Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan.
Union leaders met them to discuss the murder of Daniel McColgan (20) at a postal sorting office in the loyalist Rathcoole area, and the death threats on Catholic teachers at the weekend.
Mr Gillen confirmed that a half-day stoppage will take place on Friday January 18 in conjunction with a rally to be held outside Belfast City Hall.
Meanwhile, postal workers in the greater Belfast area are to stage a 24-hour stoppage tomorrow in protest at the murder of their colleague. There will also be a two-minute silence at workplaces on Tuesday to coincide with the funeral of the 20-year-old postman.
The decision was announced after union representatives met Northern Ireland Secretary Dr John Reid at Hillsborough Castle on Monday, January 14.
Sinn Féin president, Mr Gerry Adams, claimed the British government was not doing enough to confront loyalist paramilitaries in north Belfast.
Speaking before his meeting with the Secretary of State on Monday evening Mr Adams said: “There is a marked reluctance to face up to the UDA because there is a different attitude to violence when it comes from loyalists and because many of those involved in that organisation are in the pay of the British government.” (AMcE)
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