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A message from Regional Secretary Susan Fitzgerald @1977susan on International Workers Memorial Day. We remember the dead, fight for the living and thank our trade union Health & Safety champions in the workplace #IWMD24

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Images captured by Unite members from today's walkout and rally of hundreds of Translink workers following last night's attack on public transport services

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Unite AGS @BeckettUnite makes a huge announcement for #NorthernIreland politics. Due to DUP failure to save jobs & skills and #SaveOurShipyard the trade union movement will be running worker candidates in North & East Belfast in upcoming elections. #ReNationaliseNow

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#JamesNebitt showing solidarity with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive @nihecommunity strikers in Belfast this morning ✊ #solidarity #jobspayconditions

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Great support for striking healthcare workers at the Falls Road picket outside RVH in Belfast #SaveOurNHS #EqualPay #SafeStaffing

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Striking Hovis workers have voted 79% in favour of a 2 year pay deal this morning which has ended all out industrial action. This a massive victory for workers and shows the importance of collective organisation and willingness to take industrial action ✊ ✊

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Caterpillar workers out on the picket line in Larne this morning fighting for better pay! ✊✊

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If Boris Johnson will not come to Belfast shipyard to listen to Harland and Wolff workers then they will make sure he hears them at Stormont. #ReNationaliseNow #SaveOurShipyard

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Empty shelves as the Hovis strike continues, these workers who kept the supply going right throughout the pandemic deserve fair pay now! @hovisbakery #payparity #wedontwantthecrumbs

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Sixty workers refuse to start at Linden Foods site in Dungannon, demand immediate talks with management over Coronavirus infection control measures

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Susan Fitzgerald has been confirmed by Unite’s Executive Council as the new Regional Secretary for Ireland, succeeding Jackie Pollock who is retiring. “ This is the right appointment at the right time to help lead members and a worker fightback" Jeff Robinson, Regional Chair

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Today our Unite members from Translink stood for a minutes silence in Belfast City Centre in honour of their bus worker colleagues in London @UniteLondonEast who have lost their lives to #covid19 and in memory of all those workers who have died 🕯

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Belfast Metro bus drivers’ branch chair for Unite Michael Dornan addresses his colleagues at a spontaneous walkout and rally at City hall to protest attacks on public transport workers and services.

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Unite members on the picket lines this morning across Northern Ireland as Councils, Education Authority, NI Housing Executive and Schools launch first week of strike action to win improved pay! ✊✊

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Striking Translink workers at a picket at Great Victoria Street station Belfast

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"No rooms for strike breakers!' - supporters of @CaterpillarInc workers at #Larne and #Belfast protesting outside luxury hotels where strike breakers are staying @Vanguard_Group @BlackRock @StateStreet @grandcentralbel @unitetheunion #Caterpillar #JobsPayConditions

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Hovis workers out on the picket line this morning for #payparity ! @bfawuni

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Workers ‘jubilant’ as Bombardier tariff threat lifted

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A thousand workers walkout at Moy Park site at Seagoe in Portadown after company profits are put before safety

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Harland and Wolff workers to sound shipyard horn this evening to honour efforts of NHS and other front-line workers

Harland and Wolff workers to sound shipyard horn this evening to honour efforts of NHS and other...

Harland and Wolff workers will sound the shipyard horn for a minute at 8pm tonight to show their appreciation and that of workers across Northern Ireland for frontline National Health Service staff…

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3 years

The striking NIPSA QUB crèche workers march to join the Hovis workers on strike today to show their solidarity✊ #payparity

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#BreakingNews : Unite members working at Regina Coeli House have been sacked this afternoon. "this is a despicable decision - it adds insult to injury; it highlights yet again the scandalous approach of the management committee" - Susan Fitzgerald, Unite

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Health workers out on the picket line this morning for fair pay and to protect our public services! #SaveOurServices #j18

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Paula and her son Gary who attends Glenveagh School speaking at the picket line this morning to show their support for the education workers who are out on strike for better pay

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Unite claims victory in battle to safeguard supported accommodation for vulnerable and homeless women

Unite claims victory in battle to safeguard supported accommodation for vulnerable and homeless w...

At a press conference held today (Wednesday) at the gates of Regina Coeli House, the centre of an eleven week occupation by workers, Unite has announced it has received assurances from the Departme…

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Members of Unite at @InterfaceInc Craigavon returned to work this morning after securing a 15.25% pay increase. This inflation-busting deal was won through militant, effective strike action which shut down production & forced bosses to share their profits with our members.✊

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Council workers back out on the picket line this morning at Duncrue Complex for better pay ✊✊

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Caterpillar pays for strike-breakers to stay in five star luxury

Protesters out in support of striking Caterpillar workers Unite blasts firm for ‘burning through’ cash on rooms that cost up to £850 a night rather than pay workers fairly Manufacturing company Cat…

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A bride and groom on their wedding day at Bangor Castle were among those to show their solidarity with the local authority workers out on strike for better pay! 🤵 👰 ✊ ✊

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Regional Secretary Susan Fitzgerald @1977susan at todays Pride march in Belfast #joinunite #JobsPayConditions #belfastpride2023 #StandByYourTrans

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Linden Foods workers have sent on this photo of their picket, where they are applying the social-distancing measures they are denied inside the factory #Coronavirus

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Supporters of @CaterpillarInc workers at #Larne and #Belfast protesting today outside luxury hotels where strike breakers are staying & at @Randstad offices @Vanguard_Group @BlackRock @StateStreet @grandcentralbel @unitetheunion #Caterpillar #JobsPayConditions

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Unite members at Caterpillar Springvale out on the picket line this morning on Day 1 of strike action for better pay! ✊✊

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Unite Regional Secretary Susan Fitzgerald @1977susan addressing workers at today's historic public sector rally #SaveOurServices #j18

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Support workers Bernadette and Caoimhe from Regina Coeli hostel in West Belfast speaking earlier today as workers commenced a 24-7 work-in occupation of this vital facility for vulnerable women which must stay open!

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Unite is very saddened to hear of the passing of our member Mel Corry who over many years helped deliver training & education to workplace reps and activists. Mel was a Trade Union stalwart & a gentleman. Our thoughts at this time extend to his family & colleagues at Trademark.

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Day seven on the @Hovis picket. Drenched by rain, battered by 50 mph winds and attacked by seagulls (angry as there’s no bread...) but nothing will stop our members’ determination to win #payparity ! @bfawuni

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Unite members show their support for the sacked P&O ferries staff at todays rally at Larne Port ✊

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Striking public sector workers gathering at Belfast City Hall for today’s rally! ✊✊ #SaveOurServices #j18

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Some photos of the new building hoardings at Transport House on High Street

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Our members at Glen Dimplex voted with a 67% majority to accept a hugely improved pay offer which provides an inflation-busting 13.5 percent pay increase & was secured following 3 days of strike action. Well done to all our members & reps on this huge victory! #JoinUnite

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Unite senior shop steward and Caterpillar worker Paula Hurst on why these workers have been forced to take strike action @unitetheunion

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Unite is deeply shocked and saddened by the death of Lyra McKee, a journalist who was shot dead while reporting a riot in Derry last night. Lyra wrote extensively on good relations & equality, especially equal rights for LGBT people. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.

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Journalist killed in Londonderry during rioting on Thursday night named by police as 29-year-old Lyra McKee

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Harland & Wolff occupation ends in victory as bid for iconic shipyard is accepted | Unite's Jackie Pollock: “When working people organise, everyone wins” #SavedOurShipyard

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Rathlin Island Ferry workers took their first day of strike action today for a fair pay increase after 3 years of pay stagnation. Workers are calling for the ferry operator to give them a real cost of living increase! #solidarity #JobsPayConditions ✊

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Protest to demand action on the cost of living crisis. Workers need a pay increase, nationalisation to end corporate price gouging, public housing for all and a decent benefit system!

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Solidarity to all public sector workers out on strike today across Northern Ireland for fair pay and to protect our public services! #SaveOurServices #j18

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Workers have just decided to suspend strike action at @Allied_Bakeries after a much improved pay offer was made by the company. Workers will now vote on offer #Unite4FairPay

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Education & Health workers gather at Belfast City Hall for the Workers Demand Better rally! ✊✊

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While our members stand on picket lines for an eighth week for a decent pay increase and no compulsory overtime @CaterpillarInc has strike breakers staying at the Grand Central Hotel Belfast. #strikebusting #NoRoomForStrikebreakers

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Unite members at Burke Shipping and Foyle Port on strike today for better pay! ✊✊

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Health service workers out on the picket line at the Mater Hospital this morning!✊✊

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As the @CaterpillarInc strike at #Larne and #Belfast enters its ninth week, a worker stands outside @Vanguard_Group offices in #London and demands a pay increase & respect @moneillsf @J_Donaldson_MP

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Unite regional secretary Jackie Pollock speaks from the picket line outside the Mater hospital Belfast #SafeStaffing #SaveOurNHS #EqualPay

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Workers maintain their ‘work-in’ today to save Regina Coeli hostel in West Belfast, Northern Ireland’s only women-only hostel for the homeless and vulnerable @DeirdreHargey @nihecommunity Save our Women's Hostel!

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1st May is International Workers Day where we celebrate the power of the working class - here is a May Day message from Unite Regional Secretary Susan Fitzgerald

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Unite reps from Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council speaking about the strike action these workers have been forced to take for a fair pay deal ✊ #jobspayconditions #solidarity

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Northern Ireland Housing Executive workers who have been out on strike for six months for a fair pay increase joined education and health workers at the rally at Belfast City Hall today ✊✊

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Healthcare workers from all unions joined together today to demand a decent pay increase. They warned Stormont ‘pay up or we rise up’!

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Spirits are high on the Caterpillar picket line in Belfast this morning on Day 2 of industrial action for a fair pay deal ✊✊

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Photos from picket lines across Northern Ireland today as local authority workers continue their fight for a decent pay increase! #worthmore

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Spirits are high among the striking bus workers at Enniskillen depot. Striking for a cost of living pay increase.

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Belfast City Council worker and Unite Shop Steward Kieran Molloy speaking at the Ormeau recycling centre earlier today on why these workers have been forced to take strike action

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Regina Coeli House worker, Emma McCann, speaking at a press conference held today at the gates of Regina Coeli House

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Frontline workers from Translink support NHS workers with donations of toiletries for staff leaving COVID wards at the Mater and Belfast City Hospitals #covid -19 #HereForYou

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Regional Co-ordinating Officer Susan Fitzgerald @1977susan speaking at the Regina Coeli hostel in West Belfast which is facing closure. Save our Women's Hostel! @DeirdreHargey @nihecommunity

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Harland & Wolff workers fresh from their successful fight to #SaveOurShipyard got a rousing reception when they paid a #Solidarity visit to the NHS #EqualPay picket lines at Dundonald #SaveOurNHS @1977susan @Joe63ni

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Workers from Mid Ulster Council @MidUlster_DC speaking from picket lines earlier today as they commence four weeks of strike action for fair pay ✊ #jobspayconditions #worthmore

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Education workers out on the picket lines at Glenveagh & Oakwood School in Belfast this morning ✊✊ #SaveOurServices #j18

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Mid Ulster Council @MidUlster_DC workers out on the picket lines this morning on Day 1 of a four week long strike for a fair pay increase! ✊✊ #worthmore #JobsPayConditions

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Unite RCO @1977susan identifies workers’ willingness to organise and take strike action as the only defence against a cost of surviving crisis

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Unite members end dock strikes at Foyle Port after scoring double victory in pay dispute

Striking success of industrial action by Foyle dockers and port workers shows that when workers’ fight, they win! Unite confirmed that its dual strike actions at Foyle Port, involvin…

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Striking @Hovis workers in both @Unitetheunion and @bfawuni have just voted with 79% majority to accept the latest increased pay offer of 8.16% over two years and end their strike. This is a major win for workers and demonstrates importance of organisation & industrial militancy.

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Our members on the picket line at Caterpillar, Springvale this morning at the end of the first week of industrial action for better pay and conditions✊✊

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Susan Fitzgerald @1977susan speaking for Unite and working-class people on BBC The View

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The Harland & Wolff shipbuilders go on tour to bring their case for #ReNationaliseNow to Prime Minister Johnson who has refused to visits the shipyard #SaveOurShipyard

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'We'll be out as long as it takes to receive a fair pay increase, no compulsory overtime' - George Brash, Regional Officer speaking from the Caterpillar picket line in Larne @unitetheunion #JobsPayConditions

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Strike preparation in full swing at the Unite offices in Belfast today - everyone ready for the Caterpillar picket lines on Monday ✊✊

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Nelson Law Unite shop steward @Allied_Bakeries speaks from a cold picket line on the workers’ fight for #FairPay

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British Airways Betrayal Demonstration taking place today at @marksandspencer in Belfast City Centre @British_Airways @BaBetrayal

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Unite members at Queens University and Ulster University out on the picket line this morning for fair pay! ✊✊

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Crowd gathering well at the #SaveOurShipyard rally called by the @NIC_ICTU in support of Harland and Wolff workforce #ReNationaliseNow

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Luisa Monteiro, Unite workplace rep at Glen Dimplex in Portadown, explains the determination of workers to win fair pay and a Covid payment.

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Newtownards Town Hall lit up red for International Workers Day #MayDay2020

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Covid-19 restrictions have once again meant that it has not been possible to hold the traditional, annual May Day parade in Belfast. Unite activists participated in the NIC-ICTU #MayDay cavalcade through the city to celebrate International Workers’ Day

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Geoff Stirling of ⁦ @SkySports ⁩ dropped by the Harland & Wolff shipyard occupation on the route of the Belfast #MarchForMen He was welcomed by @GMBNI shop steward and Prostate cancer survivor Paul Beattie

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Show your support for Harland & Wolff workers in their fight to save jobs & skills in this proud 400 year old industry. Rally at noon tomorrow [Tuesday] at #Belfast shipyard #SaveOurShipyard @GMBNI @unitetheunion

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Striking Unite members from across Northern Ireland gathered at Stormont for a rally this morning on day four of their weeklong strike action for fair pay ✊ ✊

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Striking Translink workers gather during their fourth day of strike action for a pay increase at #Lisburn this morning

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Roads and education workers joined together in solidarity on the same picket line in Bangor this morning ✊ #SaveOurServices #j18

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Regional Co-ordinating Officer Susan Fitzgerald @1977susan speaking yesterday at the Burke shipping workers strike at Foyle Port for better pay #Decency4DockWorkers #JobsPayConditions ✊ ✊

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A show of solidarity today with the workers and residents of Regina Coeli Hostel with a visit from a delegation from the Belfast Trades Council @BDTUC ✊ ✊ Save our Women's Hostel! Save Regina Coeli!

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Big turnout and lots of support at tonight’s protest in West Belfast against the closure of Regina Coeli hostel. Save our women’s hostel! @DeirdreHargey @nihecommunity

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Susan Fitzgerald @1977susan Unite Regional Coordinating Officer speaking on @UTVNews earlier following today’s huge job loss announcement by Bombardier

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Translink workers out on the picket line at Adelaide depot in Belfast for a cost of living pay increase #JobsPayConditions #SaveOurServices

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The weather hasn't dampened the spirits on Day 3 of the @InterfaceInc strike in Craigavon!✊✊ #solidarity #jobspayconditions @unitetheunion

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We have just received this press release from Joe Bamford confirming that there is a future for Wrightbus workers #SavedWrightbusJobs @1977susan

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Workers from Regina Ceoli Hostel in West Belfast standing this morning with Unite Community members who have been campaigning for some months to keep this facility open. This facility offers female only accommodation and provides a refuge to vulnerable women & must remain open!