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Archive for March, 2009

MPs Pay And Pensions Show The Way Forward Says GMB

It is clear is that MPs have caught up with the recent reforms to public sector workers pensions and simultaneously set the standard on pay says union

March 31st, 2009 GMB press releases

RMT hails huge victory in stations fire-safety campaign

BRITAIN’S BIGGEST rail and Tube union hailed today’s scheduled tabling in parliament of new fire-safety regulations for sub-surface stations as vindication of a five-year campaign to retain standards imposed in the wake of the 1987 King’s Cross fire, which claimed 31 lives.

March 31st, 2009 RMT press releases

‘Dangerous’ Network Rail cuts must be reversed, says RMT

NETWORK RAIL is trying to spin its way out of controversy over dangerous cuts to its track-renewals programme, Britain’s biggest rail union charges today.

March 31st, 2009 RMT press releases

Usdaw celebrates ten years of minimum wage

Shopworkers’ union, Usdaw, is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the implementation of the national minimum wage benefiting over a million low paid workers....

March 31st, 2009 USDAW news releases

Report fails to recognise crucial role of special needs teachers, says ATL

Martin Freedman, Head of Pay, Conditions and Pensions, comments on the STRB report.

March 31st, 2009 ATL news releases

ATL Cymru – School exclusions rates still woefully high

Dr Philip Dixon comments on the publication of statistics on exclusions in Wales.

March 31st, 2009 ATL news releases

Outsourcing Madness Leaves Glasgow UCATT Members In Limbo

UCATT members who were employed by City Building held an angry protest in Glasgow City Centre this lunchtime. The workers remain in limbo as the company who they were due to transfer to on Monday continued to stall on the deal and refused to answer questions about the workers’ future.

March 31st, 2009 UCATT news releases

Merlin attractions – Special offers available to Usdaw members

Take advantage of new offers available to Usdaw members....

March 31st, 2009 USDAW news releases

Oscar Wilde’s hotel room prompts call for greater tourist guide regulation

Plans to boost London’s tourism by highlighting lesser known attractions reinforces the need for fully-trained, regulated tour guides, Unite, the largest union in the country, has said.

March 30th, 2009 Unite news releases

The ‘final wake-up call’ as new figures show a health visitor job is ‘lost every 30 hours’

The health visiting crisis can still be measured in hours, according to Unite, the largest union in the country.

March 30th, 2009 Unite news releases