The TUC, railway unions and transport campaigners have launched a campaign to fight job cuts, service reductions, ticket office closures and fare hikes in the rail industry.
At a meeting with MPs at the House of Commons on Tuesday 20 March, union leaders and representatives from the Campaign for Better Transport raised their concerns about the government's proposals for the future of rail as outlined in the Rail Command Paper. They were joined by Shadow Transport Minister Maria Eagle.
Around 2.7 million workers across the UK could face an increased risk of losing their jobs when the government increases the qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal from one year to two years on Good Friday (6 April).
The TUC is concerned that this change in the law will also increase job insecurity, discriminate against younger workers, part-time women workers and employees from black and ethnic (BME) communities, and encourage more of a ‘hire and fire' culture in the UK.
GMB and the RLPA will work with the Club, its staff and the RFL in order to try and ensure that Bradford Bulls continue as a Club
The offer falls far short both of projected RPI inflation for the year and of the median increase for pay settlements, which stands at 3% for the three months to January 2012, double what the BMA is offering
The Government must act and now as an urgent discussion involving Government, the industry and unions is needed about where we go from here
Unionlearn are delighted that the number of apprenticeships continues to rise. Numbers from the department for Business, Innovation and Skills showing….
This aggressive move by Swissport to cut our members net income at a time of high inflation that has led to this strike action and Swissport is entirely to blame for the disruption if company does not accept ACAS invitation to talks says GMB
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BALPA has announced that it has joined the global union the ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) as its 691st member.