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Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:12:00 GMT
It is evident that there are conflicting agendas running here at a time when there should be only one, securing a fair deal on pensions for teachers and other public service workers.
As new scheme is rolled out, UCU says government's EMA mess will increase benefits costs.
Unionlearn, the TUC’s learning and skills organisation offers its congratulations to GMB Southern project worker Ian Northam, who has been awarded an MBE for services to workplace education.
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Responding to Danny Alexander's comments on public sector pensions today (Friday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“At such a critical time in complex negotiations this is a deeply inflammatory public intervention with a clumsy mix of announcements apparently designed to pre-empt the talks, coupled with crude threats that even worse terms might be imposed if unions refuse to acquiesce to this assault on their pensions.
Yorkshire risks missing out on the recent labour market recovery, with spending cuts likely to cause more job losses and weaken demand in local economies, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will warn today (17 June) as he visits the region as part as TUC's nationwide campaign to promote an economic alternative to the government's programme of deep and rapid spending cuts.
Unite, Britain's biggest union, has joined the aviation industry in calling on the government to scrap its plans to increase air passenger duty by £1 billion in its response to the Treasury's consultation which closes today
The government was accused of ‘gunboat diplomacy’ over public sector pensions, following chief secretary Danny Alexander’s hardline intervention.