The landlords have to face up to the unpalatable fact that rents are at least £100m per year above market clearing rates for these properties which is £60 per week per bed says GMB
Members of UCU at Barnsley College will take strike action tomorrow as part of their ongoing fight to save jobs. Staff will be on picket lines from 8.30am to 9.30am outside the Eastgate entrance to the college.
UCU Scotland welcomes a review of university governance announced by Mike Russell, cabinet secretary for education, but said it had serious concerns about the extraordinary choice of chair and was considering its position on the review panel.
The TUC has today (Thursday) condemned the government's failure to award the Thameslink train production contract to Bombardier as a missed opportunity to boost British-based manufacturing and jobs.
The TUC fears the promised new jobs in train maintenance will be dwarfed by the potential job losses at the Bombadier plant and in its supply chain.
Commenting on the adoption of a convention on the rights of domestic workers at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) conference in Geneva today (Thursday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“The international community – governments, employers and unions – have united to support this convention to give dignity and respect to 50 million domestic workers around the world. Justice for domestic workers is long overdue in the UK, as well as in developing countries.
UCU today welcomed news that members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) have voted to join UCU members in taking strike action to defend pensions later this month (Thursday 30 June).
RMT response to Siemens being awarded Thameslink stock replacement over Bombardier
RAIL UNION RMT today announced a further wave of strike action and action short of a strike in an on-going pay dispute on Heathrow Express.
Unite has branded the government's decision to award a contract to build new train carriages to a German-led consortium over Derby-based Bombardier as disgraceful.
Commenting on the announcement today by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning in the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Trades Unions Congress (STUC) General Secretary Grahame Smith said: