TUBE UNION RMT today demanded an end to the ' lies and complacency' of Transport for London as a leaked memo revealed that last week a Jubilee Line train with a suspect package on board was allowed to pass through four stations - including Canada Water and Canary Wharf - because staff cuts meant there was no one available to evacuate and search the carriages.
Unite, Britain's biggest union, which represents staff working for the National Blood Service (NBS) will resolutely oppose any privatisation of the NBS arguing that it goes against the very ethos of giving blood.
Local government unions UNISON, UNITE and GMB representing 1.6 million workers said today that low paid council workers wages were being stripped down to minimum wage rates by the rising cost of living, cuts to terms and conditions, and now a pay freeze for a second year running – even for those on the lowest wages.
The government is planning a 14 per cent ‘NHS privatisation tax’ to help private healthcare companies take-over great swathes of the health service, Unite, the largest union in the country, said today
A demonstration in support of Mexican miners who have been subjected to fierce repression by the Mexican government will take place at 13:00 today (Thursday 17 February 2010 ) outside the Mexican Embassy at 16 St. George Street, London, W1S 1FD.
Late yesterday (16 February), Defence Secretary, Liam Fox announced that 2,500 construction and maintenance staff at the Ministry of Defence will lose their jobs by 2014, as a result of the creation of a new body to manage the military estate - the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO).
Publishing staff at Cambridge University Press – members of Unite, the largest union in the country - have voted again to reject a pay offer of two per cent.
Unite, the UK's biggest union, has welcomed the announcement by Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Caroline Spelman that the government has abandoned plans to sell-off England's forests, but warned that planned job cuts will seriously damage the Forestry Commission.
The ACLT is the leading UK charity dedicated to finding life-saving donors from UK's amazingly diverse minority ethnic communities.
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) said today that Scottish trade unionists and equality and community activists would be encouraged to continue to protest against unfair changes to the welfare system and the removal from thousands of Disability Living Allowance.