UCU will today hold talks with the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Michael Russell, at an event on the future of higher education in Scotland.
This £80 billion gamble on patients' lives will not pay off, says UNISON
If the forthcoming student funding review, led by Lord Browne, simply advocates ways of squeezing more money out of students then it will have 'spectacularly failed its remit' says UCU.
Bob Rixham, Unite's national officer for railways, exposed the under-reporting of minor accidents amongst workers.
RAIL UNION RMT today welcomed a 5.2% pay increase - without strings - secured by the union's negotiators for all South West Trains staff saying that it proves the benefits of strong trade union organisation and sets a pay benchmark for the rest of the rail and transport sector. The 5.2% increase will hit staff pay packets from this week.
TRANSPORT UNION RMT has confirmed that industrial action byAlstom-Metro tube maintenance staff over pay and conditions has been suspended following receipt of a significantly improved offer from the company.
Unite members working at Tunnock’s biscuit factory in Uddingston are hoping that a planned meeting involving Acas will lead to a resolution to an ongoing dispute over pay.
Commenting on George Osborne's speech today (Monday) to the Conservative Party conference, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Government's NHS White Paper will wreak havoc to patient care and waste public money
Public spending cuts will hit the poor and the vulnerable and have a devastating impact on local businesses