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If we cannot guarantee this, we will have a free for all of social dumping across Europe, to the benefit of none

Pub tenants are directed workers under EU legislation with the right to join unions and to ballot for industrial action but persuading the tied tenants imbued with an independent “yeoman” spirit to take this step has to date not been successful but it should not be ruled out GMB Congress told

GMB members in the control room who handle 2.5m calls a year and are responsible for getting fire crews to emergencies had repeatedly said the outsourcing plan would reduce response times, endanger lives and cost more

Organisations like British Gas should not do business with companies that fail to deal with worst case of illegal corporate bullying by Carillion and other companies that we have ever seen says GMB shop stewards

The offer is well below inflation and the BMA can well afford to make an offer in line with inflation

Talks with Ford last Friday, to avert the first national walkout in more than a generation, broke up with the company refusing to make any concessions in the dispute over closure of the pension scheme to new starters and 10% cuts in pay rates for new starters

The previous SNP administration would not back track on it and Labour since coming into office in May have said it would be one of the first things they would do

We need an emergency budget to reflate the economy, to restore demand which will get people back to work and reduce the deficit