Usdaw members employed by Primark in Northern Ireland have overwhelmingly voted for industrial action in protest at the company's attempt to impose a pay freeze for the second year running.
The Communication Workers Union welcomes the arrest and charging today (Monday) of the owner of a dangerous dog which attacked a six year old girl on Saturday.
As the House of Lords considers the Welfare Reform Bill today (Monday 23 January), the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) joins children’s charities, voluntary sector organisations, law centres, and others, in speaking up for claimants who face difficulties accessing the childcare they need to allow them to take up employment.
An MP has written to employment minister Chris Grayling to call for the reinstatement of a wellrespected jobs adviser who was sacked by a government contractor after speaking out about union concerns...
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McVitie’s in Manchester employs over 600 people and has around 70% of the workforce engaged in learning. McVitie’s have supported hundreds of learners through their union learning projects and set up a Collective Learning Funds (CLFs) to make learning more affordable.
Building a third runway at Heathrow is far less expensive and can be completed earlier than starting from scratch to build a new airport hub in north Kent or in the Thames estuary says GMB
Government must release “risk register†showing dangers of its NHS reorganisation says GMB, the union for NHS workers in hospitals, ambulance services and the community
Introducing fees to take claims to employment tribunals could have a huge impact on ensuring equality at work, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will warn a conference later today (Friday).
Before Christmas the government published its plans for charging users of employment tribunals. Under the proposals an individual will have to pay a minimum of £600 and possibly as much as £1,750 to have a discrimination claim heard at a tribunal.
The shopworkers Union Usdaw has won compensation worth up to a massive £67.8 million for over 24,000 former employees of Woolworths made redundant when the firm collapsed at the end of 2008.