GMB on Unemployment
Instead of attacking pensions and employment rights and making it easier to sack people the Government should be pursuing policies to create jobs which is something it is failing miserably to do
Alcan 600 Job Losses Slammed
At the very time when 146,000 people are unemployed in the North East at a rate of 11.6%, the highest in the UK, this is a callous move by Rio Tinto says GMB
Overwhelming vote for quiet revolution to reclaim the classroom
Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:39:00 GMT
Today, members of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in the UK, have voted decisively for industrial action to protect educational standards.
Today, members of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in the UK, have voted decisively for industrial action to protect educational standards.
Nominations please, is a learner you know going unrecognised?
Do you know someone who has taken part in learning during 2011 and done really well?
Has someone you know turned their life around or helped others through learning?
Low-paid women workers miss out on public sector pensions protection promise
Government assurances that changes to public sector pensions will not hit low-paid public sector workers earning less than £15,000 a year are misleading, says the TUC today (Friday) as it publishes figures showing that more than 750,000 earning less than this – the overwhelming majority of whom are women – will have to pay higher contributions.
Annual STUC Disabled Workers Conference opens in Dundee tomorrow
The Annual Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Disabled Workers Conference will take place this weekend when disabled trade union members will meet to discuss issues affecting disabled workers both in the workplace and wider Scottish society.
New petition demands Government delivers dog law overhaul
A new petition has been launched today by leading animal charities, the veterinary profession and trade unions to put pressure on the Government.
CWU welcomes 300 new BT jobs
The Communication Workers Union today (Friday) welcomes the announcement that around 300 new jobs are being created by BT at their Sandwell site in West Bromwich.
British Gas Job Losses
The lack of a strategy for economic growth is having a massive effect on jobs in the private sector and British Gas is a case in point says GMB
Northern region trade unions gearing up for Pensions Day of Action
The Northern Public Services Alliance and Trade Unions across the whole of the northern region will be out in force on Action Saturday, 19th November, building support and giving out vital information about pensions and why the unions involved are taking industrial action, ahead of the national Day of Action on 30th November.