CBC Social Services?
It seems that the Council has got itself into the position of not knowing how many staff it will have from 1st October
Remploy Manchester Meeting
Thousands of Remploy workers from North West, North East and Yorkshire are being excluded from consultation meetings as all 54 Remploy factories are threatened with closure if Government stops public...
Tory Threat to NHS
The Tories claim that the private sector is more cost effective in providing quality health and social care despite all the evidence that this is not the case as it was the private sector that sunk...
Unequal Pensions in Barnet
The GMB have just released figures that show the London Borough of Barnet’s pension fund is more than generous to the bosses, but condemns ordinary workers to a very humble retirement income.
Remploy Plymouth Protest
Remploy workers in South West want to go the Cardiff meeting on Sept 20 to tell DWP that closing 54 Remploy factories is the aim of conflicted axe grinders who want the funding for themselves says GMB
Scottish Ambulance Reject Offer
The Scottish Government must realise that when people in Scotland call an ambulance in an emergency it should turn up and that meal breaks should not come into it in any way says GMB
TUC reveals it’s harder to find a job in the Eastern half of London than the West
It's harder to find a job in the Eastern half of the capital than the West, according to new TUC analysis of official statistics published today (Thursday).
The TUC research – published ahead of the 143rd annual Congress which begins on Monday (12 September) and is being held in London for the first time since 1902 – ranks the City of London and each of the 32 London boroughs by the ratio of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) claimants to every Jobcentre Plus job vacancy.
Inquiry makes recommendations to improve Adult Literacy
Addressing adult literacy needs must be regarded as a moral imperative and the cycle of inter-generational difficulties with literacy must be broken.
Charity convoy leaves Hull tomorrow
Tomorrow (Friday) Alan Johnson MP will see off an aid convoy of postal and telecommunication trade union members who are sailing from Hull on a humanitarian aid mission to deliver essential items to some of Eastern Europe's poorest children.
BALPA TO MINIMISE JOB LOSSES AT THOMAS COOK
Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of BALPA, comments on Thomas Cook Airlines’ announcement that it will be reducing its fleet size