The trade unions to meet Energy Minister and company to establish facts and work to secure GMB members’ jobs and the future of the Nuclear Industry in these uncertain times
The trade unions to meet Energy Minister and company to establish facts and work to secure GMB members’ jobs and the future of the Nuclear Industry in these uncertain times
GMB fear Trust plan downgrading and compulsory redundancies not conducive to building up the trust and commitment needed from staff to face reorganizations and this will be resisted by GMB members.
GMB has written to Central Bedfordshire Council’s Chief Executive Richard Carr requesting that the Council work jointly with the Union to implement a formal ‘Respect At Work’ policy to overcome the...
The GMB and TUC are today (Monday) calling on Tate & Lyle sugar refineries in London to challenge the Fijian military government to end the rapidly escalating labour rights abuses in the country.
Last Wednesday (3 August), President of the Fiji Trades Union Congress Daniel Urai and another union leader were arrested on charges of holding a union meeting without a permit.
Weakening the right to request flexible working risks giving employers the green light to abandon family friendly practices, the TUC warns today (Monday) in its submission to the government's modern workplaces consultation.
Commenting on research published today (Monday) by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) which reveals charities are facing cuts totalling nearly £3 billion over the next five years due to government spending cuts, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“This authoritative research shows that for all the warm words about the big society, the government has created a funding crisis for charities with many scaling back or cutting services altogether.
MARITIME UNION RMT learnt last night that as part of the Scottish Ferries Review, the Scottish Government intend to break up the current Northern Ferries services, running Orkney and Shetland, in order to enable private companies to cherry-pick lucrative parts of the operation. The service across Pentland Firth has been identified as a first target as the tendering process kicks off with completion in June next year.
RAIL UNION RMT today slammed news that First Transpennine Express have been awarded a franchise extension to 1st April 2015 - despite the fact that the company are still saying that they can only award their staff a de facto pay cut this year as they are in the final year of their contract.
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