The 71st Annual STUC Youth Conference will take place in Glasgow at the STUC Centre, over the coming weekend, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June, 2011. The Conference takes place during growing uncertainty for young people in Scotland. Over the weekend young trade unionists from across Scotland will debate a number of issues including, youth unemployment, protecting public services, education and housing.
The Government’s ambition to deliver 50,000 additional apprenticeships has been substantially exceeded: Tom Wilson, director of unionlearn, said
Commenting on the news today (Thursday) that the RAC has been sold to a private equity group for £1 billion, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:45:00 GMT
General Secretary makes an initial comment on the Lord Bew Independent Review of Key Stage 2 testing
Two and a half days of talks between the Southamnpton city council, Unison / Unite representatives and the government’s arbitration service have failed to settle the long-standing dispute over the imposition of wage cuts on the council’s workforce.
The sale of the RAC to the Carlyle Group brings to an end a period of speculation and uncertainty for the workforce.
The government has no policy for supporting young people beyond slashing youth services and handing provision over to the market, an influential committee of MPs has warned.
The Board of the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) has joined the call for Sir Richard Branson to step in to help settle the dispute between Virgin Atlantic Airways and its pilots.
British Airways cabin crew dispute finally ended after 18 months, Virgin pilots vote overwhelmingly for strike, EasyJet unruffled by French strike threat all feature in today's Breaking News
The Board of the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) has joined the call for Sir Richard Branson to step in to help settle the dispute between Virgin Atlantic Airways and its pilots.