The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) welcomes the tone and much of the content of the statement made by John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth, on the crisis facing members of public sector pension schemes. In recognising that the proposals put forward by the Coalition Government to increase contributions are unfair and unjust, the Cabinet Secretary shows understanding of the damage the proposals will do to ordinary public service workers at a time when public sector pay freezes are already reducing their standard of living by hundreds and in many cases thousands of pounds per year.
A new survey, commissioned by the Department of Health, has revealed the depth of concern by GPs about the government’s controversial health bill and their own ability to implement those ‘reforms’.
Unite has launched its Black Women’s Network to look into the problems of discrimination in recruitment, pay, progression and ‘family friendly’ policies, as well as the harassment that black women face in the UK’s workplaces.
The long-running dispute between around 10,000 British Airways cabin crew and their employer is now over.
Following concern over compulsory redundancies in London and a vote for industrial action, the Communication Workers Union has reached a deal with Royal Mail over jobs in the capital.
RAIL UNION RMT has called a demonstration outside Liverpool's BT Conference Centre at 08.30 on Tuesday 28th June 2011 when Sir Roy McNulty - the architect of the Governments 'Rail Review' carve-up - will be addressing a major railway industry conference
RAIL UNION'S RMT and TSSA will be holding a joint campaigning event this Friday - 24th June - in Newcastle over plans to axe and export 180 customer call centre jobs by East Coast railways
Union chief steps up fight
Call to protect public services
Standards and safeguards at risk