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Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:12:00 GMT
It is evident that there are conflicting agendas running here at a time when there should be only one, securing a fair deal on pensions for teachers and other public service workers.
As new scheme is rolled out, UCU says government's EMA mess will increase benefits costs.
Unionlearn, the TUC’s learning and skills organisation offers its congratulations to GMB Southern project worker Ian Northam, who has been awarded an MBE for services to workplace education.
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Responding to Danny Alexander's comments on public sector pensions today (Friday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“At such a critical time in complex negotiations this is a deeply inflammatory public intervention with a clumsy mix of announcements apparently designed to pre-empt the talks, coupled with crude threats that even worse terms might be imposed if unions refuse to acquiesce to this assault on their pensions.
Yorkshire risks missing out on the recent labour market recovery, with spending cuts likely to cause more job losses and weaken demand in local economies, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will warn today (17 June) as he visits the region as part as TUC's nationwide campaign to promote an economic alternative to the government's programme of deep and rapid spending cuts.
The Administrators of fashion and homewares chain Life & Style have announced they are immediately closing 22 stores and making 274 staff redundant.
The Pensions Bill, which sets out the Tory-led coalition's plans to unfairly accelerate the increase in the State Pension Age, will get its second reading in Parliament on Monday 20 June.
On the day when the University of Sheffield is hosting its Open Day (Saturday 18 June), hundreds of its staff, along with members of the local community, will demonstrate in a protest against the university’s decision to end its final salary pension scheme.