UNISON warns that cuts will make matters worse
GMB want to check if the Council’s promises of help for the 24 disabled LuDun workers to find new work is being delivered and GMB will get the facts and we hope to publish a report in due course
RAIL UNION RMT today raised serious safety fears over a strike-breaking operation that Heathrow Express are attempting to put in place this weekend which includes managers driving trains and taking on other safety critical roles with what the union believes is wholly inadequate training.
Building on the success of the march for the alternative against government spending cuts earlier this year, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber is today (Thursday) beginning a series of visits to see the impact of cuts to public spending on towns and cities around the UK, starting off with Chelmsford in Essex.
Commenting on the Public Accounts Committee report 'The impact of the 2007-2008 changes to public service pensions' published today (Thursday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
Following the First Minister’s statement Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) General Secretary Grahame Smith said
Workers are paying the price for the financial risks taken by the rich and greedy bankers at the top of the finance sector.
The ‘seriously flawed’ NHS ‘reform’ bill with its privatisation agenda should be scrapped.
MARITIME UNION RMT today demanded an urgent assurance from the Scottish Government that they will abide by their election pledge of 'no compulsory redundancies' in Scotland's public services following the announcement last night that at least 16 jobs are under threat following the decision to axe the car service and restrict to passengers only on the Gourock-Dunoon route.
With the Commons public accounts committee confirming today that recent changes to public sector pensions will reduce future costs, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: