Today, Thursday 19th May, on Learning at Work Day, Leeds City Council (LCC) will sign a learning agreement with site trade unions, UNISON, UCATT, GMB and Unite the Union, which was supported by unionlearn in Yorkshire and the Humber, the TUC’s learning and skills organisation in the region.
Unite will continue to oppose any compulsory redundancies.
The privatisation of the railways was disastrous. The McNulty review seems to be working on the same premise which led to the situation we are currently in.
Unite members from every London bus garage have voted unanimously to press mayor Boris Johnson not to discriminate against them during the Olympics.
RMT response to the McNulty Rail Review
General Electric (GE) has today (19 May 2011) announced the closure of its final salary pension scheme to new entrants - new members will now go into a new defined contribution scheme - and the introduction of a flexible benefits package.
The welfare state is one of our nationaposs greatest achievements and should be quotcelebrated not destroyedquot by the governmentaposs ideological ambitions
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka has described the apparent climbdown over coastguard cuts as a quotbody blowquot for the government and further evidence of what can be achieved by community...
The welfare state is one of our nation's greatest achievements and should be "celebrated, not destroyed" by the government's ideological ambitions.
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka has described the apparent climbdown over coastguard cuts as a "body blow" for the government and further evidence of what can be achieved by community campaigning.