The shopworkers Union Usdaw is marking 'Climate Week' by adding its support to the Close the Door Campaign which is asking retailers to conserve energy and improve conditions for shopworkers and...
RMT General Secretary Bob Crow and London Mayor Boris Johnson will meet head to head for the first time this week when they both appear as guests on the BBC's 'Any Questions' which is being broadcast from Kingston Grammar School in Surrey.
TUBE UNION RMT confirmed today that it has begun balloting the underground's crucial Power Control Room staff for strike action and action short of a strike in a dispute over pay grade progression.
Vauxhall has secured agreement with Renault to build the next generation of Vivaro vans at its Luton plant.
Unite, the largest union in the country, said that the chancellor failed to plug the £4.5 billion shortfall in funding for the not for profit sector and that the measures announced to assist charities were ‘tinkering at the margins’.
Ahead of the march for the alternative, set to see thousands throng the capital to protest against the cuts, the country's biggest union reveals that many people in the UK are now "surviving, not living."
The threat of industrial action by more than 20,000 staff in two major government departments was raised today with members of PCS voting in ballots over cuts and working conditions.
Responding to the budget today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“It is deeply depressing that the only mention of equality in today's budget was related to scrapping the dual discrimination regulations.
Members of the UCU across Scotland will be on strike on Thursday in a row over pay and changes to staff pensions as part of a national day of strike action at universities across the UK.
Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:30:00 GMT
The General Secretary comments further on the Budget 2011.