With just 24 hours to go before the chancellor unveils his budget, Unite, the largest union in the country, will present a petition to the Treasury in Whitehall and a series of case studies showing the parlous financial state of many of the 160,000 charities in England and Wales.
Unite was commenting as employment minister Chris Grayling unveiled proposals which could mean that inspections in Britain’s workplaces could be slashed by 11,000 annually, with future automatic practice inspections targeted on high risk sites, such as the nuclear and chemical industries.
GOVERNMENT PLANS to slash already inadequate health and safety inspections will give the green light to employers to cut corners and cause more workplace deaths and injuries, transport union RMT says today.
PCS and the Prison Officers Association have launched legal action against the newly imposed civil service redundancy scheme, known as the civil service compensation scheme (CSCS).
Planned cuts to the UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission could wreck its standing and influence around the world, PCS warns.
Anger is mounting ahead of the budget on Wednesday with around 80,000 members of PCS involved in ballots for industrial action.
A joint survey by PCS and Unison of more than 10,000 public sector workers, reveals the shocking impact of the government's cuts and pay freeze on family life across the UK.
The TUC is publishing guidance today (Saturday) for first-time marchers one week before the TUC's March for the Alternative in London on Saturday 26 March.
With this expected to be the largest TUC event for many decades and the first national mobilisation against spending cuts viewed as unfair, too deep and too quick by a majority of voters, the TUC says that it is important to be prepared so the day is as successful and enjoyable as possible for everyone taking part.
A possible fault line in how the coalition views the role of the state has been exposed in a searing critique published today (Saturday 19 March) by Unite, the largest union in the country.
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