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‘Pick up the mantle’ on green skills, unionlearn tells Government

The TUC responded today to the consultation on low carbon skills strategy:..

Unemployment figures – UNISON response

Protect public services and create opportunities for young and unemployed

University of Glasgow job cuts

The University of Glasgow proposed to cut as many as 80 jobs including academic and related staff.

NASUWT comments on latest Ofsted inspection data

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:20:00 GMT
The data on the trends in relation to school inspection judgements tell us more about how Ofsted has changed rather than how the performance of schools has changed.

Cuts now could permanently damage career prospects for young unemployed

Responding to the latest unemployment figures published today (Wednesday), which show that overall unemployment increased by 23,000 between January and April 2010, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

Scotrail chief slammed for ignoring reality over the safety-critical role of train guards in recent derailments

RAIL UNION RMT today accused Scotrail Managing Director Steve Montgomery of 'ignoring reality' after he failed to accept that the heroic role played the guard, alongside the rest of the train crew, after the derailment in Argyll on the 6th June nails every last, spurious argument for ditching Guards on the company's new Airdrie- Bathgate route.

Harsh spending cuts will be all pain and no gain

The next round of Government spending cuts will weaken the economy, lead to hundreds of thousands of job losses, hit the poorest in society hard through a loss of services, and leave an even deeper deficit, according to a new report published by the TUC today (Wednesday).