Commenting on the latest public borrowing figures published today (Thursday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
A number of charities could be flouting the law by not paying the national minimum wage when staff ‘sleep-over’ says Unite.
A number of charities could be flouting the law by not paying the national minimum wage when staff ‘sleep-over’ says Unite.
THE £1.59 BILLION takeover of the Arriva transport group was condemned today by Britain's biggest specialist transport union as another worrying step towards the creation of a pan-European private transport monopoly.
Unite the union has vowed to do all in its power to prevent the proposed sale by Total of the Lindsey oil refinery in North Lincolnshire.
Steel unions have commenced administrative proceedings for industrial action ballots at the mothballed Corus plant on Teesside.
Members of construction union UCATT will protest outside the office of senior Tory MP John Penrose, who is intent on privatising safety inspections if his party wins power. The protest is scheduled to coincide with International Workers Memorial Day which has the slogan “Remember the Dead, Fight for the Livingâ€.
EVER MORE London Tube bosses are being paid telephone-number salaries while hundreds of front-line staff face the axe, the network's biggest union charges today.
Lancaster University must pay former members of staff 60 days' salary after UCU won a legal battle over the institution's failure to properly consult about the dismissals.
Members of UCU at the University of Westminster and University College London (UCL), have today voted in favour of both strike action and action short of a strike in their fights to save jobs.