Extending Car Scrappage Scheme good news for steel

30.09.09

The announcement of the extension of government’s car scrappage scheme to an additional 100,000 vehicles is good news for the steel industry said Community Union.

The pledge to use the British state to protect the citizen is exactly what we want to hear

29.09.09

GMB reacted to the Prime Minister’s speech at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, Paul Kenny, GMB General Secretary said, “This was a speech of a Prime Minister who is taking the fight to the Tories. As he said, ‘he is not done yet’.

The simple principle that unites all of us in the labour movement: fairness

29.09.09

Sheila Bearcroft, member of the GMB Central Executive Council representing Wales, the out going President of the TUC this morning delivered a sororal address to the Labour Party Conference in Brighton. This is the text of her speech.

Brown Backs Post Bank

29.09.09

The Post Bank Coalition today (Tuesday) celebrates backing from the Prime Minister Gordon Brown for a greater role for the Post Office in banking services in his speech to Labour Party Conference.

Amir Khan begins the fightback with Unite for a fourth Labour term

28.09.09

Call for national consensus on high speed rail

28.09.09

Lord Adonis, the Secretary of State for Transport, yesterday called on the rail unions affiliated to Labour to do all in their power to make the idea of high-speed rail popular with the public.

Teesside march draws thousands to save steel

20.07.09

Saturday 18th July saw thousands from the local community march through the streets of Redcar in support of steelworkers at the local Corus Teesside Cast Products (TCP) plant. TCP is under threat of closure putting at risk 1,922 jobs as well as thousands more in downstream industries and the local community.

Committee says government must deliver for car industry, says Unite

17.07.09

Commenting on the report out today from the influential Select Committee on Business and Enterprise, which calls for government to stop dragging its heels on support for the car industry, Tony Woodley, Unite joint general secretary, said: “This report hits the nail on the head. More than seven months on from the establishment of the Automotive Assistance Programme, we are yet to see a penny paid out to car and components companies.

UCATT angry over lenient blacklister sentence

17.07.09

Construction union UCATT are extremely dismayed at the lenient sentence given today (July 16) to Ian Kerr whose company the Consulting Association was responsible for providing a blacklist of over 3,000 workers, which was accessed by over 40 major construction companies.

GMB Members to take part in Sunday’s Soho demonstration

17.07.09

GMB members will be attending a demonstration this Sunday to protest against the contents of the Policing & Crime Bill currently going through Parliament.