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Post bank launch

18.03.09

Billy Hayes yesterday outlined the concept behind the Post Bank campaign on BBC Radio 4’s flagship news programme, Today.

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Drive for equal pay must continue

16.03.09

“Women should not be expected to pay the price for earnings injustice,” said UNISON today.

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March against Post privatisation

15.03.09

Around 600 CWU members from right across the UK gathered in Bilston, Wolverhampton, on Saturday to march against government plans to privatise Royal Mail.

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Union welcomes pledge to end blacklisting

13.03.09

Construction union UCATT have welcomed the statement from Harriet Harman the Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party that the Government is committed to making blacklists illegal.

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Government urged to ‘stop the rot’

12.03.09

On the eve of a key Commons stage of a bill that would boost redundancy pay for three out of every four UK workers, unions are warning the government not to miss the chance to give a helping hand through rough times.

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Euro Tories in splendid isolation

12.03.09

“Once again the Tories have put dogma before national interest. This is a party not fit to govern” says Glenis Willmott MEP, Labour’s Leader in Europe.

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Royal Mail privatisation ‘unconstitutional’

10.03.09

The Communication Workers Union yesterday raised concerns that Lord Mandelson’s attempts to privatise Royal Mail are in direct conflict with the British constitution.

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Unite defends low-paid workers’ bonuses

09.03.09

Unite defends bonuses for staff at the Lloyds Banking Group, who are earning salaries as low as £12,000 per year and depend on the bonus payments to survive.

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Government must act to end blacklisting

06.03.09

Construction union UCATT are demanding immediate Government action to outlaw blacklisting, after an investigation undertaken by the Information Commissioner revealed that the practice is endemic in the construction industry.

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