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Free school meals
11.03.10
Free school meals are socially right, they’re popular with parents and they’re a doorstep winner for Labour GMB tells conference.
» ReadASLEF High speed rail plans will help catch up
11.03.10
ASLEF welcomes today’s announcement of government plans to run a high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham – but feels more vision and ambition is needed to provide adequate rail services for the future. ‘Although this is a high-speed initiative, we’re still playing ‘catch-up’ with the rest of Europe,’ says general secretary Keith Norman.
» ReadWomen would be hit hardest by public spending cuts, warns TUC
10.03.10
Deep public spending cuts would lead to heavy job losses for women and substantially reduce their income in retirement, according to a report published today (Wednesday) by the TUC.
» ReadCongratulations to Kathryn Bigelow
08.03.10
Congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow, winner of the 2010 Oscar for best director (The Hurt Locker) and the first woman to receive the honour.
» ReadFranchises ‘cost UK railways £25 million a year’
03.03.10
A question in Parliament on 3 February has revealed that the rail franchising system could be costing the industry over £25 million a year. ‘Over the last four years over £100 million that could have been used to improve our railways has been utterly wasted and lost to the industry forever by rail franchising,’ says ASLEF general secretary Keith Norman. ‘It is incredible that anyone still clings to this profligate and discredited system.’
» ReadIndustrial Action to cause maximum damage to Tata Corus
22.02.10
Proposed industrial action targeting Tata Corus – the UK Steel giant – over their mothballing of Teesside Cast Products would be designed to cause maximum damage to the company with minimum damage to the workforce says Community Union. The mothballing will see 1,600 steel workers made redundant with a further 8,000 jobs lost in the surrounding community.
» ReadUCATT Launch Vulnerable Workers Project
19.02.10
Construction union UCATT have launched a unique Vulnerable Workers Project to provide assistance to construction workers facing exploitation or forced to work in dangerous circumstances. The two year project will be based in Derby but its work will cover the whole of England. The project has been made possible due to joint funding by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills via the Union Modernisation Fund.
» ReadStop using Cadbury’s workers as a political football, Unite tells Midlands Tories
18.02.10
Attempts by the Conservatives in the Midlands to jump on the Cadbury bandwagon will not play well with the anxious workforce, Unite, the workers' union has warned today (Thursday).
» ReadMass sackings threaten Easter holiday travel
18.02.10
Rail disruption during the Easter Holiday was signalled today after a strike ballot was triggered for over 2,000 supervisory staff at Network Rail.
» ReadAll eyes on Mandelson on Teesside, but focus should remain on Tata Corus
18.02.10
The entire North East has turned their eyes upon Secretary of State for Business Lord Mandelson in anticipation of his visit to Teesside Cast Products (TCP) today, but the focus should remain on Tata Corus says Community Union. TCP is preparing to begin mothballing operations on Friday, making 1,600 steelworkers redundant and threatening a further 8,000 jobs in the wider economy of the North East.
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