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Unite urges BA to let talks begin
16.03.10
A Unite spokesperson said this morning: “Unite is ready to meet BA. But the company needs to put its offer of last week back on the table. If BA thinks that strikes are going to be avoided with a worse offer, the company is conning the travelling public."
» ReadGMB slams Tory Gravy Train
16.03.10
Commenting on today’s revelations by the Audit Commission that local authorities are paying off council chiefs by ‘mutual arrangement’ GMB which represents 250,000 council workers called this a disgrace.
» ReadUNISON meets Hollywood
16.03.10
The worlds of UNISON and Hollywood come together in New York later this month at the Women in the World event.
» ReadTory plans to privatise safety will cost construction workers’ lives
16.03.10
Construction union UCATT are warning that Conservative plans to privatise safety inspections will increase the number of deaths and serious injuries suffered by construction workers.
» ReadHow much of Lord Ashcroft’s £6 million tory funding has been sucked out of Belize?
15.03.10
Money made in Belize should be reinvested in Belize, a developing country, which needs all the genuine investment it can get says Belize trades union CWU.
» ReadGMB slams Hammersmith & Fulham Council for staff pay freeze while services deteriorate
15.03.10
Freeze breaches pledge by George Osborne, Tory Shadow Chancellor, who said that the Tories would not freeze pay for those earning less than £18,000 per year
» Read“Britain’s Supermarkets should hang their head in shame”
13.03.10
Unite welcomes landmark Inquiry by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission into exploitation, discrimination and undercutting in the 88,000-strong meat industry.
» ReadLife-saving BA crew hailed as heroes in New York
13.03.10
A skilled response to a medical emergency by British Airways cabin crew prevented a death at a New York airport 48 hours ago, Unite said today (Saturday).
» ReadA digital divide that must be bridged!
12.03.10
An ambitious Government campaign aimed at getting 7.5 million new internet users online by 2014 has been warmly welcomed by the CWU.
» ReadClock is ticking for Corus
12.03.10
The clock is ticking for UK Steel giant Corus to avoid industrial action over the mothballing of Teesside Cast Products (TCP) says Community Union. Corus has already issued hundreds of redundancy notices to the 1,600 at-risk steelworkers on Teesside. Steel unions will meet on Monday to finalise a response to these actions by Corus.
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