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Stop 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).

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Mass 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.

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All 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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Unite condemns Royal Mail’s ‘hidden agenda’ to cut costs but pay bonuses

17.02.10

Unite, the UK’s largest union, has today (17 February) condemned Royal Mail for covertly implementing a drastic cost cutting exercise without proper consultation with the union.

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Union backing for Transport Committee proposals

16.02.10

ASLEF has backed calls by the House of Commons Transport Select Committee (TSC) for wider electrification of rail and more efforts to address capacity problems in the north - and shares its concerns that investment in new infrastructure must not detract from the development of the existing network.

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Cutting public sector jobs would hinder economic recovery, says Unite

15.02.10

Cutting public sector jobs would hinder, rather than help, Britain’s economic recovery, Unite, the country’s largest union, said today (Monday, 15 February).

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Nobel economist accuses Tories of ‘scaremongering’

15.02.10

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has accused the Conservative leadership of "scaremongering" over their calls for massive cuts to public spending.

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Tory Co-ops a gimmick not a big idea

15.02.10

Tories are talking about swinging public sector spending cuts while they want schools, community nurses, probation services, job centres to launch into huge bureaucratic processes to achieve nothing at all says GMB.

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Poll shows public want a bank they can trust

15.02.10

YouGov poll results revealed by the Post Bank Coalition today (Monday) show that just under four out five people (78%) believe there is a need for a publicly run bank with just over three out of five (63%) saying they would be likely to use such a bank at the Post Office.

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