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Business News

More travel disruption for passengers amid rail strike over pay dispute

The latest action comes on the day of the Eurovision Song Contest final in Liverpool.
By Alan Jones
May 13, 2023
UK

Amazon workers start voting on whether to strike over pay

The ballots in Mansfield and Rugeley follow recent strike action at the company’s Coventry depot.
By Alan Jones
May 12, 2023
Business News

Rail passengers face fresh travel disruption due to strikes

Members of the drivers’ union Aslef walking out on Friday at more than a dozen train operators.
By Alan Jones
May 12, 2023
Business News

One in three young people say families relied on food support – study

A report from the Co-op and Barnardo’s outlined the ‘stark impact’ of the cost-of-living crisis on people aged 10 to 25.
By Alan Jones
May 12, 2023
Business News

Two-thirds of young women have experienced abuse at work – TUC survey

Incidents of sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse most often occurred in work premises, but also happened over digital media.
By Alan Jones
May 12, 2023
Business News

Rail passengers face fresh travel disruption due to strikes

Passengers are being urged to check before they travel.
By Alan Jones
May 11, 2023
UK

St Mungo’s staff to strike for 28 days after ‘pitiful’ pay rise offer

Members of Unite at St Mungo’s will walk out from May 30 to June 26 after rejecting a pay offer

By Alan Jones
May 10, 2023
Celebrity News

BBC local journalists resume work to rule after rejecting cuts resolution

Members of the National Union of Journalists working in TV, online and radio at BBC Local (England) voted by 56% against the plans.
By Alan Jones
May 9, 2023
Business News

Elizabeth Line workers to take industrial action on first anniversary of opening

Transport Salaried Staffs Association members will strike on May 24 and ban overtime from May 27 to June 4.
By Alan Jones
May 9, 2023
Business News

Travelodge announces plans to recruit 400 new staff over summer

Jobs include managers, bar and cleaning staff and receptionists.
By Alan Jones
May 9, 2023
UK

Ambulance workers in South East to strike tomorrow

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham called on the Government to reopen negotiations

By Alan Jones
May 8, 2023
Business News

More workers at Amazon to be balloted over possible industrial action

Workers at two of the company’s centres in Staffordshire and Nottinghamshire are to vote on possible action over pay.
By Alan Jones
May 5, 2023
Crime

‘Quite the legacy’: Julian Assange asks King to visit him in prison

The WikiLeaks founder has spent more than four years in Belmarsh prison in London.
By Alan Jones
May 5, 2023
Politics

Schools ‘increasingly struggling to recruit teachers’

Issues over pay were not being addressed, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation said.
By Alan Jones
May 5, 2023
Politics

RMT members vote to renew industrial action mandate for next six months

Unions involved in disputes have to re-ballot their members every six months to legally continue with strikes and other forms of action.
By Alan Jones
May 4, 2023
Business News

Heathrow operating contingency plans amid security guards strike

Members of the Unite union walked out in the first of a series of stoppages after talks over a pay dispute broke down on Wednesday evening.
By Alan Jones
May 4, 2023
Business News

Nisa announces plans to open another 400 shops

The group has already opened 130 new stores this year and increased links with wholesale partners, including Greens Retail and MPK.
By Alan Jones
May 3, 2023
Politics

Crucial meeting between unions and NHS employers over long-running strikes

The NHS Staff Council will hear reports from unions which have balloted hundreds of thousands of health workers in recent weeks.
By Alan Jones
May 2, 2023
UK

Train drivers’ union boss hits out over criticism of Eurovision strike

Aslef’s Mick Whelan said Transport Secretary Mark Harper’s accusation was ‘bizarre’, implying the union was not standing in solidarity with Ukraine

By Alan Jones
Apr 30, 2023
Business News

Nurses prepare to strike after contrasting results from two union ballots

The GMB said it will vote to accept the pay offer at a meeting of the NHS Staff Council next week,
By Alan Jones
Apr 28, 2023
Health

GMB members vote to accept pay offer to health workers

Earlier, Unite announced that its members in the NHS had voted to reject the offer.
By Alan Jones
Apr 28, 2023
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