Friday 3 September 2010, 05:55:40
Top news stories from the UK
England Proposed Sale of Teesside Cast Products is long overdue and great news say Steel Unions [Community Union] 2010-08-31
Spending cuts will kill jobs and growth prospects [TUC] 2010-08-27
England 10,000 Tube staff to strike to defend jobs and safety [RMT] 2010-08-26
Unison goes to court to block planned NHS shake-up [Guardian] 2010-08-24
UNISON has welcomed Ed Miliband's plans to push for a living wage [UNISON] 2010-08-24
Other labour news from the UK
Brit TUC likely to push for full Israel boycott [Jewish Chronicle] 2010-09-03
England Trade unionists from across North East and Cumbria are now meeting to decide how to respond to the Government's planned spending cuts [TUC] 2010-09-02
UNISON launches eight star plan to improve community service [Unison] 2010-09-02
England ACAS talks get underway as 10,000 Tube staff prepare to strike from Monday to defend jobs and safety [RMT] 2010-09-02
CBI only wants an even more rapid expansion of academies and free schools run by profit-making sponsors [ATL] 2010-09-02
Blair memoirs show that it's time to move on from New Labour [Unite] 2010-09-02
Staff to ballot on industrial action to halt London hospital pathology privatisation [Unite] 2010-09-02
BBC staff deliver massive mandate for action on pensions [Unite] 2010-09-02
Scotland RBS staff told of 3,500 job loss ‘horror story’ [Unite] 2010-09-02
BBC-ansatte ønsker streik [Radioassistant.com] 2010-09-02
BBC staff deliver massive mandate for action on pensions [NUJ] 2010-09-02
BBC staff vote to strike over pension row [RTÉ] 2010-09-01
Unite union mulling fresh BA strike ballot [Reuters] 2010-09-01
Damp squib on academies front [ATL] 2010-09-01
New Research Demonstrates Why Coalition Pension Policy is Unfair to Workers [Ucatt] 2010-09-01
Eurostar Train Managers Begin Industrial Action [Tssa] 2010-09-01
England Strike action set to fizz at Coca Cola’s North London plant [Unite] 2010-09-01
Private call centres with unqualified staff can never replace excellent NHS Direct [Unison] 2010-09-01
England Ed Miliband backs UNISON dinner ladies' campaign for fair pay [Unison] 2010-09-01
Northern Ireland Warning that more than 30,000 construction jobs at risk in Northern Ireland [Belfast Telegraph]
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England Five day Kirklees Council strike could take place in mid-October [Huddersfield Examiner] 2010-09-01
NUJ Alarm at Closure of Westmeath, Roscommon and Longford Papers [NUJ] 2010-09-01
Corus: 'Directors must face scrutiny over deaths' [Morning Star] 2010-08-31
BA Suspends More Staff; New Strike Ballot Possible [WSJ] 2010-08-31
Probation officers' union Napo calls for urgent review of the staffing of community work sentences [Guardian] 2010-08-31
Scotland Scottish Council staff poised for strike after pay 'insult' [Morning Star] 2010-08-30
England Unite union in row over privatising Port of Dover [BBC] 2010-08-30
England Nurses can't cure carnival fever - 25 year of South Connections [Unison] 2010-08-30
Many migrant workers in UK are modern-day slaves [Guardian] 2010-08-30
Margaret Thatcher blocked Soviet aid for striking miners, files reveal [Guardian] 2010-08-30
How Margaret Thatcher planned to undermine miners' union [Guardian] 2010-08-30
Ousting of Arthur Scargill from National Union of Mineworkers sounds like sin against Nature [Daily Mirror] 2010-08-30
‘King Arthur’ looks set to lose crown [FT.com] 2010-08-30
IOSH responds to OHS misperceptions [SafetyAtWorkBlog] 2010-08-29
Vedanta stripped of safety awards in light of of undisclosed chimney collapse that killed 40 [Observer] 2010-08-29
GMB Union threatens to withdraw funding over Labour leadership battle [Telegraph] 2010-08-28
UK to slash Aussie work visas [The Australian] 2010-08-28
Northern Ireland Why waiting room seats were empty: lack of consultants means 80,000 cancelled appointments [Belfast Telegraph] 2010-08-27
Northern Ireland Cash injection hopes as civil servants get £150m in back pay [Belfast Telegraph] 2010-08-27
Работники лондонского метрополитена планируют провести осенью серию забастовок в знак протеста против сокращения рабочих мест [РИА-Новости] 2010-08-27
What can trade unions do to aid peace? [TULIP] 2010-08-27
England Train driver numbers to be slashed again [RMT] 2010-08-26
England RMT Protest: Stop Job Cuts! [RMT] 2010-08-26
England More Tube strikes called amid fears underground could be 'paralysed' [Harrow Times] 2010-08-26
Capita strike could affect other financial companies [Professional Pensions] 2010-08-26
England Alstom London tube staff to strike over pay -union [Reuters] 2010-08-26
Miners' hero Scargill expelled from his own union - because he doesn't qualify [The Daily Mail] 2010-08-26
Bosses 'live longer than their workers' [ANI] 2010-08-26
Londres : grèves prévues dans le métro [Figaro] 2010-08-25
England GMB Force Barnet Change [GMB] 2010-08-25
Pension strike at Astra Zeneca [GMB] 2010-08-25
England Everards Pub Prices Mark Up [GMB] 2010-08-25
Unite ballot kicks off in finance and outsourcing company, Capita [Unite] 2010-08-25
Unite's reaction to the IFS' criticisms of Osborne's budget [Unite] 2010-08-25
Scotland Anatomy of a cancer cover up [Hazards magazine] 2010-08-25
Scotland National Semiconductor cancer cover up [Hazards magazine] 2010-08-25
England First London Underground strike date announced [BBC] 2010-08-25
England London commuters face travel chaos as Tube union announces September strike dates [Daily Mail] 2010-08-25
England Tube workers announce series of strikes [Independent] 2010-08-25
Tories on union charm offensive ahead of spending cuts [Daily Mail] 2010-08-25
Tube unions plan weekly strikes over threat to 800 jobs [Guardian] 2010-08-24
GCSE successes must not be thwarted by education cuts [TUC] 2010-08-24
Brit union UNISON aids Pakistan flood appeal [UNISON] 2010-08-24
Library numbers down - UNISON response [UNISON] 2010-08-24
Union in legal bid to block NHS shake-up [Reuters] 2010-08-24
England Farm workers will strike over pay, TUC warns [The Farmers Guardian] 2010-08-24
England Vi-Spring factory workers to vote on strike action [Cabinet Maker] 2010-08-24
England Tube workers unions to meet over strike action [UKPA] 2010-08-24
Tories in secret talks with unions as threat of autumn strikes looms [Independent] 2010-08-24
British TUC to debate proposal for a full boycott of Israeli goods [TULIP] 2010-08-24
Mirror group strikes called off [Guardian] 2010-08-23
AstraZenica Workers to Strike against Pension Cuts [ICEM]
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Virgin Atlantic bientôt en grève? [Air Journal] 2010-08-23
Make your vote count in the BBC pay and pensions ballot [NUJ] 2010-08-23
Northern Ireland Police Return MacDermott SIM Card [NUJ] 2010-08-23
Northern Ireland NUJ slams PSNI's disregard of source protection [Sunday Tribune] 2010-08-23
Union to ballot London firefighters on industrial action in contracts row [Guardian] 2010-08-21
The Timeline: Women's pay [Independent] 2010-08-20
Scotland Still irresistible, a working-class hero's finest speech [The Independent] 2010-08-20
Tory 'aim lower' advice angers teaching union [Morning Star] 2010-08-20
Councils 'could cut 500,000 jobs and not harm services' [BBC] 2010-08-20
No degree course? Then try volunteering, says minister [Guardian] 2010-08-20
A-level results - Generation at risk of being consigned to 'scrapheap of inactivity' says UCU [UCU] 2010-08-20
Northern Ireland NUJ condemns police seizure of phone [NUJ] 2010-08-20
Brit TUC calls for Barclays to come clean on Burma [TUC] 2010-08-20
Scotland Tributes paid to union leader Reid [Press Association] 2010-08-19
Scotland Tributes At Funeral For Union Legend Reid [Sky News] 2010-08-19
England CAMPAIGN to bring trainbuilding back to the North East is harnessing the power of the internet [Northern Echo]
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Lives of Victorian poor go online at National Archives [BBC] 2010-08-19
BAA's pay offer to set the standard for aviation workers [Unite] 2010-08-19
Rising prices plus public sector cuts equals the Con-Dem double whammy [Unite] 2010-08-19
Ken Clarke determined to stop the most marginalised having access to justice [Unite] 2010-08-19
ATL fears good A level grades won't guarantee a university place [ALT] 2010-08-19
Bitter-sweet celebration for A Level students [Unison] 2010-08-19
A-level results underline barriers to social mobility [TUC] 2010-08-19
TUC calls for Barclays to come clean on Burma as Barclays Bank agrees to pay fines for breaching US sanctions [TUC] 2010-08-19
England GMB Strike Ballot In South London Ambulance Service [GMB] 2010-08-19
England Team working within Children, Young People and Families Department at Birmingham City Council to be made redundant [GMB] 2010-08-19
NUT Welcomes Examination Success [NUT] 2010-08-19
Call to end cuts after runaway Tube 'near miss' [Islington Gazette] 2010-08-19