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Thursday 11 March 2010, 02:40:51

Top news stories from the UK

No date set for GMB pub strike ballot [The Morning Advertiser] 2010-03-10

Bogus comparison between trade union donations and Lord Ashcroft's millions. [New Statesman] 2010-03-10

Statement on British Airways/Unite talks [TUC] 2010-03-09

Massive support on first day of civil service strike [PCS] 2010-03-08

Deal brings pay and job security for postal workers [CWU] 2010-03-08

Other labour news from the UK

Streik i British Airways rykker nærmere [Stavanger Aftenblad/NTB] 2010-03-10

Health workers to benefit from safer needle rules - UNISON welcomes new guidance [Unison] 2010-03-10

England UNISON calls on North West to get behind its Million Voices campaign to save jobs and services [Unison] 2010-03-10

'misleading to pit public sector workers’ pay against those in the private sector, as figures can be easily manipulated' [Unison] 2010-03-10

Working women must not pay price for motherhood, warns UNISON [Unison] 2010-03-10

Added targets and rules pile pressure on already understaffed social workers [Unison] 2010-03-10

England GMB Slams Hammersmith & Fulham Council For Pay Freeze For Staff While Services To Residents Deteriorate Further [GMB] 2010-03-10

Wales Government Must Ensure That Whoever Buys Pembroke Chevron Refinery Will Pledge To Keep It Open [GMB] 2010-03-10

GMB Official Strike Ballot At British Gas Now Underway And Ballot Closes On 23 March [GMB] 2010-03-10

Unite welcomes MPs' move to quiz Kraft on how it 'misled' UK [Unite] 2010-03-10

Unite statement on bonus payments for staff at Northern Rock [Unite] 2010-03-10

Northern Ireland Limerick taxi drivers to stage protest [Limerick Leader] 2010-03-10

Northern Ireland Taxi protests come to an end [The Irish Times] 2010-03-10

England RMT demands an end to Tube Lines privatisation chaos on London Underground [RMT] 2010-03-10

RMT demands new agreement on Train Safety as union launches 'Keep the Guard on the Train – Keep the Train Safe' campaign [RMT] 2010-03-10

Critics of PCS strike have their numbers wrong – cuts pose a real threat to vulnerable, low-paid civil servants [Guardian] 2010-03-10

The union influence over Labour is paramount: no need to exaggerate it further [FT.com] 2010-03-10

Union warning of further walkouts [Press Association] 2010-03-10

Strajk urzędników państwowych [wolnemedia.net] 2010-03-09

Millions face Easter travel chaos as national rail strike is threatened [Guardian] 2010-03-09

England Family faces eviction as Middlesbrough dad is not paid [Evening Gazette ] 2010-03-09

Congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow [BECTU] 2010-03-09

Steel giant Corus gets away with a £5,000 fine [Hazards magazine] For more info 2010-03-09

Watchdog confirms RMT rail safety fears [Hazards magazine] For more info 2010-03-09

“Fortalecimiento de la mujer en el hemisferio sur” (TUC) incluye a Hasmeya Muhsin [ICEM] For more info 2010-03-09

Global jobs black hole threatens Millennium Development Goals [TUC] 2010-03-09

BA cabin crew strike looms amid airline doubts over pay cut proposal [Guardian] 2010-03-09

BA Union Says Strike Even Bet; Lufthansa Truce Holds [Bloomberg] 2010-03-09

Safe seats for union backers prompt fears that Labour will turn Left after election [Times of London] 2010-03-09

Scotland STUC on International Women’s Day [STUC] 2010-03-09

Wales Strike to delay assembly's plenary meeting [BBC] 2010-03-09

250,000 civil servants on 2-day strike [Mirror] 2010-03-09

Civil servants to march over wages [Press Association] 2010-03-09

Scotland Holyrood business hit by strike action [BBC] 2010-03-09

England Sheffield dinner ladies speak out over second-rate treatment [UNISON] 2010-03-09

UNISON shines spotlight on story behind public service cuts [UNISON] 2010-03-09

England UNISON warning to Birmingham over reality of public sector cuts [UNISON] 2010-03-09

Northern Ireland Civil servants strike over redundancy pay [Irish Times] 2010-03-09

Postal workers reach deal with Royal Mail [Reuters] 2010-03-09

Concession set to free migrant fishers from exploitation [ITF] 2010-03-08

Royal Mail union agrees pay and modernisation deal [BBC] 2010-03-08

Working-class experience has been overlooked by the heritage industry. But a reopened museum in Manchester rights that bias [Guardian] 2010-03-08

Junk mail deluge feared as postal union and Royal Mail reach deal to end strikes [Guardian] 2010-03-08

England Takeover Panel to look into Kraft's closure of Cadbury factory [Guardian] 2010-03-08

Royal Mail and union reach deal to end postal strikes [Guardian] 2010-03-08

Civil service strike under way [Guardian] 2010-03-08

Striking civil servants have been misled [Guardian] 2010-03-08

European Parliament debates Robin Hood Tax tonight [TUC] 2010-03-08

Long-term unemployed to receive home visits [Guardian] 2010-03-08

Northern Ireland Civil servants joining strike [BBC] For more info 2010-03-08

В Великобритании забастовали 270 тысяч госслужащих [Lenta.ru] 2010-03-08

Civil and Public Servants start national 48 hour strike [PCS] 2010-03-08

Civil service strike under way - CPS claims 200,000 workers are taking part [Guardian] 2010-03-08

Les fonctionnaires en grève [CI] 2010-03-08

Public-Sector Workers Strike Over Job-Loss Terms [Business Week] 2010-03-08

British civil servants hold strike [Aljazeera] 2010-03-08

TUC: limiting lavatory breaks is penny-pinching [Independent] 2010-03-08

Low-paid hardest hit by recession [Scotsman] 2010-03-08

England Women worst hit by public service cuts [Rochdale Online] 2010-03-08

Unpaid internships 'breaking minimum wage law' [BBC] 2010-03-08

Sacking of school headteachers 'rises by 75%' [Guardian] 2010-03-08

Whitehall strike over cut in civil service redundancy payouts [Guardian] 2010-03-08

Union's secret marginals campaign could outfox the Tories [NOTW] 2010-03-08

Eight unions join forces to combat cuts [Morning Star] 2010-03-08

England Strike action by job centre, tax and court staff and driving instructors will hit Dorset [Bournemouth Echo] 2010-03-07

NUJ Support for PCS strike action [NUJ] 2010-03-07

Eight national unions to co-ordinate industrial action to defend public-sector workers from Cuts [Morning Star] 2010-03-07

England Unison in warning over Cornwall Council budget cuts - 600 Jobs may go [BBC] 2010-03-07

Unions square up to Kraft to demand pay rise for Cadbury workers [Guardian] 2010-03-06

Prospect says MOD must ‘face the facts’ [Prospect] 2010-03-06

Brit TUC urges a rethink over relaxing Zimbabwe sanctions [ICM] 2010-03-05

Charity sector in financial crisis says UNISON [Unison] 2010-03-05

Taxpayers' alliance gets its sums wrong on local government pensions, again [Unison] 2010-03-05

'Stop libraries being written off' - fight to keep them open on World Book Day [Unison] 2010-03-05

How Much Of Lord Ashcroft £6 Million To Fund Tory Party Has Been Sucked Out Of Belize Asks GMB For Belize Workers [GMB] 2010-03-05

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSIONS ARE AFFORDABLE AND SUSTAINABLE : DON'T LISTEN TO DODGY TAXPAYERS’ ALLIANCE SAYS GMB [GMB] 2010-03-05

England Basildon Hackney Carriage And Private Hire Drivers Hardship Continues As Council Fails To Act To Help Them [GMB] 2010-03-05

England Kraft cuts first jobs with ‘indecent haste’ [Unite] 2010-03-05

Taxpayers’ Alliance uses ‘retread’ arguments in local government pensions’ debate, says Unite [Unite] 2010-03-05

90 per cent of charity workers feel under pressure as funding crisis mounts [Unite] 2010-03-05

TUC statement on the British Airways-Unite dispute [TUC] 2010-03-05

British Airways leier in 23 fly under streik [Hangar] 2010-03-05

UNISON meets Hollywood [UNISON] 2010-03-03

UNISON chief pays tribute to Michael Foot [UNISON] 2010-03-03

RMT calls for immediate halt to rail maintenance job cuts as regulator raises fears over safety [RMT] 2010-03-03

Scotland Scotrail, Transport Scotland and Scottish Government slammed for “total disarray” over rail safety dispute [RMT] 2010-03-03

Prospect to host a seminar on regulation [Prospect] 2010-03-03

Royal Mail And Union Close In On Deal [Sky News] 2010-03-03

Brit labour group urges South Africa's Zuma to remain firm on Zim sanctions [SW Radio Africa] 2010-03-03

Digitalt streikebryteri? [EL & IT Forbundet] 2010-03-03

GMB Launch Safeguard Campaign To Tackle Attacks On Security Staff At Work. [GMB] For more info 2010-03-03

GMB launches SafeGuard Campaign and Charter for security officers [info4security] 2010-03-03

Okupacja Uniwersytetu Westminster [wolnemedia.net] 2010-03-02

Northern Ireland: Trade unionists make the case against BDS campaign [TULIP] 2010-03-02

UNISON chief condemns RBS 'Bonus Bonanza' [Unison] 2010-03-02

Commission heralds new image for future of nursing [Unison] 2010-03-02

England TRW Systems Propose Closure Of Washington Automotive Parts Plant With 175 Job Losses [GMB] 2010-03-02

Ballot for industrial action at Bank of Scotland Ireland passed [Irish Times] 2010-03-02

BBC announces cuts in shake-up [RTÉ] 2010-03-02

England UNISON chief condemns council cuts as 'politically motivated' [Unison] 2010-03-01