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Tuesday 16 March 2010, 20:24:33

Top news stories from the UK

BA strike build-up: live updates [Guardian] 2010-03-16

Unions help to reduce staff de-motivation and 'quit rates' at work [TUC] 2010-03-16

TUC concerned older people are being trapped in long-term unemployment [TUC] 2010-03-16

Wales Truth trumps Corus at Llanwaren 3 appeal [Community Union] 2010-03-16

Steel unions launch campaign for future of UK steel making [Community Union] 2010-03-16

Other labour news from the UK

Is the Tories' trade union envoy wasting his time? [Guardian] 2010-03-16

Kraft promises MPs: no job cuts in UK [Guardian] 2010-03-16

The unions are not Labour's dirty secret [Guardian] 2010-03-16

British Airways strike is 'unjustified and deplorable', says Brown [Guardian] 2010-03-16

British Airways strikers face terminal five ban [Guardian] 2010-03-16

British Airways promises to fly 60% of passengers during strike [Guardian] 2010-03-16

Unity cracks over BA cabin crew strike [Guardian] 2010-03-16

Deadly diseases caused by bad working conditions - Our Rights On Site. [BWI] 2010-03-16

Northern Ireland Trade union activist from Northern Ireland Inez hailed as an ‘inspiration’ by Hillary Clinton [Belfast Telegraph] 2010-03-16

NEST charges strike 'right balance' [TUC] 2010-03-16

GMB and pub licensees take battle to Parliament, but still to set date for industrial action [The Publican] 2010-03-16

Unions have 'unprecedented grip' on Labour, claim Tories [Guardian] 2010-03-16

Tories step up attacks over Brown's union links [BBC] 2010-03-16

Five facts about British Airways crew union Unite [Reuters] 2010-03-16

Threatened BA strike spells trouble for Brown [Reuters] 2010-03-16

Roads continue to kill off the record [Hazards magazine] For more info 2010-03-16

England Manchester United Worker Sacked For Wearing Green And Gold Anti-Glazer Scarf [Goal] 2010-03-16

Wales Irish nurses targeted by NHS [South Wales Echo] 2010-03-16

Kraft to face MPs over Keynsham Cadbury closur [BBC] 2010-03-16

England Nestlé workers across country to consider strike action in wages dispute [The Press] 2010-03-16

Meat-processing industry in firing line over worker mistreatment [Safety & Health Practitioner] 2010-03-16

British Airways strike and union funding row is election gift to Tories [Guardian] 2010-03-16

JObcebtre's sorry for the spurn of The Jedi [The Sun] 2010-03-16

BA dispute rivals Tony Woodley and Willie Walsh are both union veterans [The Times of London] 2010-03-16

Government rediscovers industry by funding nuclear firm Sheffield Forgemasters [Guardian] 2010-03-16

England Steel Unions refuse to rule out action over Corus in Redcar [BBC] 2010-03-16

England Steel strike looms closer in Corus TCP battle [Northern Echo] 2010-03-16

England Industrial action plan? [Evening Gazette] 2010-03-16

Steel plant strike move considered [Press Association] 2010-03-16

England Community Union is deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Ashok Kumar [Community Union] 2010-03-15

England Unions' strike vote over Corus closure [This is Scunthorpe] 2010-03-15

England Corus Steelworkers strike threat [The Star] 2010-03-15

Union offer to suspend planned BA strike [FT.com] 2010-03-15

Labour and the Unite union [Financial Advice] 2010-03-15

Labour, Unite and the BA strike [BBC] 2010-03-15

Brown leads funeral tributes to Michael Foot [BBC] 2010-03-15

ITF: ‘Unions worldwide backing BA cabin crew action’ [ITF] For more info 2010-03-15

Unions picket Network Rail HQ over job cuts [YouTube - RMTV] 2010-03-15

Tehtaasta kohu: Töitä vain ulkomaalaisille [Taloussanomat] 2010-03-15

Lakko uhkaa koko British Airwaysin olemassaoloa [Taloussanomat] 2010-03-15

Labour goes to war with biggest union [The Scotsman] 2010-03-15

Brown 'intervenes' in BA row [Press Association] 2010-03-15

Adonis warns Unite over strike threat to BA's future [Independent] 2010-03-15

Unite members canvass for Labour in key marginal seats [Guardian] 2010-03-14

Food on BA flights during strikes will leave passengers cold [Guardian] 2010-03-14

Northern Ireland Workers to learn of payoff conditions [Belfast Telegraph] 2010-03-14

'I'm not a slave, I just can't speak English' – life in the meat industry [Guardian] 2010-03-14

'Britain’s Supermarkets should hang their head in shame' – Unite [Unite] 2010-03-14

Violence and abuse rife in food factories [Guardian] 2010-03-14

Migrant and agency meat workers 'exploited' [BBC] 2010-03-14

BA Won’t Let Union Ruin Airline, CEO Walsh Writes [Bloomberg] 2010-03-14

Food industry probe reveals abuse of foreign workers [The Independent] 2010-03-13

EI member organisations react to report on racism in schools [EI] 2010-03-13

British Airways strike action looms closer [The Nassau Guardian] 2010-03-13

Red Bee Media's planned cuts to redundancy pay provoke industrial action ballot [BECTU] 2010-03-13

Northern Ireland Hopes rise Nortel jobs can be saved [Irish Times] 2010-03-13

German and British unions say European Robin Hood Tax could raise ?100 billion a year [TUC] 2010-03-13

Interns 'exploited by employers', says TUC [BBC] 2010-03-13

Unite reaction to news that BA has withdrawn offer - beggars belief [Unite] 2010-03-13

Time running out for UK Steel Giant Corus to avoid industrial action: Deadline is Monday 15th [Community Union] 2010-03-12

British Airways : deux vagues de greve à la fin du mois [Boursier] 2010-03-12

British government announces $410 mln loan guarantee to General Motors for Vauxhall unit [Canadian Business] 2010-03-12

National Audit Office Report - Unison slams 'gold-plated pension' claims [Unison] 2010-03-12

Maurice Smith review 'missed opportunity' to kick BNP out of schools says UNISON [Unison] 2010-03-12

Unite statement on BA dispute [Unite] 2010-03-12

A digital divide that must be bridged! - getting 7.5 million new internet users online by 2014 [CWU] 2010-03-12

TUC on the BA/Unite dispute - welcome new offer [TUC] 2010-03-12

Unions to stage protest over jobs [UKPA] 2010-03-12

Pay freeze for senior public sector staff brings angry union reaction [Guardian] 2010-03-12

England RMT demands an end to Tube Lines privatisation chaos on London Underground [RMT] 2010-03-12

RMT Network Rail maintenance vote overwhelmingly for action over 1500 safety-critical job cuts [RMT] 2010-03-12

Rail maintenance workers vote to strike [Guardian] 2010-03-12

National Audit Office explode out-of-control gold-plated public pensions myths [TUC] 2010-03-12

RMT has said Network Rail’s plans, which include the sacking of 1500 front-line maintenance workers, can only undermine rail safety [shponline.co.uk] 2010-03-12

TUC reaction to high speed rail link plans [TUC] 2010-03-11

England Fire Brigades Union lobby to protest against cuts in the Norfolk fire service [FBU] 2010-03-11

GMB Pub Revolution to meet pubs minister [Publican] 2010-03-11

RMT Network Rail maintenance vote overwhelmingly for action over 1500 safety-critical job cuts [RMT] 2010-03-11

England Grandmother saved pupils from being crushed by faulty climbing frame has received £10,000 in compensation [Unison] 2010-03-11

England Yorkshire Ambulance Service Old Vehicles Pose A Risk To The Safety Of The Crew, To Patients And To General Public [GMB] 2010-03-11

England isgrace that Aldwick Parish Council are allowing their buildings to be used for meetings of the racist BNP [GMB] 2010-03-11

Invest in revenue and customs to tackle deficit - tax lost exceeds £120 billion [PCS] 2010-03-11

High speed rail will be a 'big boost' for Britain, says Unite [Unite] 2010-03-11

Kraft keeping Cadbury workers in the dark - Dromey [Unite] 2010-03-11

Unite comment on trial of BA cabin crew strikebreaker alleged to be involved in a terror plot [Unite] 2010-03-11

Northern Ireland Striking Cork taxi drivers cause gridlock [Ireland On-line] 2010-03-11

270,000 civil servants on strike - RMT union brings solidarity [YouTube - RMTV] 2010-03-11

British Airways trener streikebrytere [Fri fagbevegelse] 2010-03-11

Talks to avert BA cabin crew strike break down-TUC [Reuters] 2010-03-11

Stepping up the pressure: national action called for 19 March [PCS] 2010-03-11

Community NEC member Tracy Clarke's speech to the TUC Women's Conference [Community Union] 2010-03-11

Strikes are back, but unlikely to trouble Gordon Brown [Guardian] 2010-03-11

Advice for civil servants attempting to impersonate answerphones [Guardian] 2010-03-11

Bogus comparison between trade union donations and Lord Ashcroft's millions. [New Statesman] 2010-03-11

Civil service pay freeze is insult to hardworking staff, says union [Guardian] 2010-03-11

The accidental communist [Guardian] 2010-03-11

PCS strike was no mistake [Guardian] 2010-03-11

Royal Mail's greatest problem is not modernisation, but unfair agreements with private mail companies [Guardian] 2010-03-11

British Airways faces strike as talks break down [Guardian] 2010-03-11

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