Gary Gibbon
Theresa May calls the unions
Theresa May has just started to do something Tory Prime Ministers haven’t done for a very long time and conduct a phone-round of trade union general secretaries.
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New pay offer for public sector actually ‘pay cut’ say unions
More than a million NHS staff will get a pay rise of at least £1400 under the Government’s new public sector pay offer.
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Unions using ‘young people’ as bargaining chip by striking during exams, education minister says
Earlier Cathy spoke to the Government minister Michelle Donelan and began by asking her, how it is that pensioners deserve a ten per cent rise in their income and public sector workers don’t deserve anything like that?
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‘Inhumane and heartless’ – Civil Service unions oppose Rwanda asylum plan
Two Civil Service unions have voiced their opposition to the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, one describing it as ‘inhumane’ and ‘heartless’.
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Park bench reunions with one other person allowed under England lockdown easing
As of today in England people are allowed to meet one other person outdoors for a coffee or some food for the first time since the third lockdown was announced in December.
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Unions predict backlash over UK government plans to offer 1% pay rise to most NHS staff
They have spent the last year on the frontline of the Covid crisis – risking their own lives to save others.
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Teaching unions accuse government of ‘last-minute mess’ over England’s delayed school reopenings
Teaching unions have accused the government of “another last-minute mess” over delaying the start of the new school term in England.
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Unions raise concerns over government’s back to work campaign
For those who have had enough of working at the kitchen table and only seeing colleagues in 2D on a computer screen, the government’s call to get back to work is welcome.
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The renters unions fighting landlords for tenants’ rights
Buying a home can seem seem like a distant dream for many with the average house priced at over seven times the average salary.
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Unions agree Labour should back second EU referendum
At a meeting this afternoon trade union chiefs appear to have come to a common position on what Labour policy on Brexit should be.
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Trade Unions and CBI join forces to warn UK facing ‘national emergency’ over no-deal Brexit
Trade Unions and CBI joined forces today to warn that the UK is facing a “national emergency”. The have written to the Prime Minister demanding that a Plan B is drawn up to avoid a No-Deal departure in eight day’s time. Carolyn Fairbairn, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry and Frances O’Grady the General…
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May turns to trade unions in plea for Brexit backing
Theresa May has called Trade Union leaders today as she hunts for enough votes to get her Brexit deal through the Commons. The Government has also met Labour MPs to find out if they would back the deal if there were more pledges on workers’ rights. But the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party won’t support the deal and that if…
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Barry Gardiner MP: Labour customs union plan ‘welcomed by CBI and unions’
Labour’s international trade spokesman Barry Gardiner discusses the party’s plans for a customs union with the EU.
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No statistics for Chris Grayling’s claim over rail unions
The Transport Secretary said that unions “caused the vast majority of disruption” on the Southern rail network. But the report he based this on used personal judgement, not statistics.
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Unions demand pay hike for NHS staff
A pay rise to “stop the rot” – unions say a million NHS staff should get a 3.9% hike, plus an extra £800 for what they claim they’ve lost because of austerity cuts. That would cost the health service as much as £3bn, and it’s yet more pressure on Theresa May and the Chancellor Phillip Hammond after a week…
