GMB calls for NHS to “do the right thing” and scrap staff parking fees as health workers pay £70.5m in 2023-24
A survey of almost 2,000 GMB members found that 72% of those working in hospital settings had to pay to park at work.
RMT condemns catastrophic failure of Network Rail’s Modernising Maintenance programme
RMT has today condemned the catastrophic failure of Network Rail's Modernising Maintenance (MM) programme, describing it as a dangerous and expensive ideological hangover from the previous Tory government that has left the railway in crisis.
32,000 student nurses at risk of dropping out, warns RCN
A staggering 32,000 student nurses might abandon their courses by the end of the next parliament, a figure sufficient to fill all current nursing vacancies within the NHS in England, according to new analysis released by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
Boosting jobs market must remain top priority, TUC
In response to these figures, Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC, said: "Ministers are taking important steps to improve support for people out of work. Jobcentres must become places people enter with hope, not fear."
Devolution plans should empower councils and protect local jobs, says UNISON
UNISON has responded to the government's devolution white paper published today, stressing the importance of reforms that empower local councils and safeguard employment within the public sector.
Stagecoach bus drivers to take strike action over pay dispute
According to Unite, industrial action would impact on Stagecoach services in Skye, Orkney, and to the north and west of Inverness.
West Midlands Citizen Housing staff strike over pay
Citizen Housing’s gas engineers, electricians, construction workers and admin staff will begin strike action over pay this month.
Tetley workers strike over alleged poverty pay
Paul Clark at GMB said: “These women work their fingers to the bone for this company, providing the UK with its favourite cup of tea."
TUC welcomes head of UN’s call for protecting workers from extreme heat
The TUC has today (Thursday) welcomed the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) call for greater protections for workers from extreme heat.
TUC: Amazon recognition fight is not over
TUC pledges to continue the push for union recognition at Amazon, following a narrow defeat in the GMB ballot, emphasising the importance of stronger workers' rights.
London buses dispute escalates as hundreds more workers ballot for strikes
The London Transit drivers and engineers, who are based at Westbourne Park bus garage in Notting Hill, are angry at a three per cent pay offer.
Cambus strikes in Bedfordshire paused after new offer
Unite members to be balloted on improved pay offer.
