Up to 130,000 postal workers across the country went on strike today, in what is the first industrial action at...
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Communication Workers Union members working at Royal Mail vote to strike over 2.5% pay offer
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherPostal workers have voted to hold their first nationwide strike in more than a decade. Members of the Communication Workers...
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National Union of Teachers, Unison and Public and Commercial Services Union prepare for combined strike action over pay in September
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherMomentum is growing for joint trade union strikes in September after education secretary Alan Johnson ruled out higher pay rises...
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GE general counsel, Lorene Schaefer, takes her employer to court in $500m sex discrimination case
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryGlobal conglomerate GE has been hit with a $500m-plus sex discrimination claim from one of its lawyers. Lorene Schaefer, general...
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Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) starts hunt to replace outgoing director-general Geoff Armstrong
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has officially begun its search for a new leader to replace retiring ...
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Education secretary Alan Johnson to consider national framework for school support staff pay and conditions
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryEducation secretary Alan Johnson is to consider introducing a nationally consistent pay and conditions framework for school support staff. The...
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Call centre workers are attracted to the job because of site location, career opportunity and pay, a report has revealed....
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The British Medical Association (BMA) has defended increases in GPs’ earnings of 23% in a single year. New figures published...
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The new director-general of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) can expect to be rewarded with a package...
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British Airways cabin crew voted by a 76% majority to accept a new pay deal negotiated at the end of...
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Staffordshire Police Federation has warned against money-saving plans being touted by the force that suggest disabled officers be downgraded to...
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Public and Commercial Services Union demands end to staff and budget cuts or Home Office shake-up could fail
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe biggest civil service union has warned the government that a new justice department will fail unless staff and budget...
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More than one-third of workers ‘live’ for payday and do not set aside any money for savings, according to a...
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Nursing unions are due to meet with health secretary Patricia Hewitt this week in a bid to avert damaging industrial...
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Interim managers are now being paid an average of £558 per day, a record high and up 4% on last...