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Starmer’s Worst U-Turn: Labour has thrown millions of the most exploited workers under the bus to curry favour with the big business lobby — a staggering act of ...
tribunemag.co.uk/2023/12/starmers-worst-u-turn-workers-rights-trade-unions
Mark Drakeford says 'scars' of 1984 miners' strike 'live on' 40 years later: ITV Wales' National Correspondent Rob Osborne sat down with the First Minister to ...
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Politics live: Army applications soar after warnings of possible war conscription
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Why no-fault evictions shouldn’t be banned: A decade ago, left-wingers started using the phrase ‘zero hours contracts’ to refer to what had previously been known ...
spectator.co.uk/article/why-no-fault-evictions-shouldnt-be-banned/
On 40th anniversary of UK miners’ strike, can Labour win back the north?: What caused the miners’ strike 40 years ago and why did ‘Red Wall’ communities turn ...
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The Miners’ Fight in Their Own Words: Based on the accounts of nearly 150 people directly involved in the 1984-85 miners' strike, Robert Gildea's new book is a ...
tribunemag.co.uk/2023/12/the-miners-fight-in-their-own-words
Aslef boss pleads for return to negotiating table over fears strikes could continue for months
standard.co.uk/news/transport/aslef-mick-whelan-strikes-london-trains-pay-dispute-b1150048.html
Tube strike: Sadiq Khan could prompt mass walkouts with £30m fund: Underground drivers represented by Aslef are reportedly furious that London’s mayor found ...
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Union chiefs held festive lunch as train strikes resumed: Aslef staff and Labour MPs pulled crackers at a four-star hotel before disruption which is expected to ...
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Zarah Sultana lashes out at controversial plan for bin workers: Unite warned more strikes would be likely before Easter - now Coventry MP Zarah Sultana has ...
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The Tonypandy Riots Changed the Welsh Working Class Forever: On this day in 1910, riots broke out between striking South Wales miners and police; days later ...
tribunemag.co.uk/2022/11/the-tonypandy-riots-changed-the-welsh-working-class-forever
MPs have voted to speed up compensation for the victims of the infected blood scandal, with 22 Tory MPs rebelling in order to support the Labour amendment ... Show more trib.al/LoYbjtd
When Unions Killed the Bill: In 1971, the Tories introduced landmark anti-worker legislation — but trade unions refused to obey and ultimately forced the ...
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Miners' strike 40 years on: Death of taxi driver shocked the nation: On November 30, 1984, Arthur Scargill and Labour leader Neil Kinnock appeared side by side ...
expressandstar.com/news/Features/2024/03/01/death-of-taxi-driver-shocked-the-nation/
Calls for public control over buses intensify after Go North East strike: The North East mayor will have the power to franchise bus services after next ...
chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/go-north-east-bus-mayor-28213951
Sheffield Council backs the right to strike and opposes new trade union law: Sheffield councillors have agreed to defend the right to strike, in opposition to ...
thestar.co.uk/news/politics/council/sheffield-council-backs-the-right-to-strike-and-opposes-new-trade-union-law-4439763
PSL 9: Unbeaten Gladiators inflict three-wicket defeat on United: In yet another victory, Quetta Gladiators Thursday stunned Islamabad United by three wickets in ...
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Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 21 January 2024: The latest Daily Briefing,/daily-briefings,,daily-briefings, breaking news, comment ...
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Over 75,000 US healthcare workers go on strike: About 40% of Kaiser Permanente's workers have walked off their jobs to call for higher wages, more staff.
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Quick Glance: 75,000 US healthcare workers strike
- 13 million patients affected by three-day strike of Kaiser Permanente workers.
- Hospitals and emergency facilities remain open during the strike.
- Kaiser Permanente expands pharmacy network for secure medication access during the strike.
- Unions demand contract renegotiation due to Kaiser Permanente's high profits.
Tube staff set for up to 10% pay rise as strike threat pays dividends: Sadiq Khan found an ‘extra’ £30million for the salary boost at the 11th hour in early ...
standard.co.uk/news/transport/london-underground-tube-staff-pay-rise-strikes-sadiq-khan-b1139372.html
Junior doctors in Wales to go on strike in January 2024: Junior doctors in Wales are to stage a 72-hour strike in the new year after voting overwhelmingly in ...
southwalesargus.co.uk/news/23997969.junior-doctors-wales-go-strike-january-2024/
UWA strike: Biden says striking car workers deserve 'fair share': The president urges Ford, General Motors and Stellantis to "go further" to meet the union ...
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Quick Glance: UAW resumes talks with Stellantis, Chrysler's parent company
- The United Auto Workers and Stellantis have resumed their negotiations as the strike against the Detroit Three automakers enters its fourth day.
- Analysts and industry representatives are questioning how long it will take for the UAW to strike at additional locations to increase pressure on the automakers.
- The strikes have halted production at plants in Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri that manufacture the Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler, Chevrolet Colorado, and other popular models.
- Ford has temporarily laid off 600 non-striking workers at the Michigan Bronco plant due to the impact of the work stoppage.
Keir Starmer Vows to End Use of Hotels for Asylum Seekers, Hire Caseworkers: UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer vowed to end the use of costly hotels for ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-14/uk-s-starmer-vows-to-end-use-of-hotels-for-asylum-seekers
Quick Glance: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to target 'terrorist' gang leaders behind people-smuggling boats
- Keir Starmer's plan for closer collaboration with the EU on migrants will combat 'vile' people-smuggling gangs, contrasting with Tory 'gimmicks'.
- Sir Keir will restore real-time intelligence sharing, deploy more UK police officers to Europe, and treat people-smugglers as 'terrorists'.
- Sir Keir added, 'The question of whether people can then be returned only applies if people are still getting across the Channel, and what I want to do is to stop the trade.'
- Labour aims to scrap the Government's plan to send asylum claimants to Rwanda and redirect the funds to the National Crime Agency to target gang leaders.
Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner has set out the party's commitment to workers rights - promising to repeal anti-strike laws and ban zero hours contracts .
Tube strikes: Last-ditch talks to avert chaos as Arsenal fans face FA Cup travel nightmare
standard.co.uk/news/london/tube-strikes-rmt-talks-arsenal-liverpool-fa-cup-piccadilly-line-finsbury-park-b1130479.html
Remembering the Invergordon Mutiny: On this day in 1931, Royal Navy sailors mutinied against enforced pay cuts, singing ‘The Red Flag’ as they refused orders ...
tribunemag.co.uk/2021/09/remembering-the-invergordon-mutiny
Tube prices to go up in weeks as fare cap system could be changed: National Rail fares are set to increase at the same time too
mylondon.news/news/transport/london-underground-prices-go-up-28415008
Eluned Morgan on settling junior doctors' strike in Wales: Settling the junior doctors’ strike as soon as possible is in everyone’s best interests as the NHS ...
southwalesargus.co.uk/news/24056112.eluned-morgan-settling-junior-doctors-strike-wales/
Exhausted hospital staff told by Labour that the fix for the NHS is… for them to work more
camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/exhausted-hospital-staff-told-by-labour-that-the-fix-for-the-nhs-is-for-them-to-work-more
Patient safety will be protected during strike action: NHS Wales, the BMA and the Welsh Government are working together to ensure patient safety is protected ...
southwalesargus.co.uk/news/24046101.patient-safety-will-protected-strike-action/
'Stick with it,' Biden urges striking auto workers in picket line visi: The White House said Biden was the first modern president to visit a picket ...
euronews.com/2023/09/27/stick-with-it-biden-urges-striking-auto-workers-in-picket-line-visit
Quick Glance: Biden and Trump compete for the favor of workers in Michigan
- President Biden and former President Trump emphasize the importance of the working class in Michigan.
- Trump won the battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania in 2016, which Biden reclaimed in 2020.
- Biden won the union vote in Michigan with 62% in 2020.
- In 2012, Obama won nonwhite working-class voters by a large margin.
No warning before next strike, Labour tells FG: The Trade Union Congress on Saturday said the suspension of its October 1 nationwide strike was a temporary move ...
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Would strike talks be different under Labour?: As junior doctors begin the longest strike in history, Lucy Dunn speaks to Isabel Hardman and Kate Andrews about ...
spectator.co.uk/podcast/would-strike-talks-be-different-under-labour/
Labour grandee Peter Mandelson slams Unite union over strikes: Unite leader Sharon Graham hits back that the New Labour architect would have opposed NHS in 1945
standard.co.uk/news/politics/labour-peter-mandelson-unite-union-strikes-b1112210.html
Crunch time for Biden and US economy as auto industry strike looms : President could be forced to pick a side as car workers demand pay rises from profitable ...
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Paid articlePaid 🎥Sadiq Khan "should use new laws to reduce impact of London Underground strike" Transport Secretary Mark Harper tells The Standard
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Terrible winter saw human waste fill the streets as the dead went unburied: 45 years since the infamous period in history that was dubbed the 'Winter of ...
manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/britain-grinds-halt-terrible-winter-28251159
Fuel hike: NLC threatens fresh strike: The Organised Labour has vowed to proceed with a total, comprehensive and indefinite nationwide shutdown of the country ...
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Strikes will continue under Starmer if workers are ‘failed’, warns new left-wing TUC president Matt Wrack
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Bin collections to resume in Warrington today as strikes end: Household waste has not been regularly collected since the strikes began on October 3 ...
cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/bin-collections-resume-warrington-today-28252958
Bin strikes loom in Coventry as 'abhorrent' fire and rehire plan set to go ahead: Unite have warned that strikes are now imminent
coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/bin-strikes-loom-coventry-abhorrent-28241183
UPS driver pay and benefits deal in US to be worth $170,000 a year, firm says: The shipping giant warns of lower profits after it agreed a deal to avert a US ...
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Quick Glance: UPS driver pay deal in US worth $170,000 annually, company says
- UPS announced that full-time drivers would earn approximately $170,000 per year, including healthcare and other benefits, by the end of the five-year contract.
- The threat of a strike by the Teamsters union has impacted UPS in recent weeks, with customers redirecting about one million packages per day to rival companies, resulting in a loss of approximately $200 million in sales for the company.
- For drivers, the new contract with the Teamsters union, representing over 300,000 UPS employees, includes a pay increase of $2.50 per hour this year and $7.50 per hour over the course of the five-year deal.
An all-out strike brings Hollywood to a halt: Labour fights over streaming and AI push actors to join screenwriters on the picket lines
economist.com/united-states/2023/07/14/an-all-out-strike-brings-hollywood-to-a-halt
NHS doesn’t need ‘ever increasing’ amounts of money to improve, Streeting says: The shadow Health Secretary told the latest episode of i‘s podcast Labour’s Plan ...
inews.co.uk/news/politics/nhs-doesnt-need-ever-increasing-amounts-money-improve-streeting-2762948
An all-out strike brings Hollywood to a halt: Labour fights over streaming and AI push actors to join screenwriters on the picket lines
economist.com/united-states/2023/07/14/an-all-out-strike-brings-hollywood-to-a-halt
Keir Starmer is right to stand by George Osborne’s two-child policy: Daniel Finkelstein: It is unfair to expect everyone to pick up the entire welfare bill ...
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Quick Glance: SAG strike disrupts films and shows beyond Hollywood
- Production on many shows already impacted by the US screenwriters strike in May.
- Now, with Hollywood actors joining the writers on union picket lines, studios have come to a halt.
- Filmmaker Shawn Williamson, founder of Brightlight Pictures, compares it to driving into a lot during Covid.
- The Canadian film and television industry heavily relies on American writers, actors, and studios.
New wave of Cov bin strikes could be sparked by fire and rehire plan: Coventry City Council is reportedly set to fire and rehire the city's 130 waste ...
coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/new-wave-coventry-bin-strikes-28151062
“The NSA regrets the incident and condemns it in its entirety as it was against the rule of law and the principles of freedom of association and expression ... Show more snip.ng/bLXsv
New bill would ban replacement workers in federal workplaces during strikes, lockouts
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RMT boss Mick Lynch ‘has not met Government minister since January’ ahead of crippling strikes
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Employers say work resuming as tentative four-year deal reached in B.C. port strike
timescolonist.com/local-news/employers-say-work-resuming-as-tentative-four-year-deal-reached-in-bc-port-strike-7270583
Tory deputy chair Lee Anderson apologises to doctor for ‘upset’ caused by tweet: The Ashfield MP has agreed to pay into the BMA’s strike fund, assisting junior ...
standard.co.uk/news/politics/lee-anderson-nhs-labour-government-gb-news-b1118300.html
Business groups call on Ottawa to intervene as St. Lawrence Seaway strike begins: Hours before the strike, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp ...
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Labour federation announces targets of next week's protest strikes: The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK has announced a series of work stoppages ...
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RMT boss Mick Lynch criticises Keir Starmer for not being on 'side of working people'
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"This is the government's mess."
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says it's the government's responsibility to "get around the table ... Show more trib.al/BSuiSZC
Mick Lynch is stuck in the past: Lynch is best known for leading the RMT during the 14-month-long rail dispute. He claims that his strike retains wide public ...
spectator.co.uk/article/mick-lynch-is-stuck-in-the-past/
Labour will scrap minimum service levels for schools
schoolsweek.co.uk/labour-would-scrap-minimum-service-levels-for-schools/
Labour minister promises action to prevent repeat of B.C. port strike dispute: Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan says measures will be taken to prevent repeat of B ...
theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-labour-minister-promises-action-to-prevent-repeat-of-bc-port-strike/
Cov locals face disruption as bin workers vote to strike over Christmas: Strikes could take place in November and December, the Unite union said ...
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I therefore urge the leadership of Labour Unions to give us the benefit of the doubt and suspend any planned strike action while we engage the executive ... Show more snip.ng/dYGyR
Sir Keir Starmer gives his reaction to the ongoing strike action facing the country
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No service interruptions at key entities says government as PSA embarks on strike
timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-10-18-no-service-interruptions-at-key-entities-says-government-as-psa-embarks-on-strike/
Over 1,000 bus drivers at First Glasgow set to vote on strike action amid pay dispute
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Unison blasts ‘appalling’ abuse aimed at council negotiator amid strikes: The statement came after Unison's Johanna Baxter faced criticism in The National ...
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Retained firefighters agree to pause strikes but threaten ‘escalation’ if no agreement
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‘His pledge is in tatters’: Khan slammed over tube strikes as London faces £62m hit
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Retained firefighters to resume strike action next week: Retained firefighters are to resume strike action next week after voting to reject a Labour Court ...
rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/0720/1395522-firefighters/
In Pics | Hotel workers in one of the largest strikes in southern California: In Pics | Hotel workers in one of the largest strikes in southern California
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Questions for Unison official as Labour and Unionist links revealed: A KEY official in the only trade union to continue strikes in schools next week is a ...
thenational.scot/news/23807827.questions-unison-official-labour-unionist-links-revealed/
Economy shrugs off strikes to return to growth, aided by shopping and nights out: While April's data contains several positive elements, growth is being held ...
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Junior doctors in Scotland set to strike after rejecting pay offer: BMA Scotland said the industrial action will go ahead on 12-15 July unless an improved offer ...
news.sky.com/story/junior-doctors-in-scotland-set-to-strike-after-rejecting-pay-offer-12901703
B.C. port strike: Federal labour minister launches review to uncovers 'structural issues'
bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-port-strike-federal-labour-minister-launches-review-to-uncovers-structural-issues-1.6512546
US Supreme Court deals blow to organised labour in new ruling: The case Glacier Northwest Inc v Teamsters is seen as the latest test of union rights to go before ...
aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/1/us-supreme-court-deals-blow-to-organised-labour-in-new-ruling
UK economy will avoid recession despite no growth in February, says Hunt: Walkouts hit output but the chancellor says the economic outlook is "brighter than ...
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'Full and final' pay offer made to nurses, as NHS leader warns escalation of action would 'endanger patient safety'
news.sky.com/story/nhs-strikes-full-and-final-pay-offer-made-to-nurses-says-tory-party-chair-12858555
Hollywood writers go on strike: Here is what to know: The Writers Guild of America says it supports a work stoppage after failing to reach an agreement for ...
aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/2/hollywood-writers-go-on-strike-here-is-what-to-know
Quick Glance: Here's What Will Happen to Your Favorite TV Show If Writers Go On Strike
- It would be the first WGA strike since a 100-day strike in 2007.
- But, while we can look back to that strike for some guidance, the times are a-changin', and things are looking a little different these days.
- The strike would occur during the summer, when most major-network TV shows (Abbott Elementary, the Chicago procedurals, Ghost, and so on) are wrapping up for the season.
- Streamers have already altered how we watch television, so how they handle a strike will reveal exactly how much they rely on American staff writers.
Industrial board warns union bosses not to backtrack on new B.C. port deal: Union representing BC ports workers has been warned that changing its mind during ...
financialpost.com/transportation/industrial-board-warns-union-not-backtrack-bc-port-deal
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