Unite the Union, has branded the announcement last Friday that the Cammell Laird shipbuilding yard in Birkenhead is intending to make 178 workers redundant, as âtotally unacceptableâ. The yard currently has a workforce of approximately 700 workers. Despite there being a job retention scheme in place at the yard, […]
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Hinkley Point C and threatened deskilling of electricians
An industrial disagreement is ongoing at Hinkley Point C after it was recently discovered that two training standards had been introduced by the Engineering Construction Training Board (ECITB) that would undermine the role of the electrician, without Unite, the UKâs construction union, input or agreement. The matter has been […]
Arcadia workers could see pensions `stolen’
Unite The Union, has warned that if the Arcadia Group is forced into administration not only are up to 15,000 jobs at risk but current and former workers also face large reductions in future pension payments. The union says that the failure of the government to beef up the […]
Trade unionists were spied ‘for decades’
In his opening statements, made on 6Â November, on behalf of trade unions represented at the Undercover Policing Inquiry chaired by Judge Mittings, Lord John Hendy QC revealed that undercover police officers were spying on trade unionists for four decades. Â Such infiltration dates back to at least 1973. There […]
London protest against the illegal blockade of Cuba
Rock Around The Blockade, solidarity campaign of the Revolutionary Communist Group, organised a protest outside the US embassy in London on 17 October. On 29 October they will discuss the upcoming US elections. Tex and photos: RCGFRFI This demonstration was to oppose the illegal US blockade at a […]