Earth Strike is organising a protest outside the headquarters of the Multinational Rio Tinto to make clear its list of ‘sins’ and the impact it has had in different parts of the world. The protest will take place on 5 June, but they are already calling on people to join […]
Workers
Cammell Laird to lay off 178 workers
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 “totally unacceptable”. The yard currently has a workforce of approximately 700 workers. Despite there being a job retention scheme in place at the yard, […]
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 UK’s 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 6 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. Such infiltration dates back to at least 1973. There […]