Positive news in the fight for workers’ rights and better work places.
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Ian Morton
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A new report has called for colleges to be placed at the heart of lifelong learning off the back of years of fundings cuts to further education.
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Simon Francis
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A high court ruling in a landmark pensions case means the Government could pay back an estimated £2.4 billion it owes to public sector workers immediately, according to GMB Union.
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Simon Francis
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Night shift workers should be provided with free Vitamin D by bosses to keep them healthy, a leading trade union has said.
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Simon Francis
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GMB members have revealed their strangest moments as they keep the millions of people who use Heathrow Airport safe. From super guns, sex toys and septuagenarian strippers, being a security guard at the world’s biggest airport is a very challenging job. Following GMB’s long-running campaign, Heathrow has now announced all contracted staff working at the […]
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Simon Francis
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UNISON members are celebrating after claiming victory in a dispute with Birmingham City Council over plans to make ‘indefensible’ cuts to the hours of low paid care staff.
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Nancy Platts
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Sandwell Council has become the first employer to sign up to GMB’s ‘Work to Stop Domestic Violence’ charter.
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Nancy Platts
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New survey reveals people in South West happy to tip 20% of the bill, whilst one in seven in the North East never tip.
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Nancy Platts
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The campaign is calling on the Government to strengthen workers’ rights by introducing a minimum wage rate of at least £10 per hour for all workers, an end to zero-hours contracts and a minimum contract of 16 hours per week for everyone who wants one.
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Nancy Platts
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A new parliamentary group that brings together MPs from different political parties to look at social care, has been launched in Westminster.
The first task for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Care (APPG Social Care) will be to hold an inquiry into the care system, funding and state of staffing in the sector.
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Nancy Platts
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The Trades Union Congress and GMB trade union have launched a Reasonable Adjustments Passport that will help 95,000 people with disabilities in the South West who fall out of work or switch employers each year.
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