London film director who flew to Israel on private plane stages hunger strike to protest being quarantined in £240-a-night hotel at government’s expense Dekel Berenson, 41, said the Israeli government’s Covid response was ‘abysmal’ Israeli-born Berenson travelled from Cyprus where he said he had isolated for 11 months and insisted he should have been allowed … Read more
Video of militant teachers boasting of strike threats to keep schools closed fuels fears that unions are plotting to block March 8 return Video of National Education Union trio shows threats delayed school’s reopening Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants pupils to return to schools from March 8 Ex-head Chris McGovern ‘hugely concerned’ unions will torpedo … Read more
British Gas engineers stage eighth one-day strike over pay and conditions saying the row has left backlog of 150,000 customers British Gas engineers are holding eighth one-day strike over pay and conditions Additional strikes are planned for later on this week and into next month too GMB union claim backlog of 150,000 customers are currently … Read more
British Gas engineers have started a five-day strike amid a dispute over accusations of a ‘fire and rehire’ policy. GMB, the union representing employees of British Gas, said the strike will cause ‘massive disruption to customers in the depths of winter’. It said several members were mounting socially distanced picket lines across the UK after being ‘provoked’ … Read more
University students in Manchester have threatened a rent strike after being told to pay up to £3,000 for accommodation even though they cannot return to campus during lockdown. Like students elsewhere in the country, thousands of Manchester students face being stuck at home while being forced to continue paying for university accommodation, even though halls … Read more
More than 7,000 British Gas engineers will go on strike for five days from January 7 in row over pay and conditions, GMB union says The strike will be followed by further stoppages to be announced later The announcement follows a 9-1 vote in favour of industrial action The union said British Gas has set … Read more
Mike Tyson goes head-to-head with Game Of Thrones’ Hafthor Bjornsson in explosive new trailer for action-packed Desert Strike By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 11:35 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 11:35 GMT, 19 December 2020 A new trailer for Mike Tyson’s action-packed film Desert Strike was released on Friday. Starring the former professional boxer, … Read more
British Gas workers vote for strike action in dispute over pay and conditions threatening walk out by engineers over festive season The GMB union said members backed industrial action by almost 9 to 1 British Gas parent company Centrica said the action did not have a strong mandate as only 52 per cent of eligible … Read more
Jacob Rees-Mogg today insisted ‘there is no last moment’ to strike a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union as he said talks could continue right up to the deadline on December 31. The Commons Leader suggested the UK would be willing to negotiate with Brussels ‘until Big Ben strikes 11 o’clock’ on New Year’s … Read more
BT staff head for national strike – as new Winter of Discontent looms: Rolls-Royce, British Gas and BA also face strife over cuts in pay and jobs By Harriet Dennys And Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 23:43 GMT, 5 December 2020 Thousands of BT employees are … Read more