Calls for inquiry as cost of ‘Red Len’ McCluskey’s luxury new Unite union hotel and conference centre spirals to £98MILLION Birmingham hotel and conference complex cost has risen to almost £100m Original estimate of £35million, with some reports it was as low as £7million McCluskey has blamed cost increase on paying top rate wages to workers … Read more
Calls for inquiry as cost of ‘Red Len’ McCluskey’s luxury new Unite union hotel and conference centre spirals to £98MILLION Birmingham hotel and conference complex cost has risen to almost £100m Original estimate of £35million, with some reports it was as low as £7million McCluskey has blamed cost increase on paying top rate wages to workers … Read more
Teaching unions call on Government not to lift requirement for pupils to wear masks when they return to class after Easter NASUWT fears stopping measures would risk health of children and teachers Government said current safety measures would be reviewed at Easter time Survey of 4,000 members found 75 per cent support secondary pupils in … Read more
Nursery teachers must teach toddlers about ‘white privilege’ so they can learn to ‘develop anti-racist views’, unions say New 128-page guidance has been given as alternative to Government teaching Guidance adds ‘children’s racial prejudice’ is at risk of being ‘reinforced’ Conservative MPs argued that teaching toddlers about white privilege risked ‘becoming some kind of political … Read more
Unions tell ministers to save Liberty Steel jobs if firm goes under following Greensill collapse By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:57 GMT, 11 March 2021 | Updated: 21:57 GMT, 11 March 2021 Steel maker Liberty was rocked last week by the implosion of Greensill Capital Unions have urged the Government to step in … Read more
Unions admit they were WRONG to fear schools wouldn’t be able to cope with mass Covid testing of pupils and say system appears to be ‘going well’ after ‘big bang’ return to classrooms in England Pupils across England returned to primary and secondary schools yesterday ‘Big bang’ reopening will see secondary pupils asked to take … Read more
Deliveroo will reward its most loyal delivery riders with £10,000 bonus as unions warn gesture is ‘PR stunt’ that is ‘no compensation for poverty pay’ Delivery giant announced ‘thank you’ fund to launch with stock market floatation Riders will be eligible for range of payments of £10,000, £1,000, £500 and £200 All who have worked … Read more
Food delivery giant Deliveroo has announced a £16million ‘thank you’ fund for drivers but union bosses have slammed the move as a ‘PR stunt’. The company says the fund will launch when it offers its £5billion stock market flotation in London in the coming months. But unions have slammed the fund as a ‘PR stunt’ … Read more
Furious health unions have slammed Matt Hancock over the one per cent pay rise for medics. The British Medical Association, the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal College of Nursing and Unison wrote an open letter to Rishi Sunak calling for a ‘fair pay deal’. They said NHS workers ‘have literally kept the country alive for … Read more
The Government has been warned that NHS staff will quit over the 1 per cent pay rise which union bosses have said will ‘horrify’ the public. Unions and Labour said evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body from the Health Department was a ‘callous and an enormous slap in the face’ for workers and warned … Read more