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Tata Steel rejects union plan to save jobs and keep Port Talbot furnace open

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 14:58

Rejection of plan to keep one blast furnace open while building electric replacement ends hopes of avoiding as many as 2,800 job losses

Tata Steel has rejected a plan by unions to keep open a blast furnace at the Port Talbot steelworks, ending any hopes of avoiding as many as 2,800 job losses.

Unions met the company in London on Thursday with another plea not to press ahead with its proposals which will likely end the ability to make steel from iron ore in south Wales by September and cause thousands of job losses.

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‘We’ve been taken for granted for too long’: equal pay strikes by women spread across Scotland

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 14 April - 08:00

Hundreds walk out of their council roles, saying they are paid less than comparable male-dominated jobs

Hundreds of women have gone on strike in Scotland as three more councils face claims over equal pay.

Almost 500 workers walked out of their council roles in Falkirk, Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire in protest at a pay grading system which they say is outdated and pays women less than comparable male-dominated jobs.

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A Labour government could face teachers’ strikes, union warns

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 6 April - 13:35

National Education Union chief Daniel Kebede says Labour pledges are ‘a long way from the scale of change’ needed

A new Labour government could find itself facing a wave of industrial action by teachers in England and Wales if it fails to meet demands over pay and education funding, the leader of the UK’s biggest education union has warned.

Daniel Kebede, the general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), fired a warning shot over Keir Starmer’s bows, declaring that Labour’s current proposals on schools and education were “a long way” off the scale of change needed.

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Rail strikes: public told to check before travelling on second day of Aslef action

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 6 April - 04:00

Most services on six major lines suspended on Saturday, as strikes coincide with union’s overtime ban

Rail passengers across Great Britain have been told to check before they travel as a second day of strikes by train drivers will result in most services being suspended on six major lines.

Industrial action by the drivers’ union Aslef will mean staff working for Chiltern Railways, Great Western Railway, Heathrow Express, LNER, Northern and TransPennine Express (TPE) staging a 24-hour strike on Saturday.

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NHS consultants have accepted government pay offer, says BMA

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 5 April - 10:11

Acceptance of deal will bring an end to year-long dispute

NHS consultants have accepted a pay offer, ending a year-long dispute with the government, the British Medical Association has announced.

The BMA said its members in England voted in favour by 83%, describing the offer as an improvement on one rejected earlier this year. It includes changes to the review body on doctors’ and dentists’ remuneration (DDRB).

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Train drivers in England begin three-day series of strikes

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 5 April - 04:00

Avanti West Coast services among those affected by Aslef industrial action, which continues on Saturday and Monday

Rail passengers across England will face significant disruption on Friday as train drivers at five operating companies carry out industrial action.

The 24-hour strike will be the first of three days of rolling strike action being taken by the train drivers’ union Aslef, with services on Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway all affected.

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Rail and London Underground passengers face strike disruption

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 4 April - 11:14

Aslef starts three days of rolling 24-hour strikes from Friday, with action by tube drivers on Monday

Passengers are facing more travel disruption as some services on the national rail network and the London Underground will grind to a halt as the next wave of driver strikes gets under way.

On Friday, Aslef members start three days of rolling 24-hour strikes across the rail network, affecting 16 rail operating companies as part of its 20-month dispute over pay. This will happen alongside a separate daylong strike by Aslef drivers on the London Underground on Monday 8 April.

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Teachers in England and Wales could strike again in September, says NEU chief

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 3 April - 16:30

Daniel Kebede warns of ‘growing frustration’ within profession as UK heads towards a general election

Teachers in England and Wales could strike again as early as September, according to the head of the UK’s largest education union, who warned of “growing frustration” within the profession as the country heads towards a general election.

Daniel Kebede, the general secretary of the National Education Union, said further strikes were still on the table after nearly 150,000 teachers voted for industrial action in an indicative ballot, the results of which were published last week.

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Goldsmiths academics to strike over ‘incomprehensible’ redundancies

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 28 March - 19:02

Union says cuts will make the ‘creative powerhouse’ unrecognisable and risk ‘unprecedented industrial unrest’

Staff at Goldsmiths, University of London have voted to strike over plans for an “almost incomprehensible” number of redundancies , a trade union has announced.

More than 87% of University and College Union (UCU) members at the south London institution voted for strike action in a ballot with a turnout of 69%, as well as backing action short of a strike, such as a boycott on marking papers and submissions.