Tag: unions
Zahawi – Unfair for unions to damage people’s lives at Christmas
Speaking to the BBC, the Conservative Party chairman says that demands from unions for a 19% pay rise for nurses would cost the NHS £10bn. "That it is [...]
What Congress could do to avoid a rail strike — and why unions are upset
On Monday evening, President Joe Biden urged Congress to end the risk of a potential rail strike that could bring US commerce to a halt, by forcing [...]
RMT union’s Mick Lynch on rail meeting with Mark Harper
Mick Lynch has said he had a “positive meeting” with Transport Secretary Mark Harper over rail strikes.And the RMT union general secretary said it was [...]
Brexit: Don't scrap EU rules, firms and unions say
Business groups and unions warn plans to scrap thousands of EU laws will create "confusion and disruption".
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Unions could face obstacle in 2023 if economy falls into recession
Hannah Whitbeck (C) of Ann Arbor, Michigan, speaks as Alydia Claypool (L) of Overland Park, Kansas, and Michael Vestigo (R) of Kansas City, Kansas, al [...]
Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s final leader, dies
Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev was born March 2, 1931, in an agricultural region. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1955 with a law degree a [...]
Unions are on the rise in 2022. Four charts show just how much.
Amazon, Apple, Chipotle, REI, Starbucks, Trader Joe’s. It feels like every day brings a new, surprising union.
Workers are organizing at some of t [...]
Strike action in Scotland to continue as unions reject pay offer
Three unions say council refuse workers and school staff will go ahead with industrial action.
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Bin strikes continue as unions query pay offer
Unite said it would not take a new 5% pay offer to its members due to "insignificant detail".
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Airline unions urge carriers not to resume buybacks when bailout ban ends this fall
A United Airlines flight crew walks through the terminal at San Francisco International Airport on April 12, 2020 in San Francisco, California.Justin [...]
Trade unions: What are they and who is allowed to strike?
Image caption, Strikes have caused disruption for millions of passengersUnions representing railway workers, barristers and Royal Mail staff have anno [...]
Unions react angrily to sacking of Labour shadow minister Sam Tarry
The shadow minister joined striking rail workers despite his party leader asking frontbench MPs not to.
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Rail strikes: Grant Shapps on unions and pay offers
The transport secretary said unions “don’t bother” to put pay offers to members “and just call more strike dates”.Grant Shapps said rail workers were [...]
Credit unions warn about the cost of developing a CBDC
A United States-based lobbying group has raised a voice against developing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the United States. The National A [...]
Experts weigh in on European Union’s MiCa crypto regulation
European Union officials recently agreed on a landmark law called the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCa) framework that provides guidance for crypto asse [...]