UNIONS protesting against British workers being excluded from construction jobs on a power station project intend to take their campaign to Westminster and the equality watchdog.
Archive for January, 2009
Concerns are raised over plans for pay-as-you-go NHS
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, January 22nd, 2009PLANS to give National Health Service patients cash to pick and choose their own treatment, together with the new NHS constitution, have drawn criticism from patients’ groups and unions this week.
Cleaning up the mess: Obama gets to work
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, January 22nd, 2009Kailash Chand says the 44th President will need all the talent at his disposal to undo the damage wrought by the 43rd
Government set to force firms to reveal the gender pay gap at work
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, January 22nd, 2009PRIVATE companies must publish the details of how much male and female employees earn in relation to each other, equality minister Harriet Harman said this week.
Faircloth drops out of Amicus race and backs Simpson
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, January 22nd, 2009LAURENCE FAIRCLOTH has dropped out of the race to become the next general secretary of the Amicus section of Unite, and told his supporters to back incumbent Derek Simpson instead.
Corbett: Britain could lose out by staying out of euro
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, January 22nd, 2009THE British Government should add a sixth criterion to its five economic tests for adopting the euro: whether the cost of staying outside the single currency is too high, Labour MEP Richard Corbett has told the European Parliament.
Government backs off from ‘new’ Labour as recession bites
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, January 22nd, 2009MINISTERS from across the Government indicated a shift away from “new” Labour’s terms of debate as they promised to redress the balance of power between society and the financial markets.
Campaigners condemn Blair for Colombia job
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, January 22nd, 2009ACTIVISTS have attacked former Prime Minister Tony Blair for accepting a well-paid position with the controversial right-wing government of Colombia. He has taken a lucrative job as a consultant to the Colombian foreign ministry’s foreign policy commission despite the fact that the regime has been heavily criticised for its close links with right-wing paramilitary death squads.
RMT steps up its campaign to stop cuts
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, January 22nd, 2009RMT general secretary Bob Crow and Ian Gibson, Labour MP for Norwich North, lobbied commuters at Liverpool Street station in London on Tuesday as the union stepped up its campaign against plans by National Express East Anglia to cut 300 jobs.