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RMT reaction to Transport Committee report on railways
Responding to today's House of Commons Transport Committee Report on Rail 2020, RMT General Secretary Bob Crow...
Teachers strike at Chesterfield School
Members of the NASUWT, the largest teachers' union are taking part in two days of strike action at Dunston Primary School,...

Talk to us, union tells North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire branch has welcomed the council's statement that it is delaying a decision on £73m cuts until the new year and called...
Unlimited pay discretion is incompatible with retention of a national pay framework
Commenting on the Chancellor's Autumn Statement and the publication of the School Teachers'...

Rising City profits have hit wages, business investment and non-financial firms
Rising financial profits have reduced workers' wages and squeezed profits across the rest of the...
Rail strike ballot over catalogue of safety breaches
Rail union RMT confirmed today that it is balloting for industrial action over safety after a series of recent incidents...

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