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1,200 workers vote on industrial action at leading West Midlands food company
About 1,200 workers at the 2 Sisters Food Group in the West Midlands are being balloted for...
Engineering construction workers accept three year pay deal
Engineering and construction workers have agreed to a 7.7 per cent pay deal over three years...

Big divide in fund manager positions on company reports
There was a sharp divide in the positions taken by fund managers last year, with a small number backing 85 per cent of...
New plan an important step in improving workplace pensions, says TUC
Commenting on the publication today of the government's new reinvigoration strategy for workplace pensions,...

Unions call on police bosses to sign employment charter
The UK's three biggest unions are calling on newly-elected police and crime commissioners and chief constables to sign up...
Government commits to Fair Deal on pensions for transferred staff
The government has confirmed that civil servants who are transferred out of the service will be allowed to...

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