Newspapers and BBC
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24 April strikes - a step forward in the pay battle - Socialist Party News 16.4.08
17/04/08
The NUT has called out its 230,000 members after they rejected a pay award of 2.45% for this year as part of a three-year package that represents direct cuts in their pay packets.
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Cleaners to stage election day strike over pay rates - Halifax Evening Courier 17.4.08
17/04/08
Council refuse workers and cleaning staff in Leeds are to stage two 24-hour strikes over the next few weeks, including the day of the local elections, in a row over equal pay.
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Unfair dismissal stress argument rejected - Daily Post 17.4.08
17/04/08
An ex-police officers claim for constructive unfair dismissal against North Wales Probation Service has been rejected.
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Sex attack constable gets pension - BBC 15.4.08
17/04/08
A police constable who was found guilty of indecently assaulting three women whilst off duty has been allowed to retire on a full police pension.
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Shelter stands by 'full and final offer' despite strike threat - Third Sector 17.4.08
17/04/08
65% of staff at Shelter have voted in favour of strike action.
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Labour MPs' rebellion against abolition of 10p tax rate grows - The Independent 17.4.08
17/04/08
74 Labour backbenchers have signed Commons motions opposing the abolition of the 10p tax rate.
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Job fears over out-of-town growth - BBC 17.4.08
17/04/08
The Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association is concerned about the spread of out of town retail shopping centres.
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Firm accused of 'shocking abuse' - BBC 17.4.08
17/04/08
ELS Recruitment in Peterborough has been closed down by the Gangmaster Licensing Authority which revoked its licence.
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City worker wins dismissal claim - BBC 11.4.08
17/04/08
Julie Pine, who suffers from ME and who was made redundant from investment firm Cinven, has won her claim for unfair dismissal, victimisation and disability discrimination.
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Congress to hear technology fears - BBC 16.4.08
17/04/08
Teaching unions are set to explain to the Scottish TUC how advances in technology have also led to increased levels of abuse and bullying for workers.
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Pay levels at councils defended - BBC 17.4.08
17/04/08
40 senior council staff in Wales are on salaries in excess of £100,000.
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River Clyde pilots go on strike - BBC 17.4.08
17/04/08
The Pilots Group, which is in dispute with the river authority Clydeport, is striking for 48hrs on 17th and 18th April 2008.
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Civil servants want to head home - BBC 17.4.08
17/04/08
Some 823 members of the Northern Ireland Civil Service are seeking to have their jobs moved from Belfast to Londonderry.
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One-stop shop for business help - BBC 17.4.08
17/04/08
The Welsh Assembly has announced it is to streamline its business support operations under the new Flexible Support for Business strategy.
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Bailiffs to visit Porthmadog agency to recover £40k - Daily Post 17.4.08
17/04/08
In March 2008 Aeron Jones won a claim for unfair dismissal against his employers Porthmadog-based Cymad Cyf.
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Health trust accused in race case by nursing boss - News & Star 17.4.08
17/04/08
Serena Saiger, Assistant Director of Nursing at North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, has issued employment tribunal proceedings against the Trust and various individuals.
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Smith pledges more terror police - BBC 16.4.08
16/04/08
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced plans to create 300 new police jobs as part of the fight against terrorism.
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JJB closes stores as profits fall - BBC 16.4.08
16/04/08
Sports retailer JJB has announced the closure of 72 of its 410 stores following a significant drop in annual profits.
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Easyjet offer broke advert rules - BBC 16.4.08
16/04/08
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that Easyjet broke advertising regulations during its 'Early Easter Sale'.
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Jobs to go at chicken factory - BBC 15.4.08
16/04/08
A chicken processing company has blamed the rising cost of fuel and wheat for restructuring plans which are expected to result in the loss of 450 jobs.
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Union anger at Labour plans for party funding - the Guardian 16.4.08
16/04/08
Plans have been mooted whereby the funds raised from over 4 million trade unionists who are affiliated to the Labour party would be paid directly to party headquarters.
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Man found 'covered in hot coals' - BBC 15.04.08
16/04/08
An inquest in Telford has heard how Robert Howe was found covered in hot coals after a boiler exploded in the Allscott sugar beet factory in Wellington, Shropshire, where he worked.
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Job fears for Ethel Austin staff - BBC 15.4.08
16/04/08
The official supplier of uniforms to Liverpool - European City of Culture 2008 has gone into administration.
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Unemployment looms large as crunch bites deep - The Times 16.4.08
16/04/08
Despite recent interest rate cuts, some mortgage lenders are increasing their rates amid fears of impending job losses in the financial sector.
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MP fights Lords' asbestos decision - BBC 15.4.08
16/04/08
Dr Ian Gibson, MP for Norwich North, has begun a campaign to overturn a decision by the Lords in October 2007 (see Johnston v NEI International Combustion Limited, Rothwell v Chemical and Insulating Company Limited - HL 17.10.07) that scarring of the lungs from exposure to asbestos would no longer be regarded as a compensatory illness.
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Funding secured for Flintshire service to fight discrimination - Wrexham Leader 16.4.08
16/04/08
Flintshire Citizens Advice Bureau's Equality Matters Service has been given a boost by way of funding from the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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Nervous driver loses job fight - Halesowen News 14.4.08
16/04/08
A Birmingham tribunal has rejected a fork lift truck drivers claim of unfair dismissal.
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Lecturers' one-day strike on pay - BBC 16.4.08
16/04/08
Following allegations that the employers' organisation fforwm has refused to start paying experienced lecturers an agreed higher salary, the lecturers's union UCU are to stage a one-day strike across Wales.
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Electronics jobs may go to Poland - BBC 16.4.08
16/04/08
The Kimball Electronics Group has entered a 90-day consultation period with staff and their representatives at its Bridgend factory.
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185 jobs are to go at tape plant - BBC 15.4.08
16/04/08
3M has announced that it is to cut 185 jobs at its Swansea plant and a further 27 are under review following a decline in demand for its products.
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Pension income in UK still modest - BBC 14.4.08
14/04/08
A new study by the Office for National Statistics has shown that, although in the ten years to 2005-6 pensioners have become better off, state and private pension still provide only a "modest" income.
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Tribunal victory for depressed worker - The Guardian 16.4.08
17/04/08
A Stratford employment tribunal has ruled that a woman who suffers depression was unfairly dimissed under the Disability Discrimination Act.
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Bald teacher loses disabled claim - BBC 16.4.08
17/04/08
A teacher who was claiming disability discriminaton after being taunted by pupils because of his baldness has lost his case.
