Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles You can sign up to receive News from the Frontline straight in your inbox The Coventry Amazon distribution centre has been the scene of livelier picketing last week, as Amazon workers in the GMB union have taken further action. …
Read More »‘Scouse Mick’ dealers who left £50,000 of heroin in pub are jailed
A county lines drug operation was busted after dealers accidentally left £50,000 worth of heroin in a pub. The gang has since been jailed for more than 30 years combined after two of them left the drugs in a local pub — and even went back to retrieve them. Kevin …
Read More »US open: Stocks mostly lower as traders look ahead to tech earnings
Wall Street stocks were mostly lower early on Monday as traders braced for another earnings-heavy week. As of 1545 BST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.01% at 33,812.01, while the S&P 500 lost 0.14% to 4,127.68 and the Nasdaq Composite came out the gate 0.54% weaker at 12,007.87. …
Read More »Techie sacked after jetting to tropical island on sick leave • The Register
To China now, where a tech worker learned the hard way that a) you don’t book a holiday before you have time off confirmed, and b) you definitely don’t then take sick leave and go on holiday anyway. According to National Business Daily, the worker, named only as Xu, was …
Read More »Police seized heroin worth £50k that drug gang forgot and left in pub – Birkenhead News
Four men have been sentenced to a total of 31 years for their roles in a drugs supply conspiracy from Liverpool to Cornwall. The men played significant roles in a conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine as well as launder money from the sale of drugs to vulnerable people. At …
Read More »‘Scouse Mick’ gang who brought drugs into Cornwall jailed | News
The men have been sentenced to a total of 31 years in jail Author: Simon McleanPublished 2 hours ago Four men have been jailed for a total of thirty-one years for their roles in a drugs supply chain between Liverpool and Cornwall Police say they brought drugs into Cornwall by …
Read More »UK Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee resolves to fight Communication Workers Union sell-out deal
The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee held a meeting Sunday, passing a resolution pledging a campaign against the sell-out deal agreed between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Royal Mail. The meeting was attended by postal workers from all grades within the Royal Mail Group (RMG). The resolution states: Organise to …
Read More »DAN WOOTTON: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry created a ‘circus’
Of all the unsavoury deeds committed by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their revenge campaign, nothing is more inexcusable than allowing the Queen and Prince Philip to die haunted by false accusations that the Royal Family was racist. There is zero doubt that it was the Duchess of Sussex …
Read More »Queen’s Award for Enterprise presented to Cumbrian firm
James Batchelor and Claire Hensman with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise A Cumbrian company which helps keep older people safe every day has been presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Alertacall, which has offices in Windermere and Warrington, was presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation by …
Read More »Royal Mail deal leaves ‘as many questions as answers’
Royal Mail’s dispute-ending deal with the Communication Workers Union has left as many questions as it has answered, according to Liberum analysts. Liberum repeated a ‘sell’ rating for the courier, given uncertainty about the deal’s effect on cost savings and productivity for Royal Mail owner International Distributions Services PLC (LSE:IDS). …
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