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CLEANERS have threatened to take industrial action if Royal Mail’s facilities management arm drops the Real Living Wage. Communication Workers Union (CWU) members said they “will resist by all means possible” should Royal Mail Property and Facilities Solutions (RMPFS) abandon the voluntary commitment. Delegates approved the approach at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth today. The …

In likely the last gathering of the British trade unions prior to an expected general election next year, the assembled bureaucrats laid out the red carpet for Sir Keir Starmer’s right-wing, pro-war party at this year’s Trades Union Congress (TUC) annual meeting. Labour Party Deputy Leader Angela Rayner speaking at …

TALKS aimed at resolving a long-running dispute at Royal Mail ended without agreement today. The company had been meeting Communication Workers Union (CWU) negotiators to try to reach a deal on pay, jobs and conditions. A CWU statement said: “There has been progress in several areas and the union made …

B usinesses can now provide skilled agency workers to plug staffing gaps caused by strike action under changes to the law coming into force on Thursday, the Government has announced. Ministers said they have worked at speed to repeal trade union laws that restrict employment businesses from providing temporary agency …

Rail workers in the UK will walk out again Thursday for the second of three days of national strike action. This is no ordinary industrial dispute. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government of political gangsters want to emulate Margaret Thatcher’s targeting of the miners in 1984-85, which ended in …

There is “real potential” for collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes to take off in the UK through master trusts, according to Willis Towers Watson (WTW) director and senior consulting actuary, Shriti Jadav. Speaking at the Trades Union Conference (TUC) Pensions Conference, Jadav commented that while CDC schemes were likely to …

Jones: Government must use this chance to help people save more for retirement Failure to include auto-enrolment reforms in the Queen’s Speech and the pension schemes bill will make big problems even bigger, says Jack Jones. Last time I wrote an article for PP, I urged the government to use …

Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1056/29574 From The Socialist newspaper, 18 September 2019 Editorial of the Socialist, issue 1056 Trade unions shook the government during the N30 mass public sector strike in 2011, photo Senan   (Click to enlarge) The routine is pretty well routine now. At Trade Union Congress, Jeremy Corbyn …