Tom Kerr Williams: Managing strike action
Most employers look to avoid industrial strike action wherever possible, but there comes a time in every unionised employer’s existence where such action is threatened.
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Junior doctors strike as London prepares for tube disruption
Strike action is currently causing severe disruption to the National Health Service after junior doctors began strike action earlier today. It was also announced yesterday that London will, once again, be crippled by more Tube strikes as rail unions continue to fight the proposed ‘night tube’ service
Read MoreHunt launches junior doctor charm offensive, offers pay rise
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has written to 50,000 junior doctors in England outlining plans he says would lead to basic pay increasing by 11%, in an attempt to head of the threat of industrial action. However Hunt has indicated that he also wants to curb other elements such as guaranteed pay rises. Previous attempts to renegotiate a contract for junior doctors had lead to outrage after the junior health workers felt that they would be forced to work more hours for less money.
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Trade Union Bill: Conservatives ‘the political wing of the City of London’, says TUC
Frances O’Grady, general secretary of the TUC, is today expected to strongly criticise the...
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Proposals on strike laws are a response to yesterday’s problems, says CIPD
The Government’s proposals on strike laws are an outdated response to industrial relations issues...
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Employment law post-election – should we be feeling blue?
Elizabeth Marshall believes that it is starting to become clear what we can expect from the Conservative Government in terms of changes to UK employment law during this Parliament.
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Greenwich council accused of ‘bullying culture’
Occupational therapists (OTs) at Greenwich council, fed up with an alleged ‘bullying culture’, are...
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Unite the Union fighting to save jobs at BAE and Pilkington Glass
BAE announce 1775 job losses at Portsmouth and Govan shipyards Unite, the country’s largest union,...
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