The regulations will give agency workers the entitlement to the same or no less favourable treatment as comparable employees with respect to basic employment and working conditions, if and when they complete a qualifying period of 12 weeks in a particular job.
The Chartered Institute of Housing has calculated that the cumulative effects of the coalition’s proposals mean that by 2020 every tenants’ Housing Benefit will be too low to cover their rent.
latest government figures forJuly-September 2011show £594,000 of direct arms exports plus £605,000 of sales for Israel to re-export; to Pakistan amongst others.
Local government unions outraged at pay freeze
Local government unions, UNISON, GMB and UNITE, representing 1.6 million workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, have today been told that their members face a pay freeze in 2010/2011. The unions are calling on the local government employers to think again, saying that local government workers will struggle to afford basic essentials, with over 5% inflation rendering the pay freeze a real terms pay cut. The unions are calling for them to come to their senses and make a reasonable offer, saying that there is room in council budgets to give workers decent pay.
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Wolverhampton, Bilston & District Trades Union Council organises teams of local trade unionists to work on bars at music festivals to raise our funds for our campaigning work.
An announcement was made in December of DVLAs intention to close all 39 DVLA offices and enforcement centres across the country, which will result in the loss of 1200 jobs.
Wolverhampton's biggest strike in a generation, Wednesday November 30th.
There were mass closures of services across the city. After morning picketing from early hours in the morning, 2000 strikers assembled in front of Civic Hall on North St. This was over three times the predicted size. We marched behind a 20 foot Pension Justice banner and the AzaadDhol players with flags, placards and local union branch banners around the city centre, followed by a rally with short speeches from local leaders of striking unions:
adult hourly rate of the minimum wage increased from £5.93 to £6.08
development rate (which will cover workers aged 18-20 years) rise from £4.92 to £4.98
rate for 16 to 17-year-olds increase from £3.64 to £3.68
apprentice minimum wage rate is just £2.60 per hour - all apprentices under the age of 19 and those aged 19 and over in the first 12 months of their apprenticeship. .
The TUC's policy is to support the Peoples Charter. The Peoples Charter is set of demands to the government that would be of immense benefit to the trade union movement and all working class people. Whilst the recession may be technically over job losses continue to rise and we face cutbacks to public services and the welfare state on an unprecedented level.
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Wolverhampton, Bilston & District Trades Union Council organises teams of local trade unionists to work on bars at music festivals to raise our funds for our campaigning work.
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