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Saturday 4 February 2012, 03:13:05

Top news stories from the UK

Holocaust Memorial Day is opportunity to end discrimination, prejudice, says TUC [TUC] 2012-01-27

London Olympics organisers empty promises to respect labour rights - Mascots made in sweatshops [SACOM] 2012-01-24

London 2012 Olympics: Mascots Wenlock And Mandeville 'Made In Chinese Sweatshops' [Huffington Post] 2012-01-24

Usdaw wins £67 million compensation for former Woolworths workers [Usdaw] 2012-01-21

TUC warns new charges will make tackling discrimination at work even harder [TUC] 2012-01-20

Other labour news from the UK

Bonuses snatched by Network Rail bosses are ‘as unacceptable as those paid to bankers like Stephen Hester’ [ASLEF] 2012-02-04

UNISON vows to keep fighting for equality [UNISON] 2012-02-04

Northern Ireland Ulster Bank staff reject redundancy offer [BBC] 2012-02-04

England Unite demands a fair deal for York bus workers [Unite] 2012-02-03

PCS Public sector union leader says Labour has abandoned its roots [birminghampost.net] 2012-02-03

Reuters news agency staff vote for first strike in 25 years [The Guardian] 2012-02-03

Government still isn't listening over Health and Social Care bill says UNISON [UNISON] 2012-02-03

Shell posts huge profits but closes pension scheme [Unite] 2012-02-03

Unite meets with energy minister and administrators to discuss Coryton oil refinery [Unite] 2012-02-03

Unite members at Balfour Beatty vote overwhelmingly for strike action [Unite] 2012-02-03

Northern Ireland Independent News and Media to reduce Belfast print staff [Irish Times] 2012-02-03

England Tanker drivers strike suspended at Wincanton [BBC] 2012-02-02

Union suspected of blacklist collusion [Construction News] 2012-02-02

England Female workers win their equal pay fight with Bury Council at last [The Evening News] 2012-02-02

England Bury equal pay case: Council settles with dinner ladies [BBC] 2012-02-02

Union welcomes decision to strip former RBS chief executive Fred Goodwin of his knighthood [Huffington Post UK] 2012-02-01

TUC on IFS pay and pension findings [TUC] 2012-02-01

The value of unions to the UK economy [BECTU] 2012-01-31

Tax office strike 'well supported' [Press Association] 2012-01-31

One day to defend the welfare state [PCS] 2012-01-31

When it comes to social justice, trade unions are the only show in town [The Independent] 2012-01-31

England Newsquest staff start work-to-rule [NUJ] 2012-01-31

University applications fall [UNISON] 2012-01-30

RBS - Unite reaction to Hester decision to waive bonus [Unite] 2012-01-30

University applications in England drop by 10% [UCU] 2012-01-30

Shrinking wage pool costs workers £60bn a year [TUC] 2012-01-30

TUC on RBS pay announcement [TUC] 2012-01-30

Tackling Climate Change – A new role for trade unions in the workplace? [ACAS] 2012-01-27

Community union reacts angrily to job losses at Tata Steel Tubes, Corby [Community] 2012-01-27

Double blow for UK steel industry could cost 500 jobs [Guardian] 2012-01-27

England Union anger as 400 jobs at risk at Thamesteel [Kent News] 2012-01-27

England RMT - Cleaners demand free travel on Tyne and Wear Metro [BBC] 2012-01-27

Unite presses government on the future of Coryton [Unite] 2012-01-27

Jet fuel dispute intensifies as strike spreads to fourteen days [Unite] 2012-01-27

Unite reaction to speculation on bonus of Stephen Hester - Royal Bank of Scotland CEO [Unite] 2012-01-27

Enough is enough - tanker drivers campaign [Unite the Union] 2012-01-26

Delay to pension auto-enrolment is deeply disappointing [TUC] 2012-01-26

GDP per person set to decline in 2012 [TUC] 2012-01-26

Chancellor's economic strategy is going horribly wrong [TUC] 2012-01-26

'End of an era for Post Office', says CWU [CWU] 2012-01-26

Defend health and safety Day of Action, 28 April 2012 [TUC] 2012-01-26

Royal Mail faces wave of employment tribunals over delayed Christmas pay [Guardian] 2012-01-25

Government has done to nothing to support manufacturing or construction [Unite] 2012-01-25

Unilever workers take fight to be heard to 'rich people's Glastonbury' - Protest to defend pensions at Davos 2012 [Unite] 2012-01-25

England Northumbria NHS trust faces possible legal challenge over plans to slash staff mileage rates [Unite] 2012-01-25

Trade unions: Not dead yet [BBC] 2012-01-25

Ubetalt overtid koster jobber [Fri Fagbevegelse] 2012-01-25

Patronising Pickles leads disgraced Tories' plot to gut unions [Morning Star] 2012-01-25

The value of unions to the UK economy [TUC] 2012-01-25

Scotland Scandal of 1000 Woolworths workers in Scotland robbed of redundancy payouts [Daily Record] 2012-01-25

Northern Ireland Filipinos 'suffer workplace racism' [Belfast Telegraph] 2012-01-25

Liberal Democrats call for ‘living wage’ for council staff paid poverty wages [Liberal Democrats] 2012-01-24

Fujitsu ends Unite industrial action [Sourcing Focus] For more info 2012-01-24

Fujitsu staff accept improved pay and pensions offer [CIO] For more info 2012-01-24

Fujitsu and Unite shake hands on pay, pensions deal [The Register] For more info 2012-01-24

Strike action settled at Fujitsu [Manchester Evening News] For more info 2012-01-24

Olympic sweatshops? Labor group calls foul on London Games products [GlobalPost] 2012-01-24

John Lewis fury over Olympic mascots made by China slaves [The Sun] 2012-01-24

UK Strikes at Unilever Continue; Company Refuses Talks [ICEM] 2012-01-23

ORR revises fatigue guidance [ASLEF] 2012-01-23

BMA and RCN pensions statement - UNISON response [UNISON] 2012-01-22

Pensions update [PCS] 2012-01-22

Usdaw wins £67 million compensation for former Woolworths workers [Usdaw] 2012-01-22

Woolworths - Information for Members [Usdaw ] 2012-01-22

Unite and Fujitsu end long-running dispute [ZDNet] For more info 2012-01-21

Fujitsu and Unite reach agreement to end dispute [V3] For more info 2012-01-21

Fujitsu staff accept improved pay and pensions offer [ComputerWorld] For more info 2012-01-21

Usdaw accuses Unilever of ‘breathtaking complacency’ in pension dispute [Usdaw] 2012-01-21

Woolworths workers win fight for compensation [Guardian] 2012-01-21

Former Woolworths workers 'get £67m compensation' [BBC] 2012-01-21

Работники Unilever проводят забастовку против сокращений пенсионных отчислений [IMF] 2012-01-20

Huelga en Unilever contra los recortes de pensiones [IMF] 2012-01-20

Fujitsu agrees union deal to end strikes [Tech Week] For more info 2012-01-20

Fujitsu staff accept improved pay and pensions offer [ComputerWorld UK] For more info 2012-01-20

Grève chez Unilever contre les réductions prévues dans les retraites [IMF] 2012-01-20

Unite ends quarrel with Fujitsu [IT PRO] For more info 2012-01-20

ET rules against rights for blacklisted agency workers [Socialist Worker] 2012-01-20

Unilever strike against pension cuts [IMF] 2012-01-20

‘Off the shelf’ defence equipment from overseas will cost £1 billion in lost tax revenues [Unite] 2012-01-20

‘Gross misconduct’ threat inflames tanker dispute - withdraw it or strike goes ahead, says Unite [Unite] 2012-01-20

Trustees' reluctant acceptance not 'green light' to impose poorer Unilever pensions [Unite] 2012-01-20

Week-long fuel strike grows closer - Unite calls upon employer to end attacks on workers [Unite] 2012-01-20

Scotland ASLEF to ballot Scots over demoted driver [ASLEF] 2012-01-20

Northern Ireland Teachers will get 90 weeks salary to retire early [BBC] 2012-01-19

Union demands explanation for closure of DHL-owned UK drinks distribution site [Global Delivery] 2012-01-19

Jobless total soars because of ‘dead end’ policies, says Unite [Unite] 2012-01-19

Unite denounces Boris Island as a ‘vanity project’ [Unite] 2012-01-19

MPs’ critical report on NHS ‘reforms’ prompts Unite call for health bill to be scrapped [Unite] 2012-01-19

Labour's views on public sector pay are a 'slap in the face', says UNISON [UNISON] 2012-01-19

Ed Miliband slammed by third major trade union boss [Mirror] 2012-01-19

Liam Fox backs rightwing campaign to undermine union resources [Guardian] 2012-01-19

England Unilever row over pensions, profits and executive pay at Port Sunlight [Guardian] 2012-01-19

Doctors' vote means first industrial action since 1975 is almost unavoidable [Guardian] 2012-01-19

Northern Ireland Primark Northern Ireland faces strike action in protest at two year pay freeze [Usdaw] 2012-01-19

Workers ‘devastated’ by Nestlé plant closure [Food Manufacture] 2012-01-19

Unilever UK workers in strike action over pensions [Reuters] 2012-01-19

Unison accuses Ed Miliband of 'breathtaking naivety' over cuts [Guardian] 2012-01-19

Lessons Germany can give the British economy [Left Foot Forward] 2012-01-19

TUC: Take tips from German industry [Press Association] 2012-01-19

Northern Ireland NUJ offers to meet relatives of victims to discuss call for Ombudsman [NUJ] 2012-01-19