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Entries Tagged as 'Unions'

Snigger

September 15th, 2009 · 8 Comments

The leaders of some of Britain’s biggest unions saw their pay and perks rocket by up to 30 per cent last year, despite the impact of the recession on their members.
Official figures reveal that some union barons have fared far better in the downturn than the ‘fat cat’ company directors they criticise, whose pay rose [...]

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Agency Workers and Their Rights

September 24th, 2007 · 22 Comments

An interesting little story here about the "fight" to get agency workers the same rights and privileges as permanent staff.

Deborah French who worked in the slicing hall for 19 years packing bacon for Tesco and M&S is now joining her two sisters who were made redundant in that last round. One of them has not [...]

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