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Tata plans to shut down Port Talbot blast furnaces early due to strike action
The company had been planning to shut down one of the blast furnaces by the end of June and the second one by September
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Whyte & Mackay whisky workers set for strikes after rejecting latest pay offer
GMB Scotland members at three of Whyte & Mackay's distilleries will walk out on Monday
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Amazon workers prepare for landmark vote on union recognition from tech giant
The month-long voting process beginning on July 8 could secure the first ever UK union recognition within Amazon and compel the tech giant to negotiate with the GMB on employment terms, wages, and conditions
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Whyte & Mackay bosses in talks with union to avert strikes at distilleries
GMB members at the company's Dalmore and Invergordon distilleries in Ross and Cromarty and Tamnavulin in Moray have voted to walk out after receiving a pay offer they described as an 'insult'
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Patient found dead with phone ringing in hand after 10-hour ambulance wait
A damning survey found a quarter of ambulance workers have witnessed a death due to delays in the past three years, with the research uncovering harrowing stories
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Deliveroo riders challenge board over pay and conditions at London AGM
The food delivery giant's board is set to face questions from riders co-ordinated by ShareAction and the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain during Thursday's meeting
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Thames Waters wants to hike up bills by 60% in bid to stave off financial strife
Average bills for customers of the embattled utilities provider Thames Water could soar by 44% in the next six years as the company struggles to clear its billions in debt
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Amazon workers in Coventry get vote on union recognition after 'historic moment'
The GMB union has claimed a 'historic moment' in its campaign to gain union recognition for its members working at online giant Amazon
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Asda workers in Lowestoft set to strike in dispute over pay and conditions
'GMB members used to be proud to work for Asda, but this once great supermarket is being driven into the ground,' said the GMB union's Keith Dixon
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'Filthy rich' water bosses a 'farce' after giving nearly £80bn to investors
Since Tory leader Margaret Thatcher opened the way for privitisation of water and sewage companies in 1989 many have been swamped in debt, yet industry bosses are raking it in
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Amazon workers to stage three-day pay strike in campaign to win £15 an hour
The GMB said around 1,000 of its members in Coventry will walk out for three days from next Tuesday
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Asda workers to stage 48-hour strike over claims of 'toxic' working environment
Members of the GMB at the site in Gosport, Hampshire, will walk out on Friday until midnight on Saturday
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Tata Steel got 'deal of century' by bagging taxpayers' cash with 2,800 job cuts
Tata Steels proposals were branded the 'bargain basement option' as bosses were hauled before MPs to defend plans to shut blast furnaces at its Port Talbot plant in south Wales
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UK 'woefully underprepared' for conflict if steel blast furnaces are closed
The GMB has written to the Defence Secretary saying that losing the ability to make steel from scratch will 'significantly impact' the security of the country's essential defence supply chains
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Tata Steel boss slashing 2,800 UK steel jobs pocketed £700k pay rise last year
A top-earning boss at steel giant Tata is believed to have taken £1.6million in pay last year - even as the company plans to cut thousands of jobs at Port Talbot blast furnaces
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Tata Steel move to axe 3,000 jobs 'will turn Port Talbot into a ghost town'
Unions have accused the Tories of lavishing vast sums of cash on the site’s owners Tata Steel only for it to go ahead and scrap nearly 3,000 staff - despite a major drive to save the posts
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Tata Steel expected to close furnaces and lose 3,000 jobs in 'crushing blow'
Tata Steel is understood to have rejected plans drawn up by trade unions aimed at saving thousands of jobs, instead pressing ahead with closing blast furnaces in Port Talbot
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999 staff shortage spark 730,000 call outs without a fully-trained paramedic
Emergency departments face “one of the most difficult starts to the year” ever, as junior doctors start an unprecedented six-day strike from Wednesday this week
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UK city plagued with vermin as more than 27,000 problems reported in three years
Bin men are unable to collect rubbish safely as the vermin have completely overwhelmed some neighbourhoods with refuse collectors hospitalised with rat bites
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Shipbuilders told to come clean about UK workforce for £1.6bn supply vessels
Firms developing three Fleet Solid Support ships for Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been urged to say how many British jobs will be created - and how much work carried out in the UK
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Emails say 600 schools could still have crumbling RAAC and not know about it
Officials privately accepted it is likely to take “a number of years” to resolve the RAAC crisis in documents seen by the Mirror
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Plan to save thousands of jobs at Britain's biggest steel plant
The latest plan aimed at saving thousands of jobs at Britain's biggest steel plant has been put forward by the Unite union and comes after a rival proposal from the Community and GMB unions
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Union leaders back plan to save 2,300 jobs at Britain's biggest steelworks
The Community and GMB unions have thrown their weight behind a plan drawn-up by experts they drafted in, which could help save "virgin" steelmaking at Port Talbot
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3,000 steelworkers in limbo as Tata shelves crunch Port Talbot announcement
The Indian giant had been due to make an announcement after a board meeting in Mumbai today, but it decided to delay revealing its redundancy plans for the South Wales site
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Boris Johnson refused to sack Matt Hancock despite warning he was 'killing' old
In explosive WhatsApp messages, Dominic Cummings demanded that Matt Hancock was sacked as Health Secretary as he was a 'proven liar' who should not be in charge of NHS