The Vestas workers' struggle
Submitted on
For a full list of all stories on this website about Vestas, click here. Key articles below:
Defending jobs
Industrial news in brief
Submitted on
The British Medical Association (BMA), the professional association for doctors, has begun balloting its 103,000 members for industrial action.
Industrial news in brief
Submitted on
550 workers could lose their jobs as British Gas plans to close its Southampton centre.
MMP lock out battle needs industrial action
Submitted on
Bosses at the Mayr Melnhof Packaging (MMP) plant in Deeside locked up the facility in advance of a community picket organised by workers locked out of MMP's Bootle plant and their supporters.
Packaging workers locked out
Submitted on
Bosses at the Transfoods food packaging plant in Birkenhead, near Liverpool, have joined employers at the Mayr-Melnhof Packaging plant in Bootle in locking out hundreds of workers after employees’ protests against redundancies.
Jobs massacre at Remploy
Submitted on
Remploy workers face a further wave of attacks as bosses plan to close an initial 36 factories and privatise a further 18, with a view to closure. Nearly 2,000 workers face compulsory redundancy.
Locked-out workers picket factory
Submitted on
Workers at the Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (MMP) plant in Bootle, near Liverpool, are maintaining pickets of the factory after bosses locked them out during a dispute over redundancies.
Workers occupy against job losses
Submitted on
Workers are occupying a packaging plant in Bootle near Liverpool after bosses locked out employees in the midst of a battle over redundancies.
Support the Vita Cortex factory occupation!
Submitted on
The Vita Cortex factory in Cork closed on 16th December and the workers refused to leave without the €1.2 million compensation promised in September when Vita Cortex management announced plans to move
Barnet Alliance for Public Services launch meeting
Submitted on
Date:
23 September, 2010 - 21:00 - 23:30
Location:
Emerald Suite, North London Business Park, Oakleigh Road South, London N11 1GN
Description:
Public meeting for Barnet residents and workers, launching the campaign against cuts and privatisation in the borough. Don't cut our services! Don't privatise our services! No to easyCouncil!
7-9pm, Emerald Suite, North London Business Park, Oakleigh Road South, N11 1GN. More details: http://www.barnettuc.org.uk