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- UK union strikes car plant deal with Magna
- Britain's Unite trade union said that it had secured agreement from Magna International to keep producing cars at General Motors' two UK plants beyond 2013 and save about 600 jobs at General Motors' European operations that would otherwise have been cut. The agreement removes a key obstacle to Magna and...
- News items 2009-10-13
- Union deal to rescue 600 jobs at Vauxhall
- Unite, Britain's biggest trade union, said yesterday that it had struck a deal with Magna, the proposed new owners of Opel and Vauxhall, to keep producing cars at General Motors' two UK plants beyond 2013, saving hundreds of jobs. The agreement has removed a key obstacle to the Canadian company's...
- News items 2009-10-13
- Unite expresses concern over Thomson takeover of Reuters.
- LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, May 15, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Unite, the UK's largest trade union, has expressed its concern at the potential takeover of Reuters by Thomson saying it fears that the takeover will result in large scale job loses. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM,...
- Research articles 2007-05-15
- Unite members vote for industrial action at Siemens.
- LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Oct 3, 2007 Marketwire via COMTEX -- Unite, the UK's biggest trade union, has today announced an overwhelming vote for industrial action at Siemens over plans to close its' final salary pension scheme. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Oct 3, 2007 (Marketwire via...
- Research articles 2007-10-03
- UK union in Magna deal over Opel jobs
- Britain's biggest trade union, Unite, said on Tuesday that it had struck a deal with Magna, the proposed new owners of Opel and Vauxhall, to keep producing cars at General Motors' two UK plants beyond 2013, saving hundreds of jobs. The agreement has removed a key obstacle to the Canadian...
- News items 2009-10-13
- Unite Welcomes Barclays Commitment to Trade Unions.
- LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Jun 28, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Unite the union, has welcomed the commitments given today by Barclays to its' own employees and those of ABN AMRO. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Jun 28, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Unite the union, has...
- Research articles 2007-06-28
- Unite welcomes new Repair and Overhaul centre at DARA.
- LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Jun 12, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Unite the Union, the UK's largest trade union, welcomes the news that Airbus Cimpa are considering opening a Repair and Overhaul centre at the Defence Aviation Repair Agency DARA in St Athan. This project...
- Research articles 2007-06-12
- British, US trade unions to merge
- LONDON AFP — Britain's biggest trade union is set to announce a merger with a US counterpart to eventually create the first global labour organisation, a press report said Sunday. The planned tie-up between Britain's Unite and United Steelworkers USW in the United States is designed to better protect...
- Research articles 2008-05-25
- Judge Orders New Union Vote at Albany, N.Y., Disability Center.
- By Alan Wechsler, Times Union, Albany, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 26--Fourteen months after employees at the Center for the Disabled rejected the trade union UNITE by 40 votes, another vote has been ordered. Administrative Law Judge Margaret Kern...
- Research articles 2004-01-26
- Need to know: ITE profits rise ... Go-Ahead acquisition ... Unite fundraising ...
- View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics House prices: Nationwide Building Society said that house prices rose by 0.5 per cent in November, taking the annual increase to 2.7 per cent and climbing for the seventh consecutive month. Factory activity: The purchasing managers' index for manufacturing activity fell...
- News items 2009-12-02
- Britain's airports set for January strikes: unions
- LONDON AFP — Staff at seven British airports including London's busy Heathrow have voted to strike in January over a pensions row, union bosses said Friday, in a move threatening severe passenger disruption. The staff will stage 24-hour stoppages on January 7 and January 14 and will strike for...
- Research articles 2007-12-21
- Mandelson backs GM's Vauxhall plan
- Lord Mandelson has said Britain is prepared to underwrite General Motors' restructuring plan for its European operations, which present "a solid commitment" to Vauxhall's two UK plants, according to the business secretary.His comments yesterday came as Opel/Vauxhall's acting head said GM planned to cut its capacity by 20 to...
- External links 2009-11-17
- Fujitsu Services cuts 1,200 UK jobs
- Bryan Glick, Computing, Wednesday 26 August 2009 at 17:41:00 Trade union condemns move as "wholly unwarranted" Fujitsu Services is to make up to 1,200 jobs in the UK redundant because of lower-than-expected sales. The firm says its has "reluctantly" taken the decision to make the cuts, which represent nearly...
- News items 2009-08-26
- Germany Sweetens Opel Aid Offer If Magna Wins: Report
- By Philipp Halstrick and Angelika Gruber FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany could provide 4.5 billion euros ($6.35 billion) in upfront state aid for carmaker Opel if General Motors picks Canada's Magna, Berlin's favored suitor, as the buyer, a top official said. The last-ditch offer would have the federal government and German...
- News items 2009-08-19
- Engineering workers accept pay deal
- Engineering construction workers have voted to accept a two-year pay and conditions deal, potentially bringing peace to an industry that will be responsible for building at least 10 nuclear reactors by 2030.The two-to-one vote by up to 30,000 workers follows months of unofficial walkouts at power stations and petrochemical...
- News items 2009-11-24
- Corus to Cut 1,700 Jobs at Teesside Plant
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - Europe's second biggest steelmaker, Corus, is to close a plant in northeast England with the loss of 1,700 jobs after failing to secure a long-term partner for the site's output.Corus, owned by India's Tata Steel, said Friday it was mothballing the Redcar blast furnace, Lackenby steelmaking...
- News items 2009-12-04
- Need to know: Conygar sale ... Cadbury campaign ... MAN fines ...
- View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics Interest rates: The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee kept interest rates on hold at a record low of 0.5 per cent and stuck to its plan of buying £200 billion of gilts and corporate bonds by next February. Mortgages: The...
- News items 2009-12-10
- Cadbury Workers Launch Fight Against Kraft Bid
- By David JonesBOURNVILLE (Reuters) - British and Irish Cadbury CBRY workers kicked off a campaign to fight a hostile bid from Kraft Foods KFT on Tuesday vowing to pressure the UK government to do what it can to resist the bid.Union officials and local members of parliament will take their...
- News items 2009-12-16
- GM to slash capacity by 20% in Europe
- General Motors said it planned to cut capacity by 20 to 25 per cent and headcount by 9,000 to 10,000 at its European bands Opel and Vauxhall, but denied it would engage in a "bidding war" over jobs with European governments from which it is seeking aid. Nick Reilly, Opel's...
- News items 2009-11-17
- GM set to trim capacity in Europe
- General Motorssaid yesterday that it planned to cut capacity by between 20 per cent and 25 per cent and headcount by 9,000, to 10,000, at Opel and Vauxhall, but denied it would engage in a "bidding war" over jobs with European governments, from which it is seeking aid. Nick Reilly,...
- News items 2009-11-17
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