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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 Reaches Deal at GM Plants in UK
- LONDON (Reuters UK) - The Unite trade union said on Tuesday it had struck a deal to secure the future of GM Opel car plants in Britain after the planned sale of the carmaker, which makes Vauxhall cars in the UK, to Canada's Magna.Unite said Magna had agreed there would...
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The Friday Round-Up
- 177,000 people, 100,000 acres, 700 acts, 80 stages and 3,000 loos, rain forecast all weekend -- it must be Glastonbury. Now in its 28th year, it's also the perfect example of a sustainable business and rare proof of good project management in action. An audit last year...
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Eroding our right to assemble? Police repression at the WEF protest
- activism Activists protested against the recent meetings of the World Economic Forum WEF held in New York City from January 31 to February 4. A large number of activists were arrested. These articles, written by women who attended the protests, report on the protests and discuss police actions and protest...
- Research articles 2002-03-01
- Remploy Crusade to save jobs reaches Yorkshire and Humberside.
- LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Sep 5, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- The Remploy Consortium of Trade Unions (Unite the Union, GMB, and Community) crusade to stop the dreadful closures of 43 Remploy factories arrives in Sheffield tomorrow (6th September) and will visit Remploy factories in the region...
- Research articles 2007-09-05
- GM opts for Magna in Opel deal
- General Motors on Thursday said its board had supported a bid by Canada's Magna International and Russia's Sberbank to buy a majority stake in its European Opel and Vauxhall business.The decision will see Magna and Sberbank take 55 per cent of the "new Opel", employees take 10 per cent...
- External links 2009-09-10
- RBS poised to scale back pension benefits
- Royal Bank of Scotland, the part-nationalised bank that controversially gave Sir Fred Goodwin, its former chief executive, a pension pot valued at £16m, is scaling back pension benefits for about 62,500 employees. Our multimedia feature explores the dilemmas faced by individual savers, companies and governments and offers potential solutions to...
- News items 2009-08-26
- Fujitsu Services faces strike action from staff
- Bryan Glick, Computing, Sunday 30 August 2009 at 01:00:00 Union members votes in favour of action over plans to shut final salary pension IT services provider Fujitsu Services is set for a battle with trade unions after its employee members of Unite voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action....
- News items 2009-09-01
- Fujitsu workers to strike
- Workers at Japanese giant Fujitsu are to stage a three-day strike in a row over pay, jobs and pensions, it was announced today. Unite said its members will walk out on 12, 13 and 16 November following an overwhelming vote in favour of industrial action. It will be...
- News items 2009-11-05
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