First Bus engineers in Glasgow back strike action
FIRST Bus engineers across Glasgow have voted in favour of strike again following an ongoing pay dispute.
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FIRST Bus engineers across Glasgow have voted in favour of strike again following an ongoing pay dispute.
Members of Unite the Union are receiving ballot papers from 30 March to vote (by 25 April) for the union’s national Executive Council (apart from the 14 seats which are not contested). There are two slates in the elections: The United Left (UL) slate and the Sharon Graham (SG) slate. The UL has been the "traditional" left in Unite since the union’s creation. According to its website, “we are socialists … we campaign for socialist candidates in Unite elections to ensure our union is led by socialists.”
One of the largest unions in Britain announced a plan for thousands of emergency workers to walk off the job for 10 days in the coming weeks, ramping up pressure on the government amid a wave of public sector strikes.
One of the largest unions in Britain announced a plan for thousands of emergency workers to walk off the job for 10 days in the coming weeks, ramping up pressure on the government amid a wave of public sector strikes.
Protesters will be outside Aldi in Worcester on Thursday.