Lecturers to strike over retirement age plans
Press Review 14 February 2005
NATFHE (University & College Lecturers' Union) has become the latest in a series of unions to set a date for strike action over plans to raise the public sector retirement age from 60 to 65.
'Summer of discontent' looms
News Article 13 February 2005
Public service workers are threatening a summer of discontent just as the general election campaign enters a new phase.
Prescott bids to avert council strikes
News Article 10 February 2005
Union bosses have held "constructive talks" with the deputy prime minister in a bid to resolve a dispute over local government pensions.
Jane Kennedy MP - Department for Work and Pensions minister
Interview 3 December 2004
The work minister tells ePolitix.com how she intends to help the millions of people classed as "economically inactive" get back into work.
British Airways strike dates announced
News Article 16 August 2004
The GMB has announced dates for a series of 24-hour strikes if pay talks with British Airways fail.
Civil servants protest over pay offer
News Article 9 August 2004
Civil servants in Northern Ireland are striking this week as part of a continuing pay dispute.
RMT strike threat condemned
News Article 21 June 2004
The government and the Conservatives have condemned RMT plans to hold simultaneous strikes.
Unions consider industrial action
Press Review 7 June 2004
Key unions are this week considering whether to press ahead with further industrial action in a series of disputes with the government.
Data shows strike days were down last year
News Article 3 June 2004
There was a record low number of strikes in Britain last year, new figures have shown.
Forum of Private Business
Government Affairs Website
TUC chief warns of strikes over pension cuts
News Article 14 May 2004
Workers will be prepared to strike in protest at losing company pensions, the TUC general secretary has warned.
Public sector hit by strike
News Article 13 April 2004
Nearly 100,000 civil servants have staged an industrial action which was set to cause chaos across the public sector.
Council strikes looming as talks collapse
Press Review 12 March 2004
The prospect of industrial action in local government increased significantly yesterday when talks between unions and town hall bosses collapsed.
Secondary Heads Association: Welcome
Government Affairs Website Page
Minister makes miners' strike admission
Press Review 26 January 2004
