Hat tip ACAS ” Unsure about making a #FlexibleWorking request? Under the Flexible Working Act 2023, you can now make two requests within a year.Visit our advice page for more information, and for a free guide on how to make a request:
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Ford workers angry after ‘years of loyalty’
With Ford showing “corporate greed” by refusing to give salaried staff and managers at UK plants a decent pay rise — and rejecting Unite’s demand for Acas to be involved — Unite members and reps from across the UK speak out. They are still hopeful that an agreement can be reached with the car giant, […]
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Lies, threats and actual ACAS advice on “fire and rehire”
Clarion UNISON Facebook linkSo called “Social Mission landlord” Clarion Housing Association has bullied and threatened hundreds of its workers to accept losing their defined benefit pension schemes by telling them they will be sacked without compensat…Read more…
Edward (Ted) Nolan – socialist, soldier, trade unionist and tenant activist. RIP comrade
I was saddened to hear of the death of Ted. He was a good age (87) and had battled ill heath for decades but I have lost a good comrade. Ted was “old school” East End. He lived in West Ham ward but if you asked him if he was local, he would be ta…Read more…
Pay dispute cranked up
Birmingham engineering firm Darcast Crankshafts Ltd has agreed to enter Acas talks after the vast majority of its shop floor workforce voted to strike over low pay.
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Sheerness dock strike suspended
Drivers at logistics firm GB Terminals (Southern) Ltd based at Sheerness docks, Kent, have postponed scheduled strike action after the firm agreed to talks mediated by the conciliation service Acas,…Read more…
World Mental Health day #WMHD
Some useful stuff from ACAS and UNISON. Remember that 1:6 adults had a common mental health problem last week.
Dear Colleague,
Today is World Mental Health day. This year’s theme is mental health in the workplace.
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Last resort
Unite yesterday (September 27) confirmed that it will ballot refuse workers for strike action, which will affect bin collections later this year and over the Christmas period, in a dispute over job…Read more…
‘You will not break us’
Amid twists and turns in the ongoing Birmingham bins dispute — in which the council reneged on a deal reached through conciliation service Acas, prompting the council leader to resign —…Read more…
Clarion UNISON newsletter on Staff Survey – Trade Union Recognition
Staff Survey – Trade Union Recognition On Tuesday 10 January, the head of HR confirmed to the unions that Clarion and Latimer staff would all receive a survey, via email, on the subject of trade union recognition.
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Early conciliation – only 1 in 8 cases are settled
‘The most recent statistics from Acas (April-December 2014) show that nearly 59,000 workers have used early conciliation, compared to just under 2,000 employers and that the number of applications…Read more…