General secretary tells Black members’ conference that UNISON has been warning of such a collapse for years
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General secretary tells Black members’ conference that UNISON has been warning of such a collapse for years
The article Prentis backs Labour leaders stand on bringing services back in house first…Read more…
The government has heeded trade unions’ calls to set up a national taskforce in support of workers and businesses hit by outsourcing firm Carillion’s collapse. Unite has welcomed that the…Read more…
The Tories threadbare defence that private firms delivering public services saves the taxpayer money was shredded today, after the National Audit Office (NAO) revealed the use of privateers costs up…Read more…
Where does Carillion’s collapse leave our country? The failure of the services giant couldn’t have come at a worse moment. A stagnant economy, uncertainty over Brexit and arguments…Read more…
The business minister Greg Clark has pressured banks into extending credit to firms left at risk by Carillion’s collapse, following an intervention from Unite. The union is also calling on the…Read more…
Not sure he was a donor but Carillion Chair, Philip Green, was an open Conservative supporter. The corruption of public life in national politics (and local politics) is just appalling. Left and right politicians can and are found to be corrupt, but th…Read more…
Greedy Carillion fat cats are still creaming exorbitant amounts of taxpayers’ cash handed to them by the Tories, even as tens of thousands face losing their jobs following the construction firm’s…Read more…
The NHS faces a ‘Pandora’s Box of Carillion-type meltdowns’, if trusts continue to set up subsidiaries to avoid paying tax, Unite warned today (January 16). Unite has written to the health and…Read more…
As construction and outsourcing firm Carillion collapsed into liquidation yesterday (January 15), Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called for an end to privatisation of public services. In a video…Read more…
The implosion of Carillion sent shockwaves across the country today, as thousands of workers waited anxiously to hear about the future of their jobs. Hundreds of social housing workers in…Read more…
Construction giant Carillion’s dramatic collapse today (January 15) has raised fears that tens of thousands of jobs could be at risk, while the public services and projects the firm was contracted to…Read more…