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SHOCKING: 9 - You Need To See This

Enemy within? Hardly... most people see why we need unions prepared to strike

Membership may have plummeted but the RMT and others play a key role in making Britain fairer

The Guardian - UK

Family who have 'been to hell and back' hit by £12,000 P&O cruise nightmare

The family had been looking forward to the trip for years.

Manchester Evening News

Family 'been to hell and back' before £12k P&O cruise nightmare

The seven-night cruise holiday was meant to be a respite after John Coates had battled serious ill-health

Liverpool Echo

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Plan to use agency workers as strike breakers comes under fire

Law change will worsen disputes and ‘poison’ industrial relations, warns TUC

The Independent UK

Ministers press on with ‘cynical’ plan to let agency staff replace striking workers

Unions and recruiters say move would harm relations and point out UK government condemned P&O for doing same thing

The Guardian - UK

'Recipe for disaster': Tories plot law change over agency workers during strikes

THE UK Government’s plan to tackle strikes has been branded a “recipe for disaster” as ministers take flak over their response to industrial…

The National (Scotland)

Tube strike today - which lines will be affected and when does strike end?

Thousands of rail and Tube workers have walked out on strike in protest over pay disputes, job losses and their pensions. Options for commuters on strike days are limited, with only around one in five trains running

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Train strikes kick off summer of travel misery - with Grant Shapps 'doing nothing'

Flights cancelled, railways grind to a halt, petrol prices rise again... and STILL Transport Secretary Shapps refuses to do anything as a last-ditch bid to avert the three-day national action by train staff fails

Daily Mirror

Tories to bring in law that lets agency staff do jobs of striking workers

Labour accused the government of adopting the P&O Ferries "playbook" and said replacing staff "cannot and must not be an option"

Daily Mirror

Last-ditch talks fail to resolve rail row with strikes to go ahead

Thousands of members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

The Independent UK

The rail strikes are just the start. Tory cruelty has left workers no choice but to fight back

Johnson will scapegoat the unions, but after 12 years of frozen and falling wages, their members can’t afford another pay cut, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson told by agency bosses to drop ‘worrying’ plan to use their staff to break strikes

‘The sector does not want to be involved in this. We are very opposed to this plan’

The Independent UK

Strikes 'not easy to organise' and need 'burning sense of injustice', says union boss

TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady spoke at a rally ahead of Saturday’s cost of living demo in London. She said Boris Johnson is 'not a stupid man' but 'is playing all the old tunes'

Daily Mirror

National rail strike June 2022: RMT leadership on why union has not called off strike

The RMT also accused Boris Johnson and the Government of using the June 21, 23 and 25 train strike as a 'political football'

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Daily Record

Poorly puppies covered in urine and faeces found inside vehicle bound for Scotland

The poorly pups were all found to be underweight and tested positive for the Parvo virus antigen - and three of them later died.

Daily Mirror

P&O holidaymakers watch in horror as luggage tumbles into the sea during cruise

Lifeboats were sent out to try and recover the bobbing suitcases that had fallen overboard and into the murky water below

Insider UK

Council drops Cairnryan green freeport bid

Decision to exclude P&O Ferries from proposal cited as major reason behind not pursuing plans

Daily Mirror

UK scraps major P&O Ferries contract after firm laid off hundreds of staff

The government has cancelled a contract with P&O Ferries after the firm used a video call to sack 800 members of staff, some who had worked for the company all their lives

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Evening Standard

Government terminates contract with P&O Ferries over mass sackings

The Home Office announced on Monday evening that the arrangement with the Border Force agency would come to an end immediately

Manchester Evening News

Government throws P&O Ferries contract overboard after ‘unacceptable’ mass sacking

The firm sacked more than 700 workers without consultation in March

Wales Online

Government tears-up its 'one-of-a-kind' contract with P&O Ferries

The ferry firm was widely condemned after it replaced 786 crew members with cheaper agency workers on March 17

The Independent UK

Government cuts ties with P&O over ‘unacceptable’ sacking of 800 seafarers

Ferry firm widely condemned after replacing 786 crew members with cheaper agency workers

The Independent UK

Government terminates contract with P&O Ferries over ‘unacceptable’ mass sacking

The Home Office announced on Monday evening that the arrangement with the Border Force agency would come to an end immediately.

Daily Record

Sudden closure of Kenmore's village shop and post office leaves locals up in arms

A papershop and post office serving the rural village of Kenmore has had to close as the village adjusts to changes in the ownership of some village assets.

The Guardian - UK

TUC chief calls for directors of P&O Ferries to be disqualified

Francis O’Grady writes to Insolvency Service, which is investigating the sacking of almost 800 crew

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