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BIZARRE: 55 - What They Never Told You

We’ve forgotten that strikes are about winning disputes, not courting public opinion

It’s workers’ ability to maximise disruption that determines industrial power, says journalist Polly Smythe

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of National Express bus drivers to be balloted over strikes

Pay row between Birmingham-based transport group and trade union Unite continues after latest pay offer was rejected last week

Birmingham Post

High energy bills here to stay due to windfall tax and green switch, oil boss claims

Meanwhile, campaigners have called for the entire National Grid to be brought into public ownership to help axe fossil fuels.

Daily Record

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Liverpool bin workers with GMB union win 10% pay rise

GMB members agree deal with Liverpool Council

Liverpool Echo

Diageo workers strike for months in pay row

Industrial action at the drinks giant's Leven plant began this weekend and could last until April

Insider UK

Put all of National Grid under state control, net zero campaigners urge

Investors paid almost £9bn in dividends and share buyback schemes over last five years, report has revealed

The Guardian - UK

South Wales Police investigate claims of bribery and money-laundering at Unite the Union

It comes after more than 20 officers from South Wales Police carried out a raid last year at the Unite HQ in central London

Wales Online

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Unite employee under investigation over alleged bribery and fraud

Police say it is suspected contracts were awarded ‘in return for personal financial and other rewards’

The Guardian - UK

Whisky production staff to take months-long strike action in pay row

STAFF at whisky giant Diageo’s plant in Fife are set to take months-long strike action in a dispute over pay.

The National (Scotland)

Unite responds to criticism over stance on Jaguar Land Rover shift changes

Some workers have expressed frustration with the union as they prepare for reduced shifts and payments

Liverpool Echo

Protestors dressed as 'Robin Hood' gather at Lanarkshire Aldi store to highlight contractor Arrow XL's 'poor' workers' pay

Bunch hit the bullseye with their claims Arrow XL is 'effectively taking from its poorly paid workers to pay rich directors'.

Daily Record

Falkirk trade unions push for extra bank holiday for King's coronation

Unite the Union says Falkirk Council is 'playing fast and loose' with the traditional May holiday

Daily Record

Liberty Steel to begin next phase of restructuring with up to 440 jobs affected

The firm said it will offer an alternative to redundancy through a programme which aims to retain, redeploy and reskill workers.

The Independent UK

How much every Greater Manchester MP has declared in donations and outside jobs since 2019 - as total for region's Westminster politicians tops £1.6m

MPs have to declare donations, gifts and any extra earnings to Parliament

Manchester Evening News

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The Independent UK

NHS: 14 Health unions to boycott pay review until strikes dispute resolved

Unions demand direct pay talks with Rishi Sunak’s ministers

The Independent UK

Health Secretary does not rule out plan to backdate next year’s NHS pay offer

Steve Barclay, who spent part of Monday meeting trade union officials, described the discussions as ‘productive’ during a visit to a London hospital.

Liverpool Echo

Bin worker strike, teenager jailed and the Beehive pub closing

The latest ECHO headlines on Tuesday, January 10

Liverpool Echo

Bin workers and street cleaners to strike across Liverpool

Unite members will walk out for an initial six days later this month in a row over pay

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Birmingham Post

Strike planned by refuse workers and street cleaners asking for pay rise and £1,000 cost of living boost

LSSL is officially a private enterprise but it is wholly owned by Liverpool City Council

Daily Mirror

What's on the table to end NHS strike as nurses could get cash - or backdated pay

One minute you'll see nurses maybe getting a cash payment - the next minute the Tories are cracking down on the right to strike. It seems both could be true, but one might be more true than the other...

Liverpool Echo

Plea from North West Ambulance bosses ahead of tomorrow's strike

Strike action is planned for this Wednesday

The Independent UK

Steve Barclay considers plan to backdate next year’s NHS pay deal

Hopes of breakthrough rise as health secretary looks at proposals to top up pay

Belfast Live

Health care staff in Northern Ireland to strike later this month after calls for cost of living pay rise

Strike action will take place later this month and a number of dates in February

The Independent UK

NHS staff have to work harder to ‘justify’ more pay, Steve Barclay tells furious unions

Talks described ‘bitterly disappointing’ – but health secretary will consider one-off payment

Chronicle Live

Ambulance strikes will go ahead on Wednesday after talks fall through with no deal

Talks between unions and Health Secretary Steve Barclay lasted around an hour - with a source alleging that no one-off payment was offered from the Government

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