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Express & Star 25 Feb 11
Dozens of West Midlands Police officers have fought a controversial move to make them retire after completing 30 years of service, figures revealed today.
The plan has affected 189 officers who would have served for 30 years or more by March 31 this year.
The move, which was approved in December, is part of the force’s plan to save £123 million over the coming years…
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Jon Griffin B'ham Mail 9 Feb 11
The BBC has refused to release a report into claims of bullying at Midlands Today following a Freedom of Information request – despite an outcry from journalists.
Laura Ellis, Business Manager for the BBC English Regions, has rejected a request from the Birmingham Mail for a copy of the findings into the report compiled by Staffordshire-based Developing People Ltd…
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Edward Chadwick Mercury 31 Jan 11
Trains have been cancelled across the Midlands after drivers refused to work rest days in an ongoing dispute with rail bosses.
London Midland was forced to axed several services out of Birmingham on Monday because Aslef union members said they would no longer work extra hours…
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Jonny Greatrex Mercury 9 Jan 11
A nurse accused of dragging a semi-naked patient by his wrist along the floor of a dementia ward has been struck off.
William Carthy, 49, was said to have pulled pensioner Edward Haughton by his arm in front of other patients and staff at St George’s Hospital in Stafford. The incident was reported to health bosses by a shocked student nurse…
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Express & Star 31 Dec 10
Thousands of Walsall Council employees locked in an equal pay battle with town hall bosses are to be made offers in a bid to settle the dispute. But officials from the union Unite have advised their members not to agree terms because they say the offer is derisory.
The council is hoping to settle all potential pay claims over the next few months before it implements the national single status agreement in the summer. That scheme aims to iron out pay inequailities…
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B'ham Mail 24 Dec 10
More than 3,750 bus drivers across the West Midlands have been offered a pay rise of just 1.5 per cent – as their company rakes in profits of £80,000 a day.
A New Year wage battle is on the cards at Birmingham-based transport giant National Express after the firm tabled the initial offer to Unite the union.
Details of the pay talks emerged just days after the Mail revealed that the region’s biggest bus operator was on track for a £9 million profits surge this year, pushing up earnings from £20 million for 2009 to £29 million…
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Express & Star 25 Nov 10
The £750-a-day temporary human resources boss at Walsall Council is also getting an allowance to stay at a top hotel, it emerged today.
It has already shelled out more than £70,000 in wages. Council bosses today said her contract allows her to claim accommodation and travel expenses…
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Jon Griffin B'ham Mail 5 Nov 10
BBC Midlands Today presenters Suzanne Virdee and Nick Owen deserted the studios to join a Bonfire Night strike at the Mailbox, in Birmingham.
And one of Nick’s ties was also a casualty of the protest, with the broadcaster persuaded to donate the item to a Guy Fawkes-style dummy assembled to mark the BBC journalists’ November 5 and 6 picket line protest…
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Jon Griffin B'ham Post 1 Oct 10
Staff at BBC Midlands Today have passed a vote of no confidence in management amid claims of widespread bullying and intimidation at the Birmingham television operation.
A crisis meeting attended by officials from the National Union of Journalists led to no confidence votes against acting editor Mark Hayman and Head of Regional Programmes Cath Hearne…
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Kat Keogh B'ham Post 4 Aug 10
Teaching staff at three West Midlands prisons were going on strike today in a row over contracts. Some workers claim they could lose up to £7,000 pay in the dispute over terms and conditions.
About 100 members of the University and College Union (UCU) at HMP Birmingham in Winson Green, and HMP Brinsford and HMP Featherstone in Wolverhampton are taking action against the Manchester College (TMC) in a one-day walkout…