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Roger McKenzie 17 Feb 11
I am sure that I have mentioned several times before that I was born and bred in Walsall. This bond with Walsall, the Black Country and the region as a whole is really important to me.
Wherever I have worked and whatever I have done I have always done everything that I can to defend our region against those from outside that seek to belittle or run us down. I have also taken every available opportunity to work for and to sing the praises of our region.
We are a region that has led the way in innovation. Not only were we the cradle of the industrial revolution our region also gave birth to a system of local government in Birmingham that was later to be copied across the World. We have also, over the years, been one of the powerhouses of the labour and trade union movement…
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BBC News 13 Dec 10
Drivers on London Midland trains are to strike on 23 December in a row over pay and conditions, it has been announced.
The union Aslef said its members had backed a campaign of industrial action. Aslef official Mick Whelan said it had been trying to “harmonise the conditions of drivers” from two firms which merged to form London Midland.
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B'ham Mail 5 Nov 10
Workers at Jaguar Land Rover, including employees at two plants in the West Midlands, have voted overwhelmingly to accept a deal including a two-year pay rise which union leaders said would secure their jobs for a decade.
Unite said 74% of workers at Castle Bromwich and Solihull, along with Merseyside plant Halewood, accepted the deal which will see pay increase by 5% this year and by RPI inflation plus 0.5% the following year…
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Jon Griffin B'ham Post 29 Oct 10
Unions are pressing for a five per cent increase for 3,750 bus drivers across the West Midlands – and improved sickness and pension terms for lower-paid employees.
Unite the union has submitted its 2010 wage claim to Birmingham-based transport giant National Express as the company digests last week’s coalition spending cuts…
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Neil Elkes B'ham Mail 4 Oct 10
Thousands of angry public sector workers took to the streets of Birmingham with a loud and lively demonstration against Government cutbacks.
A rain-soaked Broad Street became a sea of bright trade union banners, anti-Government placards – and umbrellas – as protesters warned the Conservatives that they would fight back against cuts in public spending…
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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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Express & Star 11 Aug 10
A former union official today owned up to stealing £3,000 from union funds in an amazing confession 13 years after she was disciplined over the missing money.
Valerie Wigfield, who was a full-time convenor at Manor Hospital, Walsall, always denied taking the money, lodging an appeal, which she lost, against the findings of an internal inquiry into the branch’s financial matters…
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Graeme Brown B'ham Post 19 May 10
Business leaders today called for an immediate freeze in the public sector pay bill under moves to control public finances. The CBI said there could still be increases for frontline staff and the lowest paid, but argued that the total pay bill should not increase for the next two years.
The business group said pay freezes had been commonplace in private firms during the recession, leading to a 0.9% fall in average pay last year, but wages had grown by 2.8% in the public sector…
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B'ham Post 1 Feb 10
Unions representing thousands of workers at Cadbury have voiced fresh fears for jobs on the eve of the expected takeover of the chocolate-maker by US giant Kraft…
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Christina Savvas B’ham Mail 15 Jan 10
Teachers unions have reacted with fury to suggestions that schools should open in the half-term holiday to make up for lessons lost during the big freeze. A number of groups on social networking sites have been set up calling for teachers and pupils to give up their week off to make up for lost learning. Business leaders say the idea should be considered in the future because the closures caused major problems for employers…