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Be Safe Week at London Transport Museum

Be Safe Week at London Transport Museum

August 18, 2011 No Comments

For the seventh year, London Transport Museum is hosting five days of safety workshops for children during Be Safe Week. The five days of workshops between 22- 26 August will cover safety awareness for travelling by bus, road, river and rail. The week of events is aimed at families with young children, aged five and ...

Tate and Lyle urged to challenge Fijian military dictatorship

Tate and Lyle urged to challenge Fijian military dictatorship

August 10, 2011 No Comments

People would be horrified to know that the sugar in their cup of tea this morning may be propping up Fijian generals busy jailing or harassing ordinary working people says UK unions GMB and TUC are today (Monday) calling on Tate & Lyle sugar refineries in London to challenge the Fijian military government to end ...

Pension increase would wipe out pay rise for low paid public servants

Pension increase would wipe out pay rise for low paid public servants

August 4, 2011 No Comments

The government’s claim it will protect lower paid public servants from cuts to pay and pensions is destroyed by figures that show the pensions increase would wipe out any salary rise. Calculations by the Public and Commercial Services union, using the latest information available from ministers, show a civil servant who is paid £16,700 a ...

Serwotka backs call for release of Jonnie Marbles

Serwotka backs call for release of Jonnie Marbles

August 4, 2011 No Comments

Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka has backed a call for the release of the comedian and activist Jonathan May-Bowles, known as Jonnie Marbles, who was jailed for throwing a foam pie in the face of Rupert Murdoch. Signing a petition to home secretary Theresa May, set up by Defend the Right ...

Ken TV hits the Internet

Ken TV hits the Internet

July 22, 2011 No Comments

Ken Livingstone has taken a novel approach to communicating with the people of London by posting videos on YouTube. He says that he can’t match Boris Johnson’s expensive, glossy adverts, but he can talk directly to us. Now London has published the latest of Ken’s videos on the page KEN TV – we will be ...

Companies fined after Arsenal stadium injury

Three construction companies were fined after a worker helping build Arsenal’s Ashburton Grove stadium was injured so badly, his...

New pensions research undermines government’s ‘fairness’ myth

New research by the PCS union has revealed that the perception of Civil Servants having gilt pensions compared to...