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Companies fined after Arsenal stadium injury

Companies fined after Arsenal stadium injury

December 6, 2011 No Comments

Three construction companies were fined after a worker helping build Arsenal’s Ashburton Grove stadium was injured so badly, his leg had to be amputated. A dumper truck drove over the right leg of Michael O’Donovan, 41, from Bromley, while he was kneeling to clean steel ‘shuttering’ used to form reinforced structures and pillars. His injuries ...

New pensions research undermines government’s ‘fairness’ myth

New pensions research undermines government’s ‘fairness’ myth

November 8, 2011 No Comments

New research by the PCS union has revealed that the perception of Civil Servants having gilt pensions compared to the private sector is not really accurate. The research, which is published in a pamphlet “Fir Pensions for All” shows that while the average “defined benefit” pension is about £5860 per annum, public sector employees enjoy ...

Taxis “Day of Protest” on Wednesday

Taxis “Day of Protest” on Wednesday

November 8, 2011 No Comments

London taxi driver members of specialist transport union RMT will be holding a day of protest on Wednesday (9 November) over attacks on the licensed taxi trade. Kicking off the action, RMT London Taxi Branch will be holding a demonstration outside the headquarters of TFL Windsor house Victoria Street SW1 between 2-4pm on Wed 9 ...

Ken: Tell me your London ‘Housing Horror’ stories

Ken: Tell me your London ‘Housing Horror’ stories

October 28, 2011 No Comments

Ken Livingstone has launched a new housing campaign for the large number of Londoners who are consistently ignored in the housing debate – those living in private rented accommodation. In a speech to members of London Young Labour – party activists aged 27 and under, from London constituencies – on Sunday, Ken spoke about the ...

Welfare plans mean ‘big profits for big business’

Welfare plans mean ‘big profits for big business’

October 3, 2011 No Comments

Plans by the government to further ‘open up’ the welfare state will simply mean “big profits for big business” the Public and Commercial Services union says. With work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith set to address the Tory party conference on Monday, the union says it is a myth that small-scale charities and social ...

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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...