Alan Jones

The drivers work for Hoyer, which has recently rebranded as Oxalis (PA)
Business News
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Fuel delivery drivers supplying garage forecourts to go on strike

The Unite union said the strike will affect deliveries across the North West and Scottish Borders.
By Alan Jones
1 Jun 2024
British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant which will produce the track (Alamy/PA)
UK

British Steel wins contract to supply track for Egyptian railway

Around 9,500 tonnes of track, produced in Scunthorpe, will be delivered for Egypt’s new Green Line railway.
By Alan Jones
2 Apr 2024
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UK

Tube passengers warned of disruption because of driver strikes

Members of Aslef will walk out on April 8 and May 4 in a dispute over terms and conditions.

By Alan Jones
2 Apr 2024
Alstom said after 10 months of discussions with the Government over work for its Derby site, it had run out of time (PA)
Business News

Union calls for urgent action to save jobs after train firm stops production

Alstom said after 10 months of discussions with the Government over work for its Derby site, it had run out of time.
By Alan Jones
30 Mar 2024
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UK

Border Force staff at Heathrow to strike over shift patterns

Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union will walk out from April 11

By Alan Jones
28 Mar 2024
Fresh strikes by train drivers to hit services (Danny Lawson/PA)
Business News

Rail passengers warned of fresh travel chaos as drivers strike again

Members of Aslef at 16 train operators will stage strikes and an overtime ban in a long-running pay dispute.
By Alan Jones
28 Mar 2024
Increase in national minimum wage rates (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Money

Ministers urged to consider changes to minimum wage eligibility

The rate for those aged over 21 increases by almost 10% from April to £11.44 an hour.
By Alan Jones
28 Mar 2024
Output for the domestic market grew by 58%, while three out of four cars made in February were shipped overseas (Tom Wilkinson/PA)
Business News

UK car production increases again

The industry is transitioning from internal combustion engine cars to electrified vehicles, said the SMMT.
By Alan Jones
28 Mar 2024
Former prime minister Gordon Brown called for poverty to be tackled (Lucy North/PA)
Politics

Gordon Brown calls for new partnership to tackle poverty

There is no better time than an election year to rediscover our moral compass, says the former prime minister.
By Alan Jones
27 Mar 2024
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said it had been excluded from talks on pay and policy issues (Andrew Milligan/PA)
UK

CrossCountry rail workers to strike in dispute over union recognition

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said around 800 of its members would walk out on Saturday April 13.
By Alan Jones
27 Mar 2024
Despite the ban on asbestos, an estimated 300,000 non-domestic buildings built before 1999 still contain the deadly material (Stephen Pond/PA)
Business News

Government urged to act on asbestos exposure

Health and safety professionals say thousands are dying despite ban on the deadly material.
By Alan Jones
27 Mar 2024
The Resolution Foundation said an upward trend in long-term sickness started before the pandemic and has lasted for 54 months (Alamy/PA)
UK

Near record 2.7 million working-age adults are too sick to work, says think tank

It is the longest sustained rise since 1994-1998, said the Resolution Foundation.
By Alan Jones
23 Mar 2024
TUC general secretary Paul Nowak (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Business News

Unions call for overhaul of minimum wage system to help young workers

The union organisation said that paying a lower rate to younger adults is ‘unfair’, and that the tiered rates system must be overhauled.
By Alan Jones
22 Mar 2024
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UK

Border Force staff at Heathrow Airport vote to strike

No dates have been announced for any industrial action, but walkouts could begin as soon as April 8, said the Public and Commercial Services Union.

By Alan Jones
22 Mar 2024
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London

London tram workers to stage five-day strike in dispute over pay

Members of Unite on London Trams will walk out after claims other London Underground workers who perform the same roles are paid more.

By Alan Jones
22 Mar 2024
The number of young workers on zero-hour contracts has reached a new record, new research suggests (Alamy/PA)
Business News

Record number of young people on zero-hour contracts – report

The Work Foundation warned that only a minority of zero-hour workers have regular pay and access to rights.
By Alan Jones
21 Mar 2024
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Business News

Junior doctors vote by 98% to continue taking industrial action over pay

The BMA urged the Health Secretary to make a new offer to avert more strikes.

By Alan Jones
20 Mar 2024
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Business News

Train drivers to stage fresh strikes in long-running pay dispute

Members of Aslef will stage walkouts at 16 rail companies, causing more travel chaos for passengers.

By Alan Jones
20 Mar 2024
GE Aviation in Cheltenham, which is reported to produce components for F-35 fighter jets, was one of the factories targeted by protesters (Jonathan Weiss/Alamy/PA)
Business News

Campaigners protest outside factories against arms sales to Israel

The action, in Edinburgh and Cheltenham, under the banner Workers For A Free Palestine, follows recent similar demonstrations across the country.
By Alan Jones
20 Mar 2024
The jobs will be created in the West Midlands (David Jones/PA)
Business News

Carmaker JLR to recruit 250 electrification engineers

Forty of the new recruits will work on advances energy storage systems and battery cell designs.
By Alan Jones
19 Mar 2024
Food delivery giant Deliveroo is offering free childcare to riders (David Davies/PA)
Business News

Deliveroo set to offer free childcare to riders

The company said 15 hours of free childcare will be offered to 1,000 riders.
By Alan Jones
18 Mar 2024
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