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BBC News
2 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Glasgow Airport 48-hour strike called off
A 48-hour strike due to go ahead at Glasgow Airport next week has been called off, a spokesman has 100 workers had been set to take part in the industrial action next Thursday in a dispute over of the Unite union due to walk out had included airside support officers, engineers and Glasgow Airport spokesman said: "We have been informed by Unite that the planned industrial action for 24 to 26 July has been suspended to allow for further dialogue regarding our pay offer of 4%." The industrial action would have fallen during the traditional Glasgow Fair fortnight and the airport's busy summer are the first summer holidays since the airport was bought over by company completed a deal to buy AGS - the owners of Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton airports - in January for £ has been contacted for comment.
BBC News
2 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Planned industrial action by transport workers halted
Planned industrial action by transport workers in Northern Ireland this weekend has been than 200 workers from the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) have been involved in a dispute over days of industrial action were due to start on Friday, which could have disrupted some rail and bus services, ahead of The Open at Royal said that a "breakthrough" for its members came after two days of talks with union officials and Translink representatives, at the Labour Relations Agency. It said that last week, TSSA members working in supervisor grades (including railway controllers) at Translink had "accepted an offer of a pay rise which also halted a walkout" for Friday and said that the new offers will now be put to TSSA members "across the relevant groups. TSSA added that it "does not, at this stage, bring the dispute to a close but does suspend all planned industrial action".Maryam Eslamdoust, general secretary of TSSA, said the union feels "that sufficient progress has been made with Translink to suspend the planned strikes". "This is not an end to the matter because it will now be up to our clerical and MPT members to decide if the offers made are good enough," she added."Our members play a vital role - keeping public transport running safely every day of the year, with all the responsibility that entails – they should be paid accordingly."
BBC News
2 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Sellafield contract workers set to strike over pay
Hundreds of contract workers at Sellafield - the UK's largest nuclear site - are set to strike in a dispute over of the GMB union employed by Mitie, including cleaners and security staff at the west Cumbrian site, say they will walk out for two weeks from 1 200 workers overwhelmingly rejected a 3.5% pay offer, with the union's regional organiser Fran Robson saying: "Without these workers, Sellafield cannot operate safely or securely."Mitie said it was committed to reaching a resolution and that "strong contingencies" would be put in place to avoid disruption if a strike were to go ahead. Sellafield manages more radioactive waste than any other nuclear facility in the Robson said: "If Mitie refuses to return to the negotiation table with a meaningful offer, strike action will go ahead, risking significant disruption to this critical nuclear site."We call on Mitie to provide a pay rise that genuinely recognises the essential contribution of these workers."Meanwhile, Mitie said it was in continuous talks with both Sellafield and GMB union to agree an offer."As always, our priority is to ensure continued service delivery and in the unfortunate case of a strike going ahead, we will put strong contingencies in place to avoid disruption to the site."A Sellafield spokesman said it was not involved directly in the dispute but said: "As always, the safety and security of the site, our workforce, and the local community is our priority." Additional reporting by PA Media Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
The Independent
3 days ago
- Health
- The Independent
Why doctors' strike action is becoming increasingly likely
Talks between the Resident Doctors Committee (RDC) and Health Secretary Wes Streeting failed to resolve the ongoing pay dispute, leaving a "very small window of opportunity" to avert strikes. A five-day walkout by resident doctors in England is scheduled to begin on 25 July, threatening significant disruption to the NHS. Wes Streeting reiterated that the government cannot increase pay further after a 28.9 per cent rise, but is exploring ways to improve doctors' working lives. The RDC co-chairs stated that while working conditions are being considered, a pay deal remains "probably the simplest solution" and expressed readiness for further discussions. Previous strikes cost the NHS an estimated £1.5 billion and led to 1.5 million postponed appointments, with recent reports linking some patient deaths to the disruption.
The Guardian
3 days ago
- Health
- The Guardian
Resident doctors' pay demands won't get the public on side
I agree with Wes Streeting that the forthcoming five-day strike by resident doctors in England is 'completely unreasonable' (Resident doctors accused of 'greedy' pay demands before Streeting talks, 17 July). It is less than a year since their last pay dispute was settled, following a bitter war that lasted 18 months. Patient care suffered again and again. Tactically propagated via targeted social media, this conflict will rapidly spread across borders to the devolved nations. Therefore we in Wales must also anticipate a cruel and chaotic disruption to NHS care by the autumn. Any public sympathy that the doctors had has gone, and if the British Medical Association is going to succeed in this dispute, they must change their demands and surely offer something in return. Rather than arguing for 'pay restoration', they should emphasise the debt that a graduate owes after five or six years as an unpaid medical student and the compulsory overtime they work at night and at weekends. Perhaps if graduates agreed to work full-time in the NHS for five years, that massive student debt could be waived. In parallel, rather than arguing to further raise their base salaries with headline percentages that could never be offered by any government to any public sector worker, they should ask for their overtime to be paid at double their standard rate of pay. The public might support this because it is logical and fair. Medicine is a wonderful career. Over our lifetime, it is secure and well rewarded. We have the privilege and responsibility to be present and influential at important moments in people's lives. Money cannot buy that opportunity. I urge the BMA and resident doctors to construct a better argument and avoid another bitter pay war so soon after peace was negotiated. The BMA should remember that the police and army cannot Ieuan DaviesConsultant paediatrician, Llantood, Sir Benfro Many consultants and those of us now retired to the status of informed NHS patients would have been astonished to read that some junior doctors consider that they are as valuable to the NHS as their predecessors of 10 or 20 years ago. On the contrary, they are in general much less so. Moreover, they are not fully trained, as some claim, until they have acquired the necessary skills and knowledge to become consultants. As for being professional, this is difficult to equate with the willingness to withdraw care from their patients. The NHS would lose little if those one sees representing them in the media were to find themselves employment other than in a caring profession. Many young people with a real vocation to medicine rather than a selfish desire to earn more than their academic peers would have been delighted to have taken their places in medical Anthony SeatonEdinburgh Yesterday morning I had an unexpected visit to a local NHS hospital. As I get older, I spend an increasing amount of time at clinics, hospitals and my GP's surgery. As always, I was struck by the kindness, patience and professionalism of every member of staff. While clearly dealing with shortages of beds, resources and staff, they always remain robust and cheerful. All NHS staff are working harder for less money in real terms. Wes Streeting's attacks on resident doctors for 'unreasonable' demands is a classic divide-and-rule tactic. He would rather NHS staff, whether they are cleaners, admin workers or nurses, blame resident doctors for their low pay rather than a succession of governments that have turned their backs on health workers' justified pay claims. Instead of being their enemy, other NHS workers should see the strike as an inspiration and give it their full support. That's why I will be visiting the doctors' picket line next week to show my EmpsonManchester Resident doctors are going on strike allegedly for catchup pay. However, talk to the resident doctors who have voted to strike and the frustration and crisis of morale is less about pay and more about unsafe working conditions, an undermining of their role by the chaotic introduction of less qualified staff such as physician associates and uncertain career prospects because there are not enough specialist training places to prepare them for senior jobs. Unless these deep structural problems are fixed, no pay rise will solve the Nicholas RoseGreen Templeton College, Oxford
