Striking workers at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield have urged managers to come clean over the attraction’s financial position in order to unlock a lengthy pay dispute. More than 40 members of staff have been on strike since mid-August last year in the dispute over pay. Throughout that time, the museum’s management has […]
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A manager sacked from the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield before Christmas is considering a legal challenge against his removal. Neil Williams, a former miner employed as a health and safety manager at the national attraction, was phoned by a museum official the week before Christmas and informed he was being ‘let go. Mr […]
Studio technicians and performance assistants at a leading music education institute in Leeds will walk out tomorrow (Tuesday) for two days in a dispute over pay and conditions. A number of student support staff at Leeds Conservatoire are on different contracts to many of their colleagues, meaning they receive lower pay and fewer holidays. A […]
A multi-academy trust with 14 schools across Bradford has reinforced its commitment to preventing violence in the workplace by working with UNISON. At a meeting today, Exceed Academies Trust signed the union’s Violence at Work charter, which it says sends a clear message that violence towards staff will not be tolerated. UNISON says the partnership […]
The new general secretary of UNISON will join the picket line at the National Coal Mining Museum near Wakefield tomorrow (Friday) just a week after taking office. Andrea Egan will take her place alongside striking workers in a show of solidarity as the long-running pay dispute continues. More than 40 workers walked out in mid-August […]
NHS staff who work in operating theatres across Leeds will walk out for five days later this week in a continuing dispute over money they are owed. A meeting with hospital managers earlier today was unproductive, so workers are stepping up the strike with five days of walkouts, which will begin on Thursday (29 January). […]
Senior managers at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield have rejected a proposal from striking workers to bring a long-running strike to an end. Frustrated staff put forward the plan after bosses tabled a bizarre offer that could have seen them disciplined for striking when they returned to work. In 2024, the Supreme Court […]
Workers on strike at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield have rejected a new pay offer which said they would be investigated and disciplined when they return to work. More than 40 members of staff walked out in mid-August and have been on strike ever since in a dispute over pay. Until this week, […]
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Staff employed by West Yorkshire Combined Authority are set to strike for 24 hours next week in an ongoing pay dispute. Workers including front line staff, transport planners, IT and admin staff and project managers are to walk out for 24 hours on Monday (12 January) after a meeting with the employer failed to bring […]
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