Prison staff urge strike action
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Prison officers are pressing for industrial action in protest at moves to ban them from striking, a union says.
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Union leaders for striking Hollywood writers said they have reached a tentative contract deal with studios and urged members on Saturday to support it, calling for an end to a three-month walkout that has crippled TV production and overshadowed Oscar season.
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Justice Secretary Jack Straw is facing fresh demands to give details of alleged regular bugging operations in prisons.
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Unions and government officials are meeting in South Africa on Friday in an attempt to thrash out a pay deal to avert a new wave of strikes next week.
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The health workers' union Unison is calling for more cleaning staff in hospitals to tackle infections like MRSA.
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PALESTINIANS being held in Israeli prisons appealed today for international intervention to prevent their hunger strike developing into a &quot;humanitarian disaster&quot; as Israeli rights groups also condemned their treatment.
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More than 7,000 health care workers and registered nurses could hold a one-day strike at 10 Sutter Health hospitals on Dec. 1 if progress toward a contract is not made before then, union representatives announced Friday.
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Prison officers in England and Wales returned to work on Thursday after staging an illegal 24-hour strike over pay which prompted the government to secure a court injunction to end the protest.
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Two 48-hour strikes to take place next month as part of long-running dispute over pay and jobs, union leaders say.
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Community Service Orders are not being completed because of Probation Service staffing problems, a union warns.
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The Chief Inspector of Probation says demands on staff mean many offenders are not being monitored properly.
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Death penalty opponents called on the state to halt executions after prison staff struggled to find suitable veins on a condemned man's arm to deliver the lethal chemicals.
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Union leaders are meeting to plan what could be the first national strike in the NHS for 18 years.
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Prison officers are set for fresh talks with the justice secretary following their surprise walkout over pay.
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Prison staff should not be paid for the first three days they are off work through illness, a group of MPs says.
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An indigenous-rights activist jailed for setting fire to a farm once owned by Mapuche Indians passed the 100-day mark of a prison hunger strike by urging colleagues to "continue to fight" for the recovery of their lands.
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More than 200 inmates staged an uprising Tuesday on the roof of their prison to demand the ouster of the warden and seek better conditions.