Defence support staff vote for industrial action
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Thousands of defence workers overwhelmingly voted to take industrial action over job losses, threatening supplies to the country's troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Smith accused of betrayal over pay award as officers choose vote on ending century-old ban on action
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Defence Secretary Des Browne has defended the safety record of the Nimrod reconnaissance plane after one of the aircraft crashed in Afghanistan, killing 14 armed service personnel.
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Almost 300,000 civil servants will be balloted for a one-day national strike against government plans to cut jobs. The proposed strike action would take place on 5 November and is in response to the proposed axing of over 100,000 jobs in the service.
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Labour delegates have forced a debate and vote on Britain&#39;s role in Iraq hours after Tony Blair said he would not apologise for the war.
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US retail giant Wal-Mart could soon face its first nationwide strike at its Asda supermarket subsidiary in Britain after workers voted in favor of industrial action in a row over pay.
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France and Germany are set for a new clash on industrial policy this week over a possible defence deal which would involve 23,000 jobs in the UK.
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Members of the UK's largest union have overwhelmingly backed a new pay and conditions package for NHS workers.
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PARIS - Support for striking transport workers faltered yesterday, with some unions returning to work on the second day of a protest against government plans to scrap some retirement benefits and commuters grumbling about delays and crowded platforms.
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Britain&#39;s largest trade union for academics voted Wednesday to back calls for a boycott of universities in Israel in protest at the nation&#39;s treatment of Palestinians.
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Union flag-bedecked Land Rovers of the Black Watch regiment stand ready for deployment. Photograph: Warrant Officer Giles Penfound/PA.
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Amicus Britain&#39;s largest private sector union is urging the Government&#39;s Pensions Commission headed by Adair Turner to recommend compulsory contributions from employers into staff pension funds.
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Workers in the public and private sectors voted Thursday to back the creation of the nation's biggest single trade union, which will end up representing about two million employees.
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Midwives in England are to vote on whether to take industrial action over a pay dispute.
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Thousands of postal staff across NI are taking part in industrial action over pay and restructuring plans.
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Thousands of North Sea contract workers vote to accept an improved pay and holiday deal.
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(WTNH, Dec. 4, 2004 10:40 PM) _ The Machinists Union at Pratt and Whitney is set to vote on whether to accept the latest contract proposal and whether to strike.