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Trade unions at odds over school pay offer as Unite and GMB suspend strikes

TRADE unions in an ongoing industrial dispute with councils over school staff pay are at odds over the latest pay offer.

The National (Scotland)

Tata Steel to begin Port Talbot job cuts within months, say unions

Timeframe of large-scale redundancies discussed at meeting with bosses days after firm secured £500m state support package

The Guardian - UK

Richard Madeley criticised for ‘vile’ treatment of Guyana president Irfaan Ali on GMB

‘GMB’ host Madeley grew increasingly infuriated while questioning Ali about slavery reparations

The Independent UK

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Tata Steel seals £500m UK support package but big job losses feared

Unions say as many as 3,000 workers could lose posts in long term on back of deal to help decarbonisation plans

The Guardian - UK

Job cut fears as Port Talbot state aid deal announced; company insolvencies jump 19% – as it happened

Unions fear that jobs will be lost through £500m green steel subsidy deal with Tata which has been announced today

The Guardian - UK

Tata Steel poised for £500m subsidy to secure future of Port Talbot site

Expected government deal to help switch to greener production could lead to as many as 3,000 job losses

The Guardian - UK

Kate Garraway in tears saying she ‘doesn’t feel good enough’ to care for husband Derek Draper

The presenter gave an update about caring for her husband on the ITV mid-morning stalwart

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Ride-hailing app Freenow offers drivers ‘breakthrough’ choice of employment status

Drivers on the minicab network will now be able to choose whether to become workers or remain self-employed

Evening Standard

‘Eyes on the prize’: union delegates dial down doubts about Keir Starmer

At likely final gathering of the TUC before next general election, focus was on chucking the Tories out of office

The Guardian - UK

Susanna Reid returns to GMB after health woes left her sounding like ‘Holly Willoughby with bronchitis’

Susanna Reid returned to Good Morning Britain on Tuesday after revealing vocal chord issues left her sounding like “Holly Willoughby with bronchitis.”

Evening Standard

All Wilko shops to close with 9,100 job losses

PwC said that it had tried but failed to find someone to save part of the business

Evening Standard

All 400 Wilko stores to close by early October, says union

It means redundancies now look likely for all 12,500 staff at the historic high street chain.

The Independent UK

Full list of Wilko stores as GMB union says all will close early next month

GMB Union has said all 408 UK Wilko stores will close by next month resulting in more than 12,500 job losses after a rescue bid from HMV's Doug…

The National (Scotland)

GMB hosts Ranvir Singh and Ed Balls explain Susanna Reid’s ‘frustrating’ absence from Monday’s episode

Reid shared a message for viewers after being forced to step away

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‘It’s going to cost billions’: UK councils face huge bills over equal pay claims

GMB union is supporting 3,000 claims in Birmingham – and is gathering evidence from 20 other councils

The Independent UK

Munitions depot staff providing missiles to Ukraine set for fresh strike

GMB Scotland members at the MoD’s Defence, Equipment & Support centre in Beith, North Ayrshire, will walk out on Monday for two weeks.

The Guardian - UK

Workers at UK plant that makes missiles for Ukraine to strike over pay

Nearly 50 GMB members at the Ayrshire weapons factory will stop work from Monday as union chiefs accuse MoD of holding talks ‘in bad faith’

The Independent UK

Strike by staff at Scottish schools called off but threat of walkouts remains

GMB members at 10 councils were due to walk out next Wednesday and Thursday.

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The Independent UK

Call for talks to safeguard jobs amid ‘tough decisions’ at Birmingham council

The council does not have the money to pay off an equal pay liability, estimated to be more than £1 billion.

The Guardian - UK

Councils in England in crisis as Birmingham ‘declares itself bankrupt’

With Birmingham indicating it cannot balance its books, experts warn of others living ‘hand to mouth’

The Guardian - UK

More than 1,300 jobs to go as 52 Wilko stores shut down

Doomed branches to be named tomorrow as administrators try to save majority of jobs and shops

Evening Standard

Susanna Reid: I was expecting mammogram experience to be far, far worse

The GMB presenter had said how Sarah Ferguson’s breast cancer diagnosis had been a ‘wake-up call’ for her to make an appointment

The Guardian - UK

Meet Hilco, the firm behind the scenes at Wilko failure and other high street collapses

Restructuring specialist made its name through dealings with some of best-known British retailers

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Water staff set to strike amid pay and conditions dispute

Hundreds of Scottish Water staff have backed strike action amid claims the organisation attempted to force through changes to pay and conditions…

The Independent UK

Scottish Water staff vote to strike amid dispute over pay and conditions

Unions say the firm is trying to force through changes.

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