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Amazon workers vote to continue pay strikes for another six months

The GMB union said its members based at the company’s site in Coventry backed more strikes by 99% on a turnout of 54%.

The Independent UK

Glasgow bin lorries get fans as cleansing staff 'struggle to work' in heatwave

Many of the older vehicles have no air conditioning, and staff have also complained that heavy PPE is making it almost impossible to work.

Glasgow Live

Amazon workers vote to continue strikes for another six months

The workers are engaged in a long-running dispute with Amazon over pay.

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Amazon staff in Coventry vote for six more months of strikes

Workers to extend campaign over pay and conditions despite failing to win formal union recognition

The Guardian - UK

Parents at strike-hit London schools relieved after walkouts called off at eleventh hour

The GMB and NEU unions have agreed to take no further industrial action

Evening Standard

Rats in Glasgow children's playground spark protest from residents

The vermin have been spotted in the playground sandbox in Govanhill Park, and the city council is urging people to stop feeing the birds there as it attracts the animals.

Glasgow Live

Good Morning Britain's Laura Tobin risks ITV backlash with 'negative' GMB weather forecast

Good Morning Britain weather presenter Laura Tobin has been criticised by some ITV viewers over a forecast she gave on Monday

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‘We’re not going away’: UK strike trio bullish over battle for Amazon union

Coventry workers determined to keep going despite setback in push for unionisation

The Guardian - UK

Manufacturing employment in Wales remains resilient despite big UK fall

The GMB union has published new research on employment in the manufacturing sector from 2010 to 2022

Birmingham Post

Nearly 200,000 manufacturing jobs lost since 2010

Scotland has been the worst affected area, losing 15% of manufacturing jobs

Insider UK

Union accuses Amazon of 'dirty tricks' and withdraws recognition bid

'Amazon has refused to pay workers a decent wage, but are now paying an additional 1,300 workers to try and bust the union'

Bristol Post

Scotland hit hardest as manufacturing jobs vanish under Tory rule, study finds

SCOTLAND has been the hardest hit part of the UK as hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs have disappeared since the Tories took power ...

The National (Scotland)

GMB halts bid for official Amazon union claiming firm skewed staff numbers

Amazon denies union claim it drafted in 1,300 extra workers to thwart push for formal recognition at Coventry warehouse

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP defends plans to block North Sea drilling against union criticism

Seema Malhotra says party wants to see jobs transferred to green energy industries, not lost

The Guardian - UK

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Daily Mirror

Richard Madeley takes tour of GB News studios as channel set to swoop for GMB star

The presenter, who regularly goes viral on social media in clips of his comments on screen, is being schmoozed by a rival channel who are set to make a swoop for him

The Independent UK

Revealed: ‘Stealth tax raid’ to hit almost 5m healthcare workers with higher bills

Exclusive: The government’s decision to freeze income tax and national insurance thresholds will cost health workers an additional £1.5billion per year, analysis shows

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s green prosperity plan: the right strategy for Britain

Editorial: The country desperately needs a government prepared to invest big, to catch up with new economic times

The Guardian - UK

Labour to link government tenders to ‘unionised jobs’, Starmer tells GMB

Warm reception for party leader at GMB congress as he backs call for Amazon to recognise union in Coventry

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Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer warns UK must seize green jobs or risk repeat of coal mining mistakes

The Labour leader said future generations 'will never forgive us' for failing to modernise as he sought to smooth tensions with the GMB union, which has criticised his plans to block new North Sea oil and gas developments

The Guardian - UK

Labour and SNP face byelection battle after Margaret Ferrier suspension – as it happened

Commons votes to suspend Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP for 30 days after breach of Covid rules

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Why Scotland is under pressure not to restrict fishing in its seas

In today’s newsletter: Holyrood plans to restrict fishing have been welcomed by conservationists and condemned by those for whom the seas provide an income – is there a compromise?

The Guardian - UK

A campaign against inheritance tax led by a multimillionaire? These really are desperate times for the Tories

While ministers look to the Telegraph for policies and Nadhim Zahawi fights for the status quo, Labour has a bold, serious vision, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Insider UK

Starmer bids to persuade unions to back green energy plan

The Labour leader's speech will also back the role of trade unions across the economy

The Independent UK

Energy sector needs ‘plans not bans’, says union chief

Gary Smith, GMB general secretary, warned it would be a ‘huge mistake’ to put all the nation’s eggs in one energy basket.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer pledges ‘good, union jobs’ amid energy row with GMB

Labour leader to address union’s conference after its leader attacks plan to ban new North Sea oil and gas extraction

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