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UK: Unite and Ineos on the Grangemouth pensions dispute

"A meeting was held in London today (29 April 2008) between Ineos and the Joint General Secretaries of Unite, Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley. "It was a constructive and meaningful discussion and ended in a proposal that will be considered by the company and the union in the coming days with a view to finding a resolution to the pension’s dispute."

History - Unite protested that Ineos, the company that owns the Grangemouth plant, had sent a letter to all workers telling them that the pension scheme will close on 1 August.

Furthermore, the company had employed incendiary tactics to seek to exacerbate rather than settle a dispute including misleading the media about how much Grangemouth workers earn and the company of misleading the Grangemouth workers themselves about the pension scheme’...

Read more9 May 2008 10:39 Hrs

UPDATE: sacked Somerset (UK) print workers.

Today (8 May), Unite members and workers dismissed by Mike Dolan the owner of Butler and Tanner Printers Ltd have presented a petition to the Birmingham District Registry of the High Court, seeking the winding up of the company. Ann Field, Unite National Officer, said: "This is an...

Read more8 May 2008  

EMCEF asks EWCs to send a letter to Spidla to underline the ETUC demands for the revision of the EWC directive.

The 20 February 2008 communication from the Commission opened the second phase consultation on the revision of the EWC directive. EMCEF appreciates the ETUC response in the 11 April letter to Mr Spidla, choosing the legislative route for the revision of the EWC directive. The Eur...

Read more5 May 2008  

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