Strike Spotting UK 25/12/03 - 10/01/04
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Strike Spotting UK 25.12.03 – 10.01.04
10/01/04
Instant messaging can be a real drain on productivity
Instant messaging is gaining popularity with workers trying to get around the restrictions placed on what they can do with e-mail. A survey by filtering firm Surf Control Survey shows that workers are turning to instant messaging to do the things that company policies stop them doing with e-mail. Currently few firms subject instant messaging programs to the same scrutiny that e-mail receives to stop spam, viruses or abuse by employees. Surf Control warns that firms must do more to limit the security problems that instant messaging programs create and educate staff about responsible use. The survey found that almost 40% of staff in UK companies are using instant messaging programs while in the office.
31/12/03
New Year strike on Metrolink
Metrolink will offer a reduced service
Tram drivers are set to cause disruption to services across Greater Manchester, as they prepare to start a 24-hour strike on New Year's Day.
Members of the trade union Aslef have voted on the industrial action, in a dispute over union recognition.
05/01/04
Metro faces new strike chaos fear
A dispute which threatened strike chaos on the Metro has flared up again after drivers rejected a proposed peace deal.
10/01/04
New tram strike fear in overtime row
METROLINK services are being hit because bosses refuse to allow striking tram drivers to work overtime in revenge for a New Year's Day walkout, it is claimed.
01/01/04
New row as Sainsburys strike ends in lockout
A ROW has broken out after Sainsburys depot workers holding a 24 hour strike were locked out when they returned to work. Night shift staff turned up at the warehouse in Haydock at midnight on Tuesday but could not get inside the building. The supermarket company said the employees should have started work at 10pm on Monday, but because they were taking part in the 24 hour strike, they arrived for work at midnight. Bosses said they were not allowed in the depot because it was not practical for them to start their shifts later.
07/01/04
Sainsbury's depot workers strike
The workers have walked out over pay rates. Sainsbury's depot workers in Merseyside are starting a second 24-hour strike in a row over pay. About 750 members of the Usdaw union were walking out from the Haydock depot at 2200 GMT.
05/01/04
Nissan strike D-day
LAST-DITCH talks were beginning today in a bid to stave off Nissan's first
strike at its Sunderland depot.Workers at the Japanese car-making giant's Wearside factory voted 17 to 5 for a walkout after company bosses revealed plans to move its purchasing department more than 250 miles south in a move they say will make the company more efficient. But within hours of the ballot result being announced, bosses at the car plant said they hoped to resolve the matter. The Amicus union also called on Nissan to "enter into meaningful and constructive negotiations" over the company's proposals.
07/01/04
Union fears Nissan move to France
Trade union bosses representing workers at Nissan car plant in Sunderland, are seeking talks over remarks made by the Company president Carlos Ghosn. At the Detroit Auto show he warned the Wearside plant could lose production of one of its most important cars if the UK continues to stay outside the euro.
06/01/04
Land Rover workers limit hours in pay row
Workers at Land Rover have stepped up industrial action in a dispute over
pay. Members of the TGWU and GMB trades unions are joining Amicus members by withdrawing flexible working time arrangements previously agreed with management. Workers at the Land Rover plant in Solihull, West Midlands, enforced an overtime ban days before Christmas and warned bosses further action would be taken in the New Year if the pay situation was not addressed.
05/01/04
Bradford council IT strike looms after "complete breakdown" in talks
Benefits payments and other services will be hit over terms of £100m deal...
Benefit payments, council tax collection and other services will be hit by
striking IT workers at Bradford Metropolitan District Council if a ballot this week goes in favour of action over the terms of a £100m IT
outsourcing deal. The Unison and GMB unions had given the council until Christmas Eve to work out a compromise that would not involve the 135 public sector IT staff being permanently transferred to a private sector
outsourcer, with the preferred alternative being secondment.
05/01/04
Civil servants voting on strikes
Staff have received a "substantial" pay offer, bosses say
More than 100,000 civil servants are voting on whether to stage a series of strikes over "derisory" pay deals. Workers from five departments, ranging from immigration officers in Jobcentres to prison staff, are being asked to take part in industrial action.
05/01/04
Nurses vote for strike action
Almost 150 nurses at a Cumbrian psychiatric unit have voted to go on strike. The nurses, members of the health union Unison, are angry at standards of care at the Carleton Clinic in Carlisle. They also say they are concerned about the safety of staff at the centre. Nurses voted 3 to 1 in favour of a one-day stoppage.
07/01/04
Nurses threaten strike over wage cut fears
NURSES at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary are threatening strike action over controversial changes to shift patterns, which could see them take an enforced pay cut. Under proposals from the Morecambe Bay NHS Hospitals Trust, which runs the hospital, overnight shifts are to be cut. This will leave nurses with no option but to work extra shifts - or lose pay.
06/01/04
Telegraph staff face strike ballot
Telegraph: 3% pay offer has been rejected by NUJ Journalists at the Telegraph titles have overwhelming voted to ballot union members on whether or not to take industrial action after management refused to increase a 3% pay offer. Last month, the National Union of Journalists gave Telegraph management until the end of the year to improve the offer and reiterated its demand for a rise of 8%.
06/01/04
Rubbish piles up as binmen in Scotland stay at home
RUBBISH bins have been left unemptied across the Capital after plans for the city's festive collection service fell apart. Scores of refuse staff failed to answer to answer a plea to work voluntary overtime at the weekend, leaving hundreds of bins jam-packed. Areas affected included Pilton and Corstorphine. The rubbish mountain built up after a large number of binmen refused to work voluntary shifts at the weekend.
08/01/04
Strike will halt Metro services
The strike will last for 24-hours
The Tyne and Wear Metro system will be brought to a standstill by a strike over working hours. Tens of thousands of passengers will face disruption during the 24-hour stoppage, which will begin at 1900 GMT on 18 January.
05/01/04
Employers to meet over teachers strike in NI
The pay row is over backdated salaries for senior teachers Northern Ireland teachers' employers are set to meet on Tuesday to decide if impending industrial action means teachers are breaking their work contracts. Last month, the four main unions voted overwhelmingly in favour of different
levels of action during the current term and some agreed to go on strike. The industrial action is over a pay deal for senior teachers.
08/01/04
Schools face strike threat
The NUT fears teacher redundancies in the region
Teachers in East Yorkshire are being urged to take industrial action over funding cuts to schools in the region. The National Union of Teachers (NUT) says the £2m shortfall in next year's education budget could lead to redundancies.
10/01/04
Strike vote threatens Dublin airport chaos
FLIGHTS out of Dublin Airport could face disruption within two weeks after trade unions voted for industrial action last night. Around 250 members of SIPTU, the country's largest union, mandated their leaders to prepare a campaign of strike action to disrupt Ireland's presidency of the EU. The threatened industrial action is the latest move in a campaign of resistance to government plans to break up the state-owned operator of Ireland's three main airports, Aer Rianta.
10/01/04
Bus drivers' strike vote in Cumbria
Bus drivers in Cumbria are to be balloted about strike action in a dispute over pay. It comes after talks between bus company Stagecoach and the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) broke down. The 500 drivers will now be balloted over industrial action and if they decide to go ahead it could hit services across the county. There is anger that drivers in Carlisle have been offered a bigger pay rise than their colleagues elsewhere in Cumbria because of a shortage of staff in the city.
10/01/04
PLANNED CITY POST STRIKE IS CALLED OFF
Imminent strike action threatened by 140 postal delivery workers in Plymouth has been called off. The posties had threatened to walk out of the city mail centre in Pomphlett on Monday between 4am and 5.30am. But following "fruitful" negotiations this week, the walkout has been postponed. However, a 24-hour strike - starting at midnight on Thursday January 16 - remains in place, said Jeff Thomas, branch secretary of the Communication Workers Union.
10/01/04
Instant messaging can be a real drain on productivity
Instant messaging is gaining popularity with workers trying to get around the restrictions placed on what they can do with e-mail. A survey by filtering firm Surf Control Survey shows that workers are turning to instant messaging to do the things that company policies stop them doing with e-mail. Currently few firms subject instant messaging programs to the same scrutiny that e-mail receives to stop spam, viruses or abuse by employees. Surf Control warns that firms must do more to limit the security problems that instant messaging programs create and educate staff about responsible use. The survey found that almost 40% of staff in UK companies are using instant messaging programs while in the office.
31/12/03
New Year strike on Metrolink
Metrolink will offer a reduced service
Tram drivers are set to cause disruption to services across Greater Manchester, as they prepare to start a 24-hour strike on New Year's Day.
Members of the trade union Aslef have voted on the industrial action, in a dispute over union recognition.
05/01/04
Metro faces new strike chaos fear
A dispute which threatened strike chaos on the Metro has flared up again after drivers rejected a proposed peace deal.
10/01/04
New tram strike fear in overtime row
METROLINK services are being hit because bosses refuse to allow striking tram drivers to work overtime in revenge for a New Year's Day walkout, it is claimed.
01/01/04
New row as Sainsburys strike ends in lockout
A ROW has broken out after Sainsburys depot workers holding a 24 hour strike were locked out when they returned to work. Night shift staff turned up at the warehouse in Haydock at midnight on Tuesday but could not get inside the building. The supermarket company said the employees should have started work at 10pm on Monday, but because they were taking part in the 24 hour strike, they arrived for work at midnight. Bosses said they were not allowed in the depot because it was not practical for them to start their shifts later.
07/01/04
Sainsbury's depot workers strike
The workers have walked out over pay rates. Sainsbury's depot workers in Merseyside are starting a second 24-hour strike in a row over pay. About 750 members of the Usdaw union were walking out from the Haydock depot at 2200 GMT.
05/01/04
Nissan strike D-day
LAST-DITCH talks were beginning today in a bid to stave off Nissan's first
strike at its Sunderland depot.Workers at the Japanese car-making giant's Wearside factory voted 17 to 5 for a walkout after company bosses revealed plans to move its purchasing department more than 250 miles south in a move they say will make the company more efficient. But within hours of the ballot result being announced, bosses at the car plant said they hoped to resolve the matter. The Amicus union also called on Nissan to "enter into meaningful and constructive negotiations" over the company's proposals.
07/01/04
Union fears Nissan move to France
Trade union bosses representing workers at Nissan car plant in Sunderland, are seeking talks over remarks made by the Company president Carlos Ghosn. At the Detroit Auto show he warned the Wearside plant could lose production of one of its most important cars if the UK continues to stay outside the euro.
06/01/04
Land Rover workers limit hours in pay row
Workers at Land Rover have stepped up industrial action in a dispute over
pay. Members of the TGWU and GMB trades unions are joining Amicus members by withdrawing flexible working time arrangements previously agreed with management. Workers at the Land Rover plant in Solihull, West Midlands, enforced an overtime ban days before Christmas and warned bosses further action would be taken in the New Year if the pay situation was not addressed.
05/01/04
Bradford council IT strike looms after "complete breakdown" in talks
Benefits payments and other services will be hit over terms of £100m deal...
Benefit payments, council tax collection and other services will be hit by
striking IT workers at Bradford Metropolitan District Council if a ballot this week goes in favour of action over the terms of a £100m IT
outsourcing deal. The Unison and GMB unions had given the council until Christmas Eve to work out a compromise that would not involve the 135 public sector IT staff being permanently transferred to a private sector
outsourcer, with the preferred alternative being secondment.
05/01/04
Civil servants voting on strikes
Staff have received a "substantial" pay offer, bosses say
More than 100,000 civil servants are voting on whether to stage a series of strikes over "derisory" pay deals. Workers from five departments, ranging from immigration officers in Jobcentres to prison staff, are being asked to take part in industrial action.
05/01/04
Nurses vote for strike action
Almost 150 nurses at a Cumbrian psychiatric unit have voted to go on strike. The nurses, members of the health union Unison, are angry at standards of care at the Carleton Clinic in Carlisle. They also say they are concerned about the safety of staff at the centre. Nurses voted 3 to 1 in favour of a one-day stoppage.
07/01/04
Nurses threaten strike over wage cut fears
NURSES at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary are threatening strike action over controversial changes to shift patterns, which could see them take an enforced pay cut. Under proposals from the Morecambe Bay NHS Hospitals Trust, which runs the hospital, overnight shifts are to be cut. This will leave nurses with no option but to work extra shifts - or lose pay.
06/01/04
Telegraph staff face strike ballot
Telegraph: 3% pay offer has been rejected by NUJ Journalists at the Telegraph titles have overwhelming voted to ballot union members on whether or not to take industrial action after management refused to increase a 3% pay offer. Last month, the National Union of Journalists gave Telegraph management until the end of the year to improve the offer and reiterated its demand for a rise of 8%.
06/01/04
Rubbish piles up as binmen in Scotland stay at home
RUBBISH bins have been left unemptied across the Capital after plans for the city's festive collection service fell apart. Scores of refuse staff failed to answer to answer a plea to work voluntary overtime at the weekend, leaving hundreds of bins jam-packed. Areas affected included Pilton and Corstorphine. The rubbish mountain built up after a large number of binmen refused to work voluntary shifts at the weekend.
08/01/04
Strike will halt Metro services
The strike will last for 24-hours
The Tyne and Wear Metro system will be brought to a standstill by a strike over working hours. Tens of thousands of passengers will face disruption during the 24-hour stoppage, which will begin at 1900 GMT on 18 January.
05/01/04
Employers to meet over teachers strike in NI
The pay row is over backdated salaries for senior teachers Northern Ireland teachers' employers are set to meet on Tuesday to decide if impending industrial action means teachers are breaking their work contracts. Last month, the four main unions voted overwhelmingly in favour of different
levels of action during the current term and some agreed to go on strike. The industrial action is over a pay deal for senior teachers.
08/01/04
Schools face strike threat
The NUT fears teacher redundancies in the region
Teachers in East Yorkshire are being urged to take industrial action over funding cuts to schools in the region. The National Union of Teachers (NUT) says the £2m shortfall in next year's education budget could lead to redundancies.
10/01/04
Strike vote threatens Dublin airport chaos
FLIGHTS out of Dublin Airport could face disruption within two weeks after trade unions voted for industrial action last night. Around 250 members of SIPTU, the country's largest union, mandated their leaders to prepare a campaign of strike action to disrupt Ireland's presidency of the EU. The threatened industrial action is the latest move in a campaign of resistance to government plans to break up the state-owned operator of Ireland's three main airports, Aer Rianta.
10/01/04
Bus drivers' strike vote in Cumbria
Bus drivers in Cumbria are to be balloted about strike action in a dispute over pay. It comes after talks between bus company Stagecoach and the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) broke down. The 500 drivers will now be balloted over industrial action and if they decide to go ahead it could hit services across the county. There is anger that drivers in Carlisle have been offered a bigger pay rise than their colleagues elsewhere in Cumbria because of a shortage of staff in the city.
10/01/04
PLANNED CITY POST STRIKE IS CALLED OFF
Imminent strike action threatened by 140 postal delivery workers in Plymouth has been called off. The posties had threatened to walk out of the city mail centre in Pomphlett on Monday between 4am and 5.30am. But following "fruitful" negotiations this week, the walkout has been postponed. However, a 24-hour strike - starting at midnight on Thursday January 16 - remains in place, said Jeff Thomas, branch secretary of the Communication Workers Union.
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