25 h. ago Scottish Water staff to walk out on two day strike in dispute with bosses at publicly

Unison said the pay offer from Scottish Water failed to compensate workers for a decade of real-term pay cuts.

Events

28 h. ago Five million Brits' water supplies will not be checked for quality for two days as workers go on strike over pay

Workers will walk out on Tuesday and Wednesday following a one-day strike last month.

Economics

30 h. ago Scottish Water staff to strike for two days as pay standoff continues

Emergency repairs and quality checks for 5m people in Scotland will not be done on Tuesday and Wednesday, union saysScottish Water staff will strike for two days from the early hours of Tuesday as a standoff over pay continues at the state-owned company.The striking workers’ union warned that emergency repairs and quality checks to water supplied to 5 million people across Scotland would not be carried out during the action on Tuesday and Wednesday. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Trump administration’s letter of demands to Harvard that sparked standoff ‘sent without authorization’

The letter from the White House’s task force on antisemitism triggered a standoff between the Trump administration and the historic institution that continues to rumble on

Politics

1 week ago Scottish Water staff in Dumfries and Galloway set to strike for second time

Workers in the Unison union will down tools on April 22 and 23 due to a pay dispute.

Events

1 week ago More than 1,000 Scottish Water staff to stage fresh strike in pay dispute

Unison members will walk out on April 22 and 23, following a one-day strike on March 28.

Events

2 w. ago Danish PM tells US ‘you cannot annex another country’ on visit to Greenland

Mette Frederiksen, who met island’s new and outgoing PMs, says she wants to cooperate with Trump on Arctic securityThe Danish prime minister has put on a show of unity with Greenlandic leaders in her first visit to the Arctic island since Donald Trump’s renewed threats to acquire the territory, telling the US: “You cannot annex another country.”Speaking onboard an inspection ship in front of a military helicopter, alongside Greenland’s new prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and Greenland’s outgoing prime minister, Múte B Egede, Mette Frederiksen switched from Danish to English to address the diplomatic standoff with the Trump administration. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Scottish Water staff walk out on strike in dispute with bosses at publicly owned firm

Members of both the GMB and Unite unions walked out today in protest at the "arrogance" of well-paid bosses

Economics