Union boss warns ministers: Invest in UK nurses or face the risk of more strikes

Union boss warns ministers: Invest in UK nurses or face the risk of more strikes

“ Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Reforms to the UK’s fiscal rules should be used to invest in nurses, the head of the Royal College of Nursing has said, warning the sector could be forced to take further strike action. … Read more

Boeing Union Employees Turn Down 35% Salary Increase

Boeing Union Employees Turn Down 35% Salary Increase

Striking Boeing workers have rejected a labor deal that would have increased pay by 35% over four years, the machinists union announced on Wednesday night. This means that the work stoppage at the Dow Jones aerospace giant will continue. Approximately 64% of union members who voted on Wednesday opposed the tentative agreement that was reached … Read more

Investigation by Serious Fraud Office into £112mn hotel constructed by prominent UK trade union

Investigation by Serious Fraud Office into £112mn hotel constructed by prominent UK trade union

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK Serious Fraud Office is investigating a hotel and conference centre in Birmingham built by Britain’s second largest trade union that has been valued at tens of millions of pounds below its construction cost. … Read more

Tentative agreement reached between Boeing and union to resolve month-long strike

Tentative agreement reached between Boeing and union to resolve month-long strike

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The union representing 33,000 striking Boeing machinists said on Saturday that it had reached a tentative agreement to end a month-long work stoppage that has crippled the plane maker. The International Association of Machinists and … Read more