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An AgustaWestland AW189 helicopter from HM Coastguard comes in to land on the cliff side near to Overcombe in Dorset, during a training exercise.
GMB is taking HM Coastguard to court to protect workers’ rights, the general union has announced.
The uniformed service is staffed by “heroes who risk their lives to save others but they are treated worse than any other government worker,” the union charged on Monday.
Delegates at its 2022 congress in Harrogate were told that the 200-year-old service, part of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency, must give “proper employment status to these dedicated professionals.”
Labour’s long-promised Act has scraped through the Lords. While the law marks a step forward, its lack of collective rights leaves workers short-changed — and sets the stage for a renewed campaign for an Employment Rights Bill #2, argues TONY BURKE
PAUL W FLEMING is unequivocal that Labour’s unpreparedness and resulting ambiguity on copyright in the creative industries has to be reined in with policies that will reverse the growing abuse by Big Tech AI
A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains