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PIZZA EXPRESS staff celebrated a wage boost last night after bosses stop taking a slice of their tips.
Unite union members had been set to stage another protest as part of their campaign to stop the company pocketing 8 per cent of tips paid by card.
But their picket outside one of the chain’s 430 restaurants was rearranged as a party after bosses relented to pressure and changes its tips policy.
Ten thousand minimum wage waiters will see their pay rise from from October 6, when the company has give 100 per cent of tips to staff.
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
Almost half of universities face deficits, merger mania is taking hold, and massive fee hikes that will lock out working-class students are on the horizon, write RUBEN BRETT, PAUL WHITEHOUSE and DAN GRACE