T&G Housing Workers Archived News

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Union Seeks Protection for Charitable Sector's Supporting People Role
Unions fear that private companies will find it easier to undercut charities and deliver poorer quality Supporting People services.
	15/12/2006

Union Executive Backs Merger With Amicus
The Transport and General Workers Union Executive today unanimously backed plans to create a new union based on a merger with Amicus.
	23/11/2006

Job Evaluations
Loads of useful information about the mysterious and often murky world of job evaluations has just been added to the "Shop Stewards" Resources section.
	18/10/2006

Metropolitan Seeks Partner for Marriage
Metropolitan Housing Partnership is scouting around for another housing association to merge with.
	14/09/2006

Planned Holiday Increase Will Benefit Two Million Employees
Plans to increase holiday leave for around two million full time employees next year will bring huge benefits to workers and employers alike.
	14/09/2006

English Churches and TGWU Issue Joint Statement
English Churches Housing Group (ECHG) and the TGWU confirmed that there will now be talks over the restructuring.
	18/07/2006

English Churches Management Under Fire Over Job Losses
The TGWU has said that it will defend as many members as possible from job losses at English Churches Housing Group (ECHG).
	20/06/2006

GreenWorks 2006 Conference
A half-day conference aimed at workplace representatives.
	24/05/2006

London Cleaners Demand A Living Wage
Angry cleaners stage a noisy demonstration in the heart of the City of London.
	08/03/2006

Out Of The Box
Forty years ago the television broadcast of Cathy Come Home astonished the nation, put homelessness on the map and helped launch Shelter.
	21/02/2006

120,000 Children Will Be Homeless Over Xmas
A record 127,992 children in England will wake up homeless on Christmas Day, according to new government figures highlighted today by housing charity Shelter.
	20/12/2005

Waverley Tenants Say No
Tenants of Waverley council, Surrey, voted to keep the council as their landlord, despite being told that the only way that repairs would be made to their homes was to back their transfer to a new housing association.
	20/12/2005

Council Workers Walk Out
Staff at Tower Hamlets council recently began two days of strike action after a housing campaigner lost her job at the local authority.
	20/12/2005

Letter to Gordon Brown from Defend Council Housing
This is recent letter from Defend Council Housing (DCH) about the "Fourth Option" - funding for council housing.
	13/12/2005

Fifty Years to Plug Ethnic Minority Employment Gap ?
A recently published TUC report highlights the gap between ethnic minority and white workers.
	13/09/2005

Gate Gourmet Workers
Support the sacked Gate Gourmet workers and get the facts about the dispute.
	23/08/2005

T&G Conference Highlights
This is a brief outline of conference business over the course of the week in Blackpool.
	16/08/2005

PM's Constituents Reject Stock Transfer
Tony Blair's Sedgefield constituents have voted against plans to switch the local authority's homes to a housing association.
	21/07/2005

Cleaners Dish The Dirt on Parliament's Nastiest Job
	T&G members revealed some of the dirtier secrets of Parliament yesterday as they staged a 24-hour strike for higher pay and better working conditions.
	21/07/2005

Fighting for Longbridge
The T&G is fighting to save jobs and car manufacturing at the MG Rover car plant in Longbridge, Birmingham.
	13/04/2005

Labour Still Fails Means Testing
Anti-poverty campaigners continue to push for an end to means testing.
	12/04/2005

T&G Wins Millions of Pounds of Compensation for its Members
More than £72 million was won in compensation last year for members of the TGWU.
	31/03/2005

Research Shows Dramatic Shift in Identity of London's Homeless
A report by the Pan-London Providers Group, based on research by Sheffield University's Homeless Programme Team, has found that the profile of the typical homeless person has changed dramatically over the past 10 years.
	25/02/2005

T&G Starts Talks On Creating Super Union
Talks on the creation of a new trade union based on a merger of the Transport and General Workers Union, Amicus and the GMB were agreed on Wednesday.
	04/02/2005

MPs Push To Make Worker Safety A Boardroom Priority
Senior Labour backbenchers and former ministers are backing a private member's bill which would see company directors held to account for negligent health and safety practices.
	09/12/2004

Celebrate International Migrants Day
International Migrants Day is being celebrated on 18th December and you are invited to join in.
	01/12/2004

Trust Offers Bulletproof Vests to Housing Officers
London and Quadrant (L&Q) Housing Trust is thought to be the first RSL to offer bulletproof vests to it's housing officers.
	29/11/2004

Save Boddingtons Brewery
The famous Boddingtons Brewery in Manchester is facing closure with the loss of 50 jobs.
	25/11/2004

Call For "Wide and Open" Debate On Race Issues
Ted Cantle, Chair of the Community Cohesion Panel, has urged the government to generate a widespread and open debate about identity, shared values, and citizenship.
	16/08/2004

£38 billion for Sustainable Communities
The ODPM (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) have been given £38 billion pounds to spend over the next 5 years, as part of the Chancellor's recent Spending Review.
	11/08/2004

FirstGroup Bus Strike Victory
The strike at FirstGroup in South Yorkshire has now been settled.
	11/08/2004

First National Dock Strike for 14 Years ?
Associated British Ports (ABP) faces the propsect of a national docks strike for the first time since the end of the National Dock Labour Scheme.
	10/08/2004

Boss Urged To Step In At Strike Hit FirstGroup
The chief executive of FirstGroup transport company has been asked to intervene in a long running strike in it's bus division.
	06/08/2004

Colombian Trade Unionists Appeal for International Support
Senior Colombian trade unionists face sackings and death threats. Read the attached for more information and what you can do to help.
	20/07/2004

Steep Increase in Overcrowding in London
The level of overcrowding in London has increased by 50% over 10 years, according to new data compiled by the ALG.
	22/04/2004

Union Members Want A Political Voice
T&G Members vote to keep the Political Fund.
	13/04/2004

Are Unions In Decline ?
Read this article - and see what you think ?
	31/03/2004

Peabody Trust's Repairs And Maintenance Service In Trouble
The Peabody Trust has been forced to rethink its repairs and maintenance system.
	26/02/2004

Supporting People Funds To Be Frozen
The recently launched Supporting People funding programme, is already facing an expenditure reduction.
	23/02/2004

RSI Awareness Week 2004
The RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) Association is launching the first RSI Awareness Week in the UK, running from 23 - 29 February 2004.
	11/02/2004

Social landlord faces government supervision
Places for People, Britain's largest housing association, faces trouble in it's boardroom.
	15/09/2003

Whose Poverty Is It Anyway ?
Anti-Poverty Seminar. Friday 17 October 2003. Organised by ATD Fourth World.
	04/09/2003

Housing boss 'tops public sector pay league'
David Bennett of Sanctuary HA has become what is thought to be Britain's highest paid public service chief executive.
	02/09/2003

T&G Conference Report
Jackie Seymour, who works for Merton Action for Single Homeless (MASH) was the branch's delegate to the union's recent Biennial Delegates Conference (BDC) in Brighton. Click "more" to see what she thought of it.
	29/08/2003

Westminster Council gives "tough love" to rough sleepers
	Westminster Council's plans to get rough sleepers off the streets has been criticised by a number of homeless charities.
	06/08/2003

Mayor's London Plan Approved
Ken Livingstone's plan to get more affordable housing built in the capital, was recently backed by government appointed planners.
	30/07/2003

Government claims £1.5 billion boost for council housing
However, council housing campaigners are concerned that this is another step towards privatisation, as this will involve council's who are desperate to get their hands on the extra funding, separating off the housing management element of their housing departments into a new body called an ALMO (Arms Length Management Organisation).
	28/07/2003

Tony Woodley elected as new General Secretary
Members have overwhelmingly elected Tony Woodley as the new General Secretary of the union. He will be taking over from Sir Bill Morris. The votes were as follows: Tony Woodley 66,958, Jack Dromey 45,136, Barry Camfield 28,346, Jimmy Elsby 13,336. The turnout was 20.9% of the membership.
	28/07/2003

Housing transfers "costing taxpayers billions"
The influential Public Accounts Committee, have said that the government's policy of transferring council homes to housing associations, is costing taxpayers billions of pounds and is delivering questionable benefits.
	25/07/2003

Keep Our Picket Line Going
We are currently in dispute with our employer (DAF Electrical). We are skilled electricians and members of the TGWU. The reasons for our actions are: 1.) The employer refuses to consult with our union official over redundancies of our site reps and electricians. 2.) Our employer's use of unskilled workers to carry out electrical work for as little as half the skilled rate, despite skilled electricians being the cheapest in Europe. This use of unskilled workers is indicative of our industry. We call on our fellow trade uion members to support our picket financially and eradicate the contravening of health & safety and our national agreement. PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY. We must win this struggle for ALL of our jobs throughout the industry. Cheques payable to: A. JONES (Treasurer), c/o A. Acheson, 13 Thompson Close, Dane Bank, Denton, Manchester, M34 2PQ. Fighting Fund Tel No: 07813 456831
	25/07/2003

Go Bananas at Notting Hill Carnival !
Volunteers are urgently needed to support Caribbean and Fairtrade bananas at Europe's biggest street festival.
	21/07/2003

EUROPEAN HEALTH & SAFETY WEEK
This year's European Health & Safety Week is 14th-18th October. The theme for 2002 is Stress at Work.
	16/09/2002

Social Housing In Decline ?
The national housing survey revealed households in social housing - both with councils and RSL's - fell by 136,000 from 4.22 million to just 4.084 million in the past year, the steepest decline since 1997. (Regeneration & Renewal Magazine)
	29/08/2002

Voluntary Sector Set To Strike ?
Charities could face the unheard of prospect of strike action this Autumn as a local government pay dispute threatens to spill over into the voluntary sector. The T&G says it will launch industrial action against any voluntary organisation providing contracted out services for a local council that does not match a recent pay deal for directly employed council staff. The deal secured an 11 per cent rise over 2 years for lowest paid council staff and a £5 an hour minimum wage. It will increase the overall pay bill by 7.83%. T&G members have until 20th September to vote on the proposed deal. If it is accepted, the union says it will turn its attention to private-sector contractors, HA's and voluntary sector employers. (Third Sector Magazine)
	29/08/2002