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Greenergy puts safety first

...hazards. These are practical things that make a real difference. “As senior shop steward for Unite, I’m encouraged by Greenergy’s willingness to engage with its drivers and with the union...
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Progress – but is it enough?

...action. “The biggest lesson we’ve learnt is that we haven’t learnt the lessons,” said Bud Huspith, Unite’s national health & safety advisor. “Why is it taking so long?” With union...

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Suttons’ trucks lead the way

...special trip were a Morris Flatbed dating back to the 1920s and a vehicle with Union Flag Livery to honour the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012. “More than 55 years...

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September 14 update

...over the years has resulted in many periods “North of the Border”. The politics of independence is the usual ding-dong affair between Nationalists (pro-independence) and Unionists (anti-independence), but when it...

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Milford Haven – frustration and regret

...Force.’ With all but 60 of the plant’s 400 jobs likely to go, Plaid Cymru has called for funding from the European Union’s Globalisation Adjustment Fund to help the workers....
NI households begin to receive energy support payments

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Households in NI begin to receive long-awaited fuel payments

...Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which has been boycotting the power-sharing government since last February. Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris said he was grateful ministers and energy suppliers had found a...

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Fuel laundering – is enough being done?

...are more likely to spend time in prison if you block a road carrying a union flag, than if you cheat HM Revenue out of millions of pounds of tax....
Grangemouth workforce Unite over government proposals

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Grangemouth workforce Unite over government proposals

...The union has repeatedly taken aim at government over the failure to establish a worker-led just transition process, and the ‘empty promises’ issued by politicians to support industry developments including...

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UK government guarantees Grangemouth upgrade loan

...the House of Commons, and chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, have repeatedly made the economic case for the union. Ineos, a British company which relocated to Switzerland for tax purposes, is...