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How bank holidays are created as UK to get day off for King’s coronation

This will be the second extra bank holiday of the year, to celebrate the Queen

Evening Standard

International Workers Memorial Day service to be held

Workers are commemorated worldwide every year on April 28

Daily Record

Unions call for P&O Ferries boycott for allegedly paying below minimum wage

RMT says workers were paid £4.35 an hour, while P&O blames ‘administrative misunderstanding’

The Guardian - UK

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Britain’s hopes of post-Brexit US trade deal ‘depend on workers’ rights’

Unions from both sides of the Atlantic accuse Boris Johnson’s government of failing to grasp importance of labour rights

The Guardian - UK

Working mothers forced to quit over flexible arrangements as bosses ‘reject requests too easily’

Exclusive: New polling shows vast majority want flexible working as union warns workers are pushed into cutting hours or taking unpaid leave instead

The Independent UK

When is the Big Power Off? Britons urged to ‘go dark’ in protest against soaring energy bills

Homes plunged into darkness as protesters attempt to force utility companies to reduce prices

The Independent UK

Frances O’Grady to stand down as TUC leader at end of year

Federation’s general secretary, in post since 2013, is ‘proud of what we achieved during the pandemic’

The Guardian - UK

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Frances O’Grady quits the TUC after nine years

The general secretary of the congress will leave at the end of the year.

The Independent UK

TUC’s first female leader to stand down after a decade at helm of union movement

Successor to Frances O’Grady to be elected in September ahead of her retirement at end of the year

The Independent UK

When is the Big Power Off? Britons urged to ‘go dark’ in protest against soaring energy bills

Homes plunged into darkness as protesters attempt to force utility companies to reduce prices

The Independent UK

Tories branded 'inhumane' as Statutory Sick Pay rises today… by exactly £3.00

Statutory Sick Pay is going up today to £99.35 a week - but it's no longer paid from day one if you have Covid, and the Tories have already quietly ditched plans to extend it to millions more people

Daily Mirror

South West workers among worst paid in country as cost of living soars

The "pay crisis" also needs to be taken into account says TUC Regional secretary

Bristol Post

Government urged to 'come clean' over its plans for workers' rights amid P&O scandal

Trades Union Congress general secretary France O’Grady has written to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng demanding action.

Daily Mirror

Strikes in UK at highest in five years as pay is hit by inflation

Britain’s biggest trade unions are taking on scores of employers to challenge low wage and salary offers

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The Independent UK

What sanctions could P&O Ferries face for sacking 800 workers without notice?

Criminal and civil investigations have been launched by the Insolvency Service into P&O’s decision to make the seafarers redundant.

The Guardian - UK

Energy price rise: Rishi Sunak needs to do more, say experts

Cost of living crisis intensifies with average annual gas and electricity bill poised to double to £2,600

Manchester Evening News

Cost of living calculator: How much will your bills rise from today?

A raft of changes could impact your finances from today - including the energy price cap increase

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries claim they didn’t break key law - after change signed off by Chris Grayling

Former Transport Secretary Chris ‘failing’ Grayling signed off a legal change in 2018 that meant ships sacking staff had to notify the government of the country where they’re registered. P&O Ferries’ shops are registered in the Bahamas, Cyprus and Bermuda

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Daily Mirror

GMB's Susanna Reid grills MP as he skirts around 'fire and rehire' bill vote

Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid grilled Business Minister Paul Scully as he skirted around the vote on the fire and rehire bill months ago, amid P&O Ferries' staff switch up

Daily Record

GMB host Susanna Reid takes down Tory minister over fire and rehire record

Business minister Paul Scully was challenged by the host after the ferry company fired around 800 workers from around the UK and replaced them with cheaper agency staff.

The Independent UK

Labour forces emergency vote to reinstate sacked P&O seafarers

TUC calls on all MPs to back motion, which would ban ‘fire and rehire’ tactics

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries scandal must be turning point for workers’ rights, says TUC

Union leaders call for employment bill and accuse ministers of failing to challenge sacking of 800 staff

Wales Online

UK workers have missed out on '£76-a-week pay rise' since 2007

TUC said its research shows the exceptional nature of the country's 'pay squeeze'

Daily Mirror

11 P&O Ferries questions Boris Johnson must answer as firm 'illegally' sacks 800 workers

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing furious demands to act as employment lawyers and unions suggested P&O Ferries may have broken the law by sacking 800 staff in a video call

Liverpool Echo

DWP state pension suspension could cost people almost £500 a year

Unions say the triple lock formula could cost someone on a full new state pension £487 a year

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