Monthly Archives: October 2005

‘A LOT of people feel the same as me. We believe this deal will collapse,’ Mr Singh told News Line on the Gate Gourmet picket line yesterday. He was referring to the deal agreed by the TGWU leaders and the Gate Gourmet bosses to compulsorily sack 144 workers and make...

The Hillingdon Hospital Strike began on October 1st, 1995 when 56 domestic and catering workers were sacked by private contractor Pall Mall for refusing to accept a £40 per week wage cut. The strike continued for five years until 1999. On October 30, 2000, UNISON shop steward Malkiat Bilku led her...

THE capitalist press yesterday was full of revelations that the new BA boss, Willie Walsh, recruited after making savage cuts at Aer Lingus, is set to sack thousands of workers, beginning with the 500 baggage handlers and cargo loaders who recently took sympathy action in support of the 710...

New British Airways Chief Executive Willie Walsh, who takes up his post this weekend, plans to sack 6,000 out of BA’s 46,000-strong workforce, starting with 500 baggage handlers and cargo loaders. Walsh intends to cut the company’s annual wage bill by £300 million through mass sackings, and the introduction of...