FTSE 100 CEO pay is up 39% to an average of £3.4million as ordinary workers continue to struggle
FTSE 100 chief executives are paid £3.4m on average, which works out at 103 times the £33,000 average salary for full-time UK workers
Trade Unions
Union says anti-strike legislation ‘scapegoats NHS workers’
‘A government that has presided over 13 years of failure in our public services is now seeking to scapegoat the NHS staff and ambulance workers who do so much to care for the people of our country.’
Mick Lynch round-up: best moments of the week
The RMT union general secretary has started 2023 with a bang, continuing to stump overzealous and ill-prepared interviewers and critics with calm, confident, and authentic responses.
Round-up of the best Mick Lynch moments of the week
The RMT general secretary excelled in the media rounds this week, leaving interviewers red-faced, raging, and lost for words, other than ‘jog on!’
Mick Lynch smashes the media rounds (again!)
The RMT general secretary has been brightening up our television screens again this week with his straight-talking responses to the strike action fall-out.
Jeremy Corbyn clearly illustrates why nurses’ pay demand is affordable
“If we can afford handouts for the rich, we can afford to meet the basic needs of those who keep this country afloat.”
Right-wing press ramps up smear campaign on RMT union
The Conservative media is building its assault on the union, demonising them as ‘communists and Kremlin supporters.’
Union boss says winter strike frustration should be aimed at Tory government, not workers
PCS chief Mark Serwotka says ‘we’re paying the price’ for the government’s errors
Flooring factory employees in Manchester secure large pay rise
Following a series of strikes over pay that started in early September, workers at Polyflor Ltd., a vinyl flooring manufacturer, have accepted a pay rise offer of 9 percent.
Mick Lynch takes down Daily Mail reporter with typically cool response to ‘Mick Grinch’ nickname
The RMT boss is back flooring critics in the corporate media with his no-nonsense, down-to-earth attitude.