Harrods threatens to become first major employer to use agency staff as strikebreakers August 16, 2022 The staffing agency industry’s trade body has hit out at Harrods after the luxury department store threatened to take advantage of new laws allowing it to break strikes using temporary workers. Harrods told its staff it is willing to use temporary workers to keep its shop running after employees at the Knightsbridge shop threatened to [...]
Trade union delegates boo Labour leader candidate Andy Burnham in Dublin June 9, 2015 Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham faced a tough crowd in Dublin yesterday, where he was booed by trade union delegates. Burnham – who is widely seen as the favourite in a field that includes Yvette Cooper, Liz Kendall, Mary Creagh and Jeremy Corbyn – was participating in a GMB hustings event with his fellow candidates [...]