JournalLive - Tag - public sector strikes

North East staff walk out over public sector pensions

JournalLive — Fri, 11 May 2012 07:26:00 GMT

NHS staff “disgusted” over changes to pensions joined thousands of striking workers from across the public sector yesterday.

North East public sector workers strike over pensions

JournalLive — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:28:00 GMT

PUBLIC sector workers will go on strike today to protest against changes to their pensions.

Fear Durham bins will be left another week after public sector strikes

JournalLive — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THOUSANDS of rubbish bins across the North East have still not been emptied two days after a national strike crippled services across the region.

Public sector strikes see 8,500 march through Gateshead and Newcastle

JournalLive — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:30:00 GMT

MORE than 8,500 public sector workers “angry and anxious” over planned changes to pensions have taken part in one of the biggest protests the North East has seen in recent years.

Unions hail a historic day as two million go on strike

JournalLive — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:29:00 GMT

UNIONS last night hailed a strike by up to two million public sector workers as “historic” as they rejected claims by the Prime Minister that the biggest walkout in a generation had been a “damp squib”.

Public sector staff face pay cuts after Chancellor’s announcement

JournalLive — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:29:00 GMT

TEACHERS, nurses and council staff in the North East have been warned their pay is too high and may have to be frozen or limited for several years.

Nursing staff join public sector stikes over pensions row

JournalLive — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

MARCHES and rallies are planned by staff across the public sector today as part of a national protest over the bitter public sector pensions dispute.

Strikes could push North East back into recession

JournalLive — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:29:00 GMT

A ROW broke out last night after a senior minister said striking public sector workers risked plunging the North East back into recession.

Further North East pension strikes in pipeline after day of action

JournalLive — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:28:00 GMT

THE biggest strike for five years closed thousands of schools and disrupted courts, driving tests and jobcentres yesterday, with warnings of fresh industrial action to come.

1,000 North East teachers go on protest over pension changes

JournalLive — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:26:00 GMT

MORE than 450 schools in the North East were affected as 1,000 teachers descended on Newcastle for a peaceful protest yesterday.