Huddersfield Examiner - Tag - gmb

Remploy bidders offered wage incentive

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

EMPLOYERS interested in taking over 36 Remploy factories set for closure are being offered a short-term subsidy to help them seal the deal.

GMB calls for more ‘quality jobs’

Huddersfield Examiner — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:00:00 GMT

ALMOST a quarter of people in employment in Kirklees are working part-time, a survey has revealed.

GMB survey logs decline in factory jobs

Huddersfield Examiner — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

KIRKLEES has seen more than 4,800 manufacturing jobs vanish since the recession began, new figures have revealed.

GMB say living standards have plummted in Kirklees

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:00:00 GMT

FULL-TIME workers in Kirklees have seen living standards plummet, a survey out today revealed.

Southern Cross names prospective operators for 691 care homes

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

MORE than 30 prospective operators have been lined up to take over almost 700 care homes from defunct firm Southern Cross.

Southern Cross landlords in Yorkshire yet to name new operators

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:00:00 GMT

LANDLORDS of Southern Cross care homes in Yorkshire – including five in Huddersfield – have missed the first deadline to name new operators, it has emerged.

ACAS called in over ‘bullying’ of Kirklees Council bin men at Vine Street

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT

SPECIAL negotiators were called in to deal with alleged bullying in a Huddersfield workplace.

GMB says Remploy sites under threat

Huddersfield Examiner — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:30:00 GMT

A MOVE to withdraw funding for disabled employment body Remploy could mean the closure of 54 factories – including one in Huddersfield – and the loss of 2,500 jobs, unions claim.

Southern Cross pay cuts withdrawn as company plans shut down

Huddersfield Examiner — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:00:00 GMT

PLANNED redundancies and cuts in pay and conditions for staff at Southern Cross have been withdrawn following the news that the care homes giant is to shut down.

GMB calls for action tor reduce jobless tally

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

MORE than eight unemployed people are chasing each unfilled job vacancy across Kirklees, according to a survey.