The
Transport and General Workers' Union's Liverpool headquarters is to be named after Jack Jones; Mr Jones with ex-PM Jim Callaghan and the TUC's Stan Pemberton; and, right , the TGWU building
Liverpool Airport has already agreed to attend the event, as have union leaders from rail and maritime unions Aslef and the RMT, as well as the
Transport and General Workers' Union.
He had been acting general secretary of Siptu's predecessor the Irish
Transport and General Workers' Union.
Amicus and the
Transport and General Workers' Union hope to move an emergency motion urging the Government toSir Bill Morris introduce stronger protection for UK workers in the wake of Jaguar's decision.
Up to 180 members of the
Transport and General Workers' Union at the company's brewery in Northampton will walk out from December 1 and could take further industrial action in the New Year.
Members of the
Transport and General Workers' Union at factories in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, and Newport Pagnell, in Buckinghamshire, were walking out just before noon and will remain on strike throughout tomorrow.
TUC general secretary elect Brendan Barber,TUC president Nigel De Gruchy,
Transport and General Workers' union general secretary Bill Morris and Prison Officers' Association general secretary Brian Caton will be among speakers at a rally in Trafalgar Square.
Next month, three unions - Unison, the General Municipal and Boilermakers' Union and
Transport and General Workers' Union - are staging a joint strike ballot of local authority employees over a three per cent pay offer.
The
Transport and General Workers' Union has announced the creation of a T&G Organising Academy, dedicated to improving trade union representation in the workplace.
Leading trade unionists from the Rural, Agricultural and Allied Workers section of the
Transport and General Workers' Union will pay respects to Joseph Arch on Sunday, June 8.