Unions
API Foils dispute resolved
Workers at packaging specialist API Foils have accepted a deal that ends three weeks of strike action over changes to contractual terms and conditions.
Prinovis to consult with staff over job losses
Prinovis is about to enter a 30-day consultation process with a number of staff, and has said further changes could follow.
Unite members reject latest MMP offer
Unite members have voted overwhelmingly to reject the latest redundancy offering from Austrian packaging manufacturer Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (MMP).
Unite calls for economic intervention policy
Unite has called for an economic intervention policy in 2012, as the country's manufacturing industries appear to be slipping back into recessionary levels.
BMPA and PrintWeek India join hands for Print Summit in 2012
The sixth edition of Bombay Master Printers Association's (BMPA) annual conference - Print Summit will be a two-day event on 23 and 24 February 2012. For this edition of the conference, the BMPA and...
Polestar begins consultation at Varnicoat with 200 jobs at risk
Up to 200 jobs are at risk at Polestar Varnicoat, after the group revealed more details about its strategy to remove excess capacity and divest itself of unprofitable work.
Employers and employees working together to fight recession, CBI says
Companies and employees are working together to mitigate the financial crisis like never before, the CBI has said.
Deaths at work fall to record low, says HSE
The number of people killed at work has fallen to a record low, but manufacturing deaths have remained roughly consistent, figures released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have revealed.
Unite and Polestar Varnicoat sign learning agreement
Unite and Polestar Varnicoat have signed an agreement with Leeds Technical College to redevelop the Evolve Project - a learning centre that offers staff the chance to increase their skills.
Unions win training mandate on government contracts
An agreement between the unions and the government could see companies having to improve working relations with the unions in order to win government contracts.
Unite to merge with USA union to create 'super alliance'
The union Unite is to form an alliance with one of the largest trade union's in the USA, creating a "transatlantic super union".
Strike threat looms over Royal Mail centre closure
Union officials have warned that postal strikes in Coventry and Warwickshire are looking increasingly inevitable after Royal Mail confirmed it will continue with plans to move its mailing centre from...