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SECURITY guards at the Palace of Westminster called off strike action last night after last-ditch talks resolved their industrial dispute.
Members of the PCS union will now suspend planned industrial action following the successful talks.
The workers had complained of a failure of the House of Commons Commission to properly resolve a series of disputes as well as poor communication with the union.
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
‘People up and down the country are asking whose side is the Labour government on and coming up with the answer: not workers,’ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham says
Hundreds travel to Birmingham to join ‘mega picket’ of striking refuse workers and supporters
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Thousands to join ‘megapicket’ in solidarity with striking refuse workers in Birmingham