DVLA staff strike over 'pay gap' in UK

A one day strike is being held today across the UK by Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency employees (The UK equivalent of the US's DMV) over a dispute involving a pay gap. Union leaders say that the DVLA workers receive much lower pay than other Department for Transport...

Cattle shown to align north-south

"Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way? Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction. Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by...

Review of OHS regulations

Its important to always be up date and participating in the formulating of new regulations for OHSE.Often it is easy to become to busy or simply ignore changes aand accept them as is passively.We caant complain though if these regualtions lack the protections we require if we...

Cowardice defined: Democratic senators won't join Iraq war protest in Washin...

"thousands of demonstrators are set to arrive in the capital this weekend for the largest anti-war march since Democrats gained control of Congress, staging the first of several protests to persuade lawmakers to do more than simply speak out against President George W. Bush's...

Ford to shrink US dealer base over 3 yrs (Reuters)

" By Poornima Gupta 2 hours, 36 minutes ago DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F - news ) is planning to shrink its U.S. dealer network in the next three years to align distribution better with its current market share, Cisco Codina, the company's North American sales...