Woolworths' Jersey staff protest over redundancy pay

Woolworths employees in Jersey have started a peition they are urging everyone to sign after they received news that they will not be getting redundacy pay. There are 120 staff still left, but they were told that the...

Public contracts pledged for disabled workers

"Labour on Tuesday avoided an embarrassing row with unions after ministers agreed to use EU procurement rules to provide more public contracts for more than 2,000 disabled workers threatened by redundancy. Peter Hain, work and pensions secretary, told conference that...

Ex-Strikers Realise Go-Kart Dream

"Three men who lost their jobs in one of Wales's longest industrial disputes have opened a £1m motor sport venture. John Davis, Richard Lawson and James Clarke have set up an indoor go-karting centre in Caernarfon. The trio were on the picket line at Friction Dynamics when...

Blogging Dan Rather: SXSW

As it was part of the tech-centric SXSW Interactive, blog coverage of Dan Rather's keynote address is fairly far reaching. Here's what the blogosphere is saying about this veteran journalist's words of wisdom....

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