The name "Laurence Scott" is part of the legend of the Manchester trade union movement, thanks to the 11 month dispute and occupation against factory closure in 1981-2 which was broken up by riot police.
So I was surprised to see it pop up on a UNITE press release under the heading "Unite Secures Legal Victory for Sacked Workers".
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The final agenda & material is now available for the trade union conference on climate change on 9th February. Our sector is sending a delegation, and I'll be attending on behalf of my branch. If you're not going, make sure you book up as soon as possible.
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The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has issued an end of year report saying that 2008 would be "easily the worst" year for jobs since 1997, with net job losses in the public sector and slow growth in the private sector.
They forecast a further squeeze on workers' living standards thanks to rising fuel and food prices.
The report has had quite a bit of media coverage, in the context of general ervousness about the state of the economy.
What we need is a union...
Closer to home, this makes me even more pleased that we resolved our dispute in Fujitsu - the deal included a new agreement on redundancy and redeployment rights.