Alan Jones

PA Industrial Correspondent, covering industry, business, unions, strikes. All views are my own.

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Matt Wrack beaten by Steve Wright in FBU general secretary election, union announced- @fbunational

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Planned strikes by London Underground drivers over pay have been suspended - announcement by @ASLEFunion

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Increased tuition fees for already stretched medical student is frustrating and represents a continued failure to address the current medical student funding crisis - @TheBMA

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As student nurse numbers collapse in every English region, ministers decide to make a bad situation worse - @theRCN on tuition fees.

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Chorus members in the Welsh National Opera are to stage three strikes in the coming weeks in a dispute over jobs and pay - announcement by @EquityUK

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A series of weekend strikes by train drivers on LNER from Saturday have been called off, Aslef announced - @ASLEFunion

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Fresh talks next week between Aslef and DfT over train drivers pay dispute- @ASLEFunion

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Members of Unite at steel giant Tata to stage an indefinite strike from July 8 in protest at planned job cuts - @unitetheunion

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Jeremy Corbyn has announced he will stand as an independent candidate in Islington North in the general election.

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MPs call for an inquiry into role of the Crown Prosecution Service over the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange - @johnmcdonnellMP

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Employers have made a ‘final’ pay offer to 1.5 million council workers of at least £1,290 - @LGAcomms

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Morale among nursing staff has collapsed amid a crisis caused by staff shortages and low pay - new study by @theRCN

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Seafarers at the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) will strike on May 19 in a row over pay - announcement by @RMTunion

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RDG has written to Aslef to try to find areas of common ground to allow formal talks in train drivers dispute - @RailDeliveryGrp @ASLEFunion

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Teaching assistants increasingly having to lead lessons and manage classes by themselves amid ongoing teacher shortages - study by @unisontheunion

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Train drivers at 16 rail companies will stage a series of fresh strikes from May 7-9 in their long running pay dispute - @ASLEFunion

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Hundreds of Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport are to strike for four days in a dispute over changes to their working conditions - @pcs_union

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Liverpool Museum workers announce 30 more strike days stretching into the summer in long running pay dispute - @pcs_union

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Julian Assange dared to bring to light revelations of alleged war crimes committed by the USA. It is unacceptable that years of his life have been stolen - @amnesty

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Unite members at Tata Steel have voted in favour of industrial action in protest at planned job losses - @unitetheunion @UniteSharon