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The Scottish Government’s response to the recent consultation on a review of the education system is cause for significant concern.
Delegates at Prospect's energy supply industry sector conference in London on 3 July joined in a lively question and answer session after hearing three guest speakers present the challenges and opportunities facing the UK’s nuclear industry.
Prospect members in the Environment Agency have rejected a proposal from a group of MPs to strip the organisation of its role in managing flood risk, saying that a shake-up of current structures would be a costly distraction from key priority of protecting lives, homes and livelihoods.
A one-day training course for union representatives will be held at New Prospect House in London on Thursday 20 July.
Following the consultative ballot of members in BT on the company's decision to freeze basic pay for managers and specialists on or linked to the Reward Framework. Prospects BT Committee have taken a number of steps to progress the campaign. Here is an update.
The Supreme Court today (Wednesday 5 April) made a landmark ruling protecting employees against pay discrimination based on race or religious grounds.
Mike Clancy, general secretary of Prospect, responding to the publication of the government’s position paper on leaving Euratom commented: “Whilst it is welcome that the government has set out its principles for Euratom, there is little reassurance in the new paper about the scale of the challenge facing the UK.
After intensive lobbying and campaigning by Prospect and the other Civil Service Unions in Scotland, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Constitution Derek Mackay this week agreed that pay settlement dates in the Scottish Government sector could be brought forward to April 2018, without a commensurate reduction in the pay award for 2017.
The government should think very carefully about the implications of its proposals on freedom of movement for science, technology and engineering skills
Prospect has reached a mutually acceptable agreement for Southend United’s groundsman, Ken Hare, whose employment was terminated in January.
European Commission proposals to tackle disruption and cancellation of flights by tightening union laws are a distraction from the important issues facing the European aviation industry, says Prospect.
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