Outrage from bus drivers as Bee Network pays part-timers 50% more
New part-time bus drivers on Greater Manchester’s Bee Network are getting paid 50% more per hour than those on full-time contracts.
Healthcare workers stage city centre protest over NHS pay and privatisation
Healthcare workers staged a protest over pay and privatisation in Piccadilly Gardens which was one of 40 protests around the
Revealed: Which BBC stars earn the most… and how much
As part of the BBC annual report, the BBC has had to release the names and earnings of all employees whose salaries exceed £150,000.
Manchester supports doctors strikes over ‘immoral’, ‘incompetent’ Government
This week, for the first time in the history of the NHS, an all-out junior doctor’s strike has taken place in England.
Leaving them well a-loan: Just 7% of Mancunians would use payday lending despite £220m Wonga debt write-off
The firm who spearheaded the rise of ‘legal loan sharking’ revealed yesterday it is to wipe debt from more than 330,000 customers – costing the company a total of £220million.
‘Utter contempt’: Unison boss slams Government as Manchester NHS staff get set for nationwide walkout
NHS workers will stage a four-hour strike on Monday October 13, confirmed Unison, in a row over pay.
‘Pay gap between men and women is illegal’, says Manchester MP as sexism petition hits 3,000 signatures
A women’s magazine survey has revealed that the gender pay gap between men and women in their twenties has doubled in the past three years.
‘Cost of living crisis’ far from over for North West, warns trade union – as pay growth slows
While the government claimed the crisis was over thanks to a ‘recovering economy’, the union claim North West workers are not out of the woods just yet.
It ain’t so grim up North: Manchester boasts salary rises double that of London and South, claims survey
North West’s salaries are rising faster than anywhere else in UK