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Attacks on refuse workers soar as abuse of key workers continues to climb | UK News

One of Britain’s biggest waste management companies has launched a campaign to protect its staff, after they faced a 118% increase in abuse over the last year. In response to the more... Read more »
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Care worker’s tearful goodbye on final shift after she loses her job for refusing to get vaccinated

A care worker who didn’t get the Covid vaccine has appeared in a tearful video on her final shift. After working in the care sector for 14 years, Louise Akester, 36, has... Read more »
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‘My world fell apart’: NHS workers describe how they found out from neighbours they had four days to leave their ‘unsafe’ homes

An east London NHS worker says he only found out his tower block was being evacuated after a colleague from work asked him why he was “so calm”. St Bart’s hospital manager,... Read more »
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Petrol station workers are hit by ‘unacceptable’ abuse as London bears brunt of fuel crisis

Petrol station staff are being subjected to ‘unacceptable’ levels of abuse, industry leaders have warned as London continues to bear the brunt of the ongoing fuel crisis – which has seen ambulances left... Read more »
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Scottish man who fell from hotel window before attacking emergency workers ordered to pay £15k

A Scottish thug who fell from a hotel window before he assaulted emergency workers just hours after the deadlock Scotland v England clash at Wembley has been given a suspended jail sentence.... Read more »
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Bexley binmen end ‘summer of stink’ and go from lowest to one of the highest paid refuse workers in London

Bexley binmen’s strike action has led to an offer of increased wages, holiday pay, more holiday days and sick pay. The end of the strikes put a stop to the so-called ‘summer... Read more »
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The workers once trapped in a London sewer and stranded for 6 hours in total darkness

The ground under London is teeming with hidden tunnels, bunkers and passageways. They can be great fun to explore if you can persuade the powers that be to grant you access, or... Read more »
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London GP surgeries accused of not paying all workers enough to live in the capital

There have been fresh calls for increased pay for GP surgery workers in the capital as some are earning less than £10.85 per hour. Nurses, GP practise workers, and managers have taken... Read more »
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London Underground closures: Circle and Hammersmith and City lines suspended as workers forced to self-isolate

Transport for London have suspended two lines on the London Underground this weekend because high levels of workers are self-isolating. Over the weekend, the Circle Line and Hammersmith and City Line will... Read more »
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Workers in south-west England hardest hit by Universal Credit cut | Universal credit

The south-west of England will have the highest proportion of low-income workers affected by a £20-a-week cut later this year in universal credit payments, according to analysis by the TUC that illustrates... Read more »