[The GMB has welcomed news of tomorrow's increase in the minimum wage to more than £5 an hour for adult workers. The increase comes after the government accepted the recommendations of a report from the low pay commission. Further increases could take place after another report by the commission next year. ] We welcome the increase in the national minimum wage to £5.05 an hour and we look forward to the new rate of £5.30 next year, ... This will be of great benefit to many of Britain's low-paid workers and is one of the major achievements of the Labour government. |
It is very regrettable that Morrisons have left it so late to meet us, but everyone hopes there will be an agreement. |
It's almost a memory of nicotine in the brain. The reward system becomes hyperactive, even when the nicotine isn't there. |
The government is shirking from its duty to look after everyone equality and marking some workers down for illness and worse. |
The only thing missing from the retirement party for Blair was a gold clock. It's quite clear that there's an orderly handover taking place. What we saw is the new leader. |
This is a clear message from the workers to the company to listen to them and be honest about the future. |
This is a clear message from the workforce to the management to listen to them and be honest about the future. |
We held their offense to one touchdown in the first half. Things were looking good. In the second half, we lost our focus. We knew what we had to do to stop them and we would have stuck with them if we were focused in the second half. |
We moved the ball, we just imploded when we got around the end zone. When they play as a group, they are a very good team. Unfortunately, there were times when we had individual breakdowns that hurt the whole team. |
We would like to see greater focus on the awareness and enforcement regimes, particularly within vulnerable, migrant communities. |