The union says thousands of companies of all sizes have boosted their profits during the cost-of-living crisis, while wages have ‘stagnated’.

The Australian-born journalist is being held in Belmarsh prison in London as he fights being extradited to the United States.

A union said the guard had been retained on every train along the Barrhead and East Kilbride route.

Tens of thousands of tonnes of track will be delivered to the project.

Campaign groups claim the clauses, and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), are being misused to ‘gag’ women.

The Resolution Foundation said this was because of falling pension costs and import prices.

The GMB said the outcome of the case has potential implications for the voluntary sector.

Aslef members will stage a third consecutive day of strike action in their long-running pay and conditions dispute.

The 6.5% increase in the first quarter marked 16 months of successive growth.

Maternity Action said only 13% of women on maternity leave benefit from employers’ occupational maternity pay schemes, down from 44% in 2008.

Passengers are being urged to check before attempting to travel by train this week.

A special flight to the event was laid on by easyJet on Monday from Gatwick Airport, with many passengers in fancy dress.

The dispute is now the longest ever in the rail industry.

Openreach says the move is to encourage people to upgrade to new digital services.

No Gatwick Express or Great Northern trains will run.

Aslef members will launch a six-day ban on overtime on Monday and three one-day strikes.

Community, the GMB and Unite said that the company was ‘completely disregarding’ the impact of its plans on workers and local communities.

Around 100 RMT members on services along the Barrhead and East Kilbride routes will stage a series of 48-hour strikes from May 18, May 25 and June 1.

The move will not be enough to stop strikes next week which will again cripple services.

The exhibition coincides with the 40th anniversary of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.