Workers at a Rolls-Royce factory will launch an indefinite strike today in protest at the sacking of a trade union official.

Banking giant HSBC was warned tonight it could face fresh strikes by its staff in a bitter row over pay following a 24-hour walkout.

HSBC bank workers are to stage a one-day strike just before the Bank Holiday weekend in a dispute over pay, it was announced today.

The threat of industrial action when construction work begins on the new Heathrow Airport terminal has been averted, it was announced tonight.

Insurance giant Legal & General was today named Britain’s best employer for retaining a good pension scheme, keeping call centre jobs in the UK and involving staff in business decisions.

Paul McCartney was today preparing to entertain thousands of music lovers on the second day of the Glastonbury Festival.

The British government is being taken to court by the European Commission over failure to bring in fully an hours directive which means workers are being denied a tea break, it was revealed today.

Insurance giant AXA is to cut up to 700 jobs in the UK and is planning to switch jobs to India, workers were told today.

Strike action by workers at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant is being stepped up.

A LEADING trade union has warned up to 10,000 jobs in financial services could be lost as many companies move parts of their businesses to low-cost economies.

THERE were renewed fears of a wages free-for-all last night as unions lodged individual pay claims well in excess of the rate of inflation.