Government Spin on Tanker Dispute to discredit tanker drivers as money grabbers fails.

To be a good politician, you have to be able to spin well. Frances Maude deserves a medal for the bull he’s just been spouting on the BBC news channel.

“It is very hard to know what the dispute is about. It is said to be about Health and Safety but actaully all Unite’s material [...]

Why London Underground thought the Boxnig Day strike was illegal

I’m glad I cycle around London. I’d hate to think that my hard earned cash, paid in tube fairs to TfL, was being used to apply for an injunction on the loosest grounds ever.

According to BBC News, “London Underground (LU) said the strike was illegal as drivers who were not scheduled to work on [...]

Tory Bickering

Michael Gove is the shadow education secretary. He’s been having a go at Labour because it gets money from Unite, the trade union. The British Airways employees who voted to strike, are part of Unite.

Would it have made any difference if they were part of a different union?

Quite why, I’m not sure. It’s [...]

Boston Hyatt – greenwashing

The Boston Hyatt has offered to re-employ the sacked housekeeping staff, and it’ll be done via Hospitality Staffing Solutions, a temp agency in the USA. The ‘president’ of HSS, Rik Holliday (fitting name), has been boasting that his staff will be paid $8 per hour, to clean 25 bedrooms per day.

Rik Holliday claims he’s [...]

Low point for Hyatt

When your corporate website includes a section on corporate responsibility which begins with:

At Hyatt, we’re committed to making a positive and lasting impact in every community in which we operate.

You expect that you’re dealing with an impeccable brand . Not so with Hyatt.

Some of the Hyatt’s hotels in Boston tricked their housekeeping [...]

Spending your money wisely… to help workers in the USA.

As I mentioned with the Carphone Warehouse taking anti-union measures, and don’t forget that includes the popular Talk Talk brand – free broadband has workforce costs – I’ve came across a few other brands to be wary of.

Kettle Foods, an american company based in Oregon, USA, employed a UK union-busting company at its Norwich [...]