Detention in the Verne is like being stuck in an island, in an island, in an island, in an island. Your cell is the centre. It is where I am most lonely, forever. I have been in the Verne one year. I am the asylum seeker. No-one tell me...
A 31 year old mum is still waiting for Tom and Erin's in Weymouth to pay her the £28000 fine she was awarded by an employment tribunal 3 years ago.
'Lydia Stone, 31, has all but given up receiving any of the £28,000 she was awarded three years ago for...
Following on from the revelation by local striking bus drivers that they are not being given their pay slips until they return to work we contacted First Bus Chief Executive Marc Reddy to get his side. Screenshot of part of the conversation: Key reponses in detail:...
The Weymouth bus strike has entered its 9th week in their pursuit of their claim for parity with Yeovil Depot. They have notified a further 12 weeks of intermittent action. The manager of Dorset and Hampshire First Bus, Marc Reddy, is on record as saying "To achieve £9 per...
Two beautiful days of sunshine (until the Red Arrows arrived that is) and the return of the annual buzz of Weymouth Carnival as locals and tourists flocked to the sea front to enjoy the rides and displays were overshadowed today by the fury of food sellers who felt cheated...
IN 2016 our country still has a serious pay inequality problem. Not only that we live in a time when thousands of workers suffer under zero hour contracts. The National Living Wage (Living Wage Foundation, 2016) and seasonal job instability are other factors that contribute to increases in desperate...
Anti-apartheid activist David Motsamayi (not his real name) went 25 years without a flashback to his terrible torture in South Africa. That was until one night last year, when he was chucked into Britain's most isolated detention centre for migrants. Built on the highest point of the remote Isle...
First Bus management, rather than trying to settle the long-running bus drivers' dispute, has pulled a fast one and ramped up the odds. Given the prices they are paying top-notch hotels to put their strike breakers up and the fees their lawyers charge, this is clearly no longer a...
A return to work, however, will not even be considered until outstanding issues have been dealt with, including the removal of sick pay from 3 drivers (1 with cancer, one post-operative) unless they sign a form saying they have returned to work! An RMT member (the minority Union -...
Weymouth Buses are entering their 6th week of strike action by drivers in UNITE the Union. In this, they have the full support of Dorchester, Weymouth & Portland TUC. This Press Release is being issued to dispel a number of myths about the dispute. It has been rumbling on...
