Wednesday March 10, 2010
For the road ahead

News

Welcome to the news page of the United Road Transport Union.

If you have any news stories that would be of interest to other URTU members, please contact the URTU newsdesk on 0161 486 2103 or contact here.

Give Us a (Loo) Break
8/3/2010
URTU has given its full support to a campaign calling for a change in the law to bring workplace loos into the 21st century.

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Truckshows 2010
3/3/2010
The URTU Mobile Office will be attending all the following truck events in 2010.

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Work Your Proper Hours Day
26/2/2010
Today is Work Your Proper Hours Day. It's the day when, according to official statistics, the average person who does unpaid overtime stops working for free, and starts to earn for themselves.

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Widespread wage freezes could threaten recovery
16/2/2010
Widespread wage freezes across the private and public sector will reduce consumer demand and could threaten the UK's fragile economic recovery, the TUC warns ahead of its third annual pay bargaining conference in London today.

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