Unions

Kodak is to close its Leeds plate manufacturing facility, with the loss of more than 200 jobs, as the group realigns its global Sonora processless plate production portfolio as upgrades to facilities...

Amid “intensive talks” Royal Mail has once again agreed to extend the ballot deadline of the Communication Workers Union’s industrial action, for a “final” time.

Industrial action at Crown Speciality Packaging has been called off after the company announced a restructure that could halve its print department.

The print unit at Merseyside-based Crown Speciality Packaging is in the midst of industrial action after management allegedly reneged on an agreed pay increase.

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has agreed not to urge its members to boycott downstream access providers for at least a week after the Royal Mail went to the High Court to prevent them taking...

Graphic Packaging International (GPI) is to close its GPI Gillingham site six months after buying it from Contego Packaging, putting 170 jobs at risk.

"Divisive" has been the most-used word in national newspaper coverage following the death of Margaret Thatcher, and opinions about her legacy are also mixed in the printing industry.

Goss France could be placed in redressement judiciare, the French equivalent of administration, tomorrow morning according to local media reports.

Government plans to reduce the minimum consultation period for large-scale redundancies from 90 to 45 days are regressive and anti-job measures, Unite has said.

Unite members at Gomer Press have vowed to continue a planned series of walk-outs and to take legal action against the firm and its managing director.

Gomer Press has hit back after 16 production staff went on strike this afternoon in a row over enforced changes to employee contracts and allegations of bullying and harrassment.

The union is asking Paragon's customers and suppliers to help pressurise the company to resume negotiations as staff plan a 58-hour walk out.