The Worker
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| First episode date | February 27, 1965 |
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| Final episode date | December 24, 1978 |
| Networks | ITV |
| Number of episodes | 35 |
| Written by | Charlie Drake |
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| ID | 2152379 |
About The Worker
The Worker is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1965 to 1978. Co-written by and starring comedian Charlie Drake, the programme revolved around a man who has been dismissed from nearly 1,000 jobs.
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... " There was a massive cheer from all The Workers on the ground...
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... The Worker Protection Bill, introduced by Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse, puts a duty on bosses to stop harassment instead of relying on employees to report incidents...
UK Windows and Doors: 500 jobs to go as firm goes bust
... " First someone from management came on and said they had gone into administration and were making 563 people redundant, " The Worker said...
Pret a Manger fined over London worker stuck in freezer
... Westminster City Council, which investigated the incident, said The Worker became trapped in the freezer, which typically had its temperature set at -18C, at the chain s Victoria coach station shop on 29 July that year...
PSNI data breach: Details posted on wall near Sinn Fein Belfast office
... The Worker, who is based outside Belfast, said many of his colleagues were in " extreme panic" especially those with unique surnames...
Texas airport worker dies after being sucked into Delta plane engine
... The Worker was " ingested" into the engine of a Delta plane that was taxiing towards its gate with one engine turned on, officials said...
Assaults, neglect and a Taser revealed in ‘deeply shocking' BBC care home investigation
... Although the electronic stun device was never delivered - it was impounded by Customs and Excise - The Worker told investigators he had bought it with the intention of using it as a last resort in the home, because he felt he didn t have enough protection there...
Thomas Cook collapse is a major threat to Spain's tourism industry
Staff at Thomas Cook , the largest subsidiary in Spain say they are the biggest victims of the decline
"We have the hotels here are open and waiting, But the customer can't be here," said Ramón Estalella, head of Spain's leading hotel Association.
The sudden collapse last month of one of Europe's largest groups in travel, Thomas Cook , this ruined The Holidays are around 600 ' 000 stranded tourists.
hundreds of thousands more had booked trips, when the news was announced.
But for parts of the Spanish Tourism industry, Thomas Cook decline is also an existential threat.
the economic future of The industrial workers and employees of the Thomas Cook local suppliers and subsidiaries, is.
The Spanish Confederation of Hotels and tourist accommodation establishments has said that 1. 3 million in the autumn and winter, the visitors will not be able to fly in the Spanish destinations.
This will result in the closure of a minimum of 500 hotels, generate losses for the Tourism industry runs in The Hundreds of millions of euros.
Spain's government has announced plans to spend a package of measures to the value of €300 (£260m; $330m), including emergency lines of credit, and a reduction in airport charges, in particular for the ports in the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands , plus plans 500 million euros in improving tourist infrastructure.
Closed doors in the Canary IslandsSpain's Canary Islands archipelago, the preparation for its main season as a popular winter-sun destination, But the Spanish government has calculated that around 400,000 Thomas Cook travellers will not reach the Islands After All .
Thomas Cook employee, a hug in an airport on The Island of Mallorca, according to the word of The Group 's break -The First hotel on The Islands, the close their doors as a result of the impact on Tourism , the Fuerteventura Princess was, the had covers an exclusive deal with Thomas Cook 95% of the 688 room until 2023. The 160 employees will be laid off, a fate shared by at least 3,400 others in the industry, according to estimates.
Mr Estalella from Spain CE hotelier-Verein, an immediate response is required to fill The Hole left by Thomas Cook .
"you must Do Something to bring to airlines, the buffer time and more slots by saving costs. We need to have a greater risk. Meanwhile, it is unfair that hotels on payment of the VAT on the invoices to the detriment of Thomas Cook and their subsidiaries, you know, you will never be Paid . "
Mallorca-employees More than 700 employees at Thomas Cook crash work in limbothe largest subsidiary in Spain say they are the biggest victims of the travel giant, having not been Paid since the summer and now find themselves in a legal limbo.
The Destination of the Incoming Agency, based in Palma, Majorca, went into liquidation days After Thomas Cook, its operation is set, supposedly, the announcement of debt of € 57m.
"We have no guests in any of the resorts, But due to the Spanish legislation we have at work each day for our 40 hours," a worker from Palma told the BBC on condition of anonymity because of what they described as "ongoing legal proceedings".
"If we don't go, you take it as to get our resignation instead of a formal dismissal or redundancy, and we will not be able to claim anything at All ," she added.
Pep Ginard, the CCOO, the Service sector union in the Balearic Islands, confirmed that employees in the In-Destination for Incoming were to say in front of a "long and difficult process", to pay back, and a redundancy package under Spanish labour laws, should be worth a minimum of 20 days salary per year of Service .
Thomas Cook Palma Beach hotel in Spain"We are nobody and you have been left behind. Part of our job is dealing with deaths, rapes, robberies and serious disease. We have worked, to pay overtime without extra, such as Thomas Cook of the new labor laws this year to follow. All of this is for nothing," The Worker said.
transformation of Spain's Tourism industryBeyond the immediate effect of the Thomas Cook crash, some of the Spanish Tourism industry say that it will do are looking for some soul in relation to The Future of the country's largest industry.
After Six Years of record international tourist arrivals, with 82 reach. 8 million in the year 2018, the negative impact of Thomas Cook collapse, may be from 1 to a stagnation, with growth up to August only. 5%, according to the government.
"It is an unacceptable level of saturation in the sun and sand Tourism , and we need to start competing on a different level, in the long-distance traffic," said Juan Antonio Samaranch, Vice-President of The International Olympic Committee, spoke at an event in Madrid earlier this month.
Spain saw-European arrivals to grow by almost 14% in The First half of this year, But Mr Samaranch claimed that much more could be done, especially to visitors from China In Search of cultural experiences.
According to Rafael Gallego, President of the Spanish CEAV travel Agency Association, the Thomas Cook debacle jog should implement policy that is less and less travelers just sign up to a package based on a goal-climate or mood.
"people travel today not to go, so much space, But makes something very specific," he told the newspaper El Mundo.
Today, he argues, the tourists were on the search for a product. Either an active holiday, such as golf, paragliding and scuba diving, or more leisure-based break with the nature, gastronomy and cultural Tourism .
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Source of news: bbc.com
