This is so, so true. There are a number of versions of this anecdote and this is one of best I have seen.
Hat tip Cleveland Watkiss via Facebook “The System In A Nut-shell.#2014”. Read more…
All the union news that's fit to blog...
This is so, so true. There are a number of versions of this anecdote and this is one of best I have seen.
Hat tip Cleveland Watkiss via Facebook “The System In A Nut-shell.#2014”. Read more…
Well that’s the Scottish leadership election over. There was at least a real debate about ideas and strategy and Neil Findlay’s campaign ensured that we didn’t get the coronation the system usually…Read more…
I’ve written a couple of bits recently to point up what I think is a bit of a lop-sided approach in the responsible investment world. Specifically, in the UK at least (thought I expect elsewhere too), there is a lot more emphasis on environmental and g…Read more…
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn
Read more…
Decent hours On the first day in a new job, all workers should be given a written statement setting out their terms and conditions, including their expected hours of work. Employers must give workers adequate notice of when they will be required to wor…Read more…
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn
To read the payments to be paid please click on the link hereRead more…
WHEN we were young it was considered a feature unique to faraway totalitarian regimes, and unimaginable in Britain, that the state should dictate to couples whether they could have children, or…Read more…
One of the big ticket items coming out of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement was additional funding for the NHS. £2bn extra for 2015/16 and a new £300m a year fund for kick-starting GP innovation, derived from fines imposed on the banks’ shady foreign exchange dealings. There was plenty of…Read more…
This week, Sir Andrew Dilnot, chair of the UK Statistics Authority, issued a written response to TUC’s concerns about poor data practices at HM Treasury. This was a reply to the formal complaint lodged by TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady last October. We are pleased with the seriousness with…Read more…
Millions of us are trapped in low-paid, insecure jobs and failing to benefit from the so-called economic recoveryRead more…
With Christmas bargains on offer and the January sales around the corner, this is the busiest time of the year on the high street. It’s also the time when those working in shops are under enormous pressure to keep the shelves stacked and to share the Christmas cheer. But how often do we spare…Read more…
I predict that a Labour-Conservative pact will be the outcome of the May election.They agree on a raft of key issues which would rule out coalitions with smaller parties:
keeping the unionstaying in…Read more…
Labour leader Ed Miliband announced today that he wants to address a concern that unions have been raising about migration: its use by unscrupulous employers (and, indeed, any employer who thinks they can get away with it) to cut their labour costs by undermining previous terms and conditions. The…Read more…
Today I was driving solo back to London from a difficult but I think constructive hearing in Cambridge and I heard this record for the first time in years on “Absolute Radio 1980s”. Turn volume up to maximum and sing-a-long time. This is a fantastic so…Read more…
The advent of, well, advent doesn’t spell a reduced workload in local government – on the contrary, next year’s budget proposals are emerging in local authorities up and down the country and – particularly in the deprived areas which this Government targets for the greatest reductions – things look…Read more…
The Department for Work and Pensions has just published their evaluation of the impact of the Benefit Cap in its first year. The Cap is a limit to the maximum amount of working age benefits a family can receive – for families with children, £500 a month. How has the policy fared? The…Read more…
The funding of local government has been notoriously complicated, subject as it has been to constant changes by governments in the methods of funding. However, since 1929 “it has been used to some degree to promote equalisation – that is, to ensure that the funding available to local authorities…Read more…
In solidarity and shared purpose, the international trade union delegation and its Peruvian hosts worked their socks off inside the Lima climate conference. Outside it, the Peoples Summit enriched the city centre, and 20,000 marched on the UN for climate justice. But the conference itself largely…Read more…
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn In the wake of Barnet “Commissioning” Councils plans to outsource 81% of the current workforce Barnet UNISON organised a poll of its members.
read moreRead more…
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn
To view eNEWS click here