If you want your life to have meaning, if you want to be someone then stand up and be counted. Sitting on the fence, letting others do everything, is not an option some can take. They want to hold…Read more…
Priorities for health and care integration
Given the history of health and care integration, we should be wary of raising expectations over what the new bodies will be able to achieve
All Health Boards and Local Authorities in Scotland are…Read more…
PAY TALKS UPDATE RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2015 – NETWORK RAIL
Our Ref BR6/0001 Circular IR//15 2nd April 2015 TO ALL BRANCHES, REGIONAL COUNCILS AND REGIONAL OFFICES Dear Colleagues, PAY TALKS UPDATE RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2015 – NETWORK RAIL Our negotiating team…Read more…
The claim, the maths and the reality
As the general election campaign heats up, prime minister David Cameron made a startling claim on Monday night (March 30) – under his watch, he says, 1,000 jobs were created every day, an accomplishment he pledges to continue if a Conservative government were to be elected in May. Sounds great, but just how much […]
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Zero hours: Time to put a stop to this exploitation
Very few people in the UK today would not know about zero hours contracts. The Prime Minister himself said that he wouldn’t want to work on one…
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The Treacherous Decision-Makers at GKN must be Opposed.
The Rolls-Royce announcement after accepting Government cash and help from the region, disgraces management at the highest level. Last week the CTi manufacturing technology capability, along with…Read more…
Resolute in purpose
Workers at the Northampton plant of one of the world’s largest packaging firms have begun a 48-hour strike over the dismissal of two Unite shop stewards. Unite members at Smurfit Kappa, who had previously been working to rule, walked out at midnight (April 1) calling for their colleagues to be immediately reinstated. Speaking from […]
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CLASS: Labour’s “Business manifesto” – a work in progress?
Published on the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) blog, 1st April 2015 Ed Miliband’s speech to launch Labour’s “Business manifesto” is an important step in strengthening…Read more…
Tolpuddle 2015 tickets on sale today
Tickets are now available for this year’s South West TUC-organised event with Billy Bragg, Seth Lakeman and The BeatRead more…
Why TTIP is bad for workers
#NoTTIP The recent War on Want Manchester conference – ‘TTIP: Building the Fightback’ – included a presentation by Jeronim Capaldo of TUFTS University in the USA. Capaldo’s study, ‘The Trans-Atlantic…Read more…
20 days to go. Are you one in a million? Don’t be
1 million people have fallen off the electoral roll since the government changed the way we register to vote back in September. Many won’t even know. If you’re a one in the million then you’ll miss out in the most important election in our times. But there’s still time to make sure that […]
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Election pledge: Tories to ban trade unions from public sector
Conservatives fight back against “excessive” wage claims in the NHSRead more…
100 business cheats: Labour threatens our cosy fat cat life
“Today big Tory Business lines up to attack ED Miliband and Labour by sending a letter to a right wing paper saying it would be a disaster if Labour are elected…. Look carefully at these companies and individuals.
They comprise of Corporate Tax Dod…Read more…
Austerity can lead to mental health issues at work, says report
Unions are finding ways of helping prevent mental health problems arising in the workplaceRead more…
Let’s Keep it Co-op Together.
If you are a member of the Co-op – check out this video on how to keep the co-operative partnership between the Co-op Group and the Co-op Party.
Work together in cooperation for a fairer Britain.Read more…
Possible Emergency Motion?
I’ve received the attached message from a branch I have never encountered before. I’m not sure I am in favour of it but am reproducing it here for any comments which readers have before our branch officers can meet to consider this at noon this Wednesday (1 April).
AN APPEAL TO UNISON BRANCHESDear…Read more…