The Stoke Trade Union Studies Unit at Stoke College is under direct threat of closure. It’s too valuable a local resource to lose. Please read, sign & pass on the petition on 38Degrees website. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-trade-union-studies-in-stoke Read more…
Tory win could see HSBC leave UK
Not even the sound and fury of a general election campaign could obscure the magnitude of worry in recent days over HSBC’s future in this country. The banking giant has indicated it is giving…Read more…
The slowest ever recovery slows down again
Quarterly GDP growth is estimated at only 0.3% in 2015 Q1, half the rate of 0.6% seen in both Q3 and Q4 of 2014, and only a third of the 0.9% growth seen a year ago in 2014 Q1. The median view of commentators was for 0.5%, and 0.3% coincided with the most pessimistic of those…
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Workers Memorial Day – Remember the dead, but fight for the living
"Remember the dead, but fight for the living" is the rallying cry for International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) today. It commemorates those workers across the world who died as a consequence of their work. There are events planned in Scotland and across the world today.
Over 20,000 people die every year because of their work; most of these because of exposure to dangerous substances. SoRead more…
Workers Memorial Day – Remember the dead, but fight for the living
“Remember the dead, but fight for the living” is the rallying cry for International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) today. It commemorates those workers across the world who died as a consequence of…Read more…
Remembering Rana Plaza
High street chains must recognise their responsibility, or it’s only a matter of time until another avoidable disaster claims the lives of many more innocent workersRead more…
Trade unionism and collective bargaining – before and after the General Election
I’m pleased to see the UNISON website reporting the good news from Lambeth, where we have come to an agreement with the Council that shared parental leave will be paid at a rate equivalent to occupational maternity pay.Whatever happens in the General Election, trade unions will continue to try to…Read more…
“Remember the dead, fight for the living” – UK unions mark International Workers Memorial Day
The theme of this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day is removing exposure to hazardous substancesRead more…
Working UK-style 2015
Some of the stories coming out of billionaire Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct warehouse are barely credible. But the stories remain undocumented because many of the staff – most of them from…Read more…
Incalculable human cost
On Workers Memorial Day we remember the dead and fight for the living. With only days to go for the most important general election in a generation today’s (April 28) Workers Memorial Day has…Read more…
Striking lecturers refuse to take part in redundancy process
UCU members at Dundee University take action over job lossesRead more…
We will remember them
A Unite member who won an International Women’s Day award from Manchester City Council for campaigning for safer workplaces wants her fellow union members to participate in today’s…Read more…
Legacy of the Tories: living standards suffer first five-year fall on record
TUC says extreme austerity plans risk killing off recoveryRead more…
Bosses keep paying themselves far more than their companies earn
This is what happens when there are no employee representatives on company pay committees which decide what executives are paid.
If Labour win they will ensure that worker representatives are elected to every large company pay committee.
This shoul…Read more…
Will working families lose most again if the Conservatives cut £12bn from welfare?
The Institute for Fiscal Studies is set to release analysis tomorrow looking at the £12bn of welfare cuts that the Conservatives are proposing. We know already who the favourite targets were for George Osborne, the Conservative Chancellor, and Iain Duncan Smith, the Conservative Work and Pensions…Read more…
Zero-hours contracts just the tip of the iceberg for low-paid and insecure jobs
While zero hour contracts have dominated the media headlines recently, short hour contracts, along with other forms of insecure work are also making the lives of many workers difficult. Our recent analysis shows that in addition to the 700,000 workers …Read more…
Save our bus services
First West Yorkshire bus workers at the First Bradford bus depot are taking part in a two-day strike (April 27 and 28) in a protest over services. Click here to see a short clip from earlier today….Read more…
£2 an hour priests win pay justice
Sikh priests who were paid only £2 an hour and were victimised when they complained have won a stunning victory at an industrial tribunal, last week. The Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara temple in…Read more…
Inequality rules
Welcome to Britain – the most unequal country in Europe and nearly the most unequal in the developed world. Figures released recently have shown that while the vast majority of people in the…Read more…
Cleaners protest at Barbican Centre for London Living Wage
The cleaners at the Barbican Centre, which is owned by the City of London Corporation, protested on Saturday to demand the London Living Wage (LLW) and contractual sick pay.Read more…