Mark Serwotka says unions must come together to defend jobs, living standards, our NHS and our welfare stateRead more…
“Pick yourself up, dust yourself down and start all over again!”
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TUC warns strikes will be “close to impossible” under new government
Frances O’Grady says David Cameron will face an unprecedented campaign from Britain’s unions against this attack on the basic rights of people at workRead more…
Unions call for Murphy’s head
ASLEF and Unite say Scottish leader must stand down after disastrous General Election resultsRead more…
Health and safety – Time to return to basics
After five years of unrelenting attacks on health and safety from all sides, many activists were hoping to see a change in direction after the election. Labour had promised to prioritise the…Read more…
Turkish Entanglement
DIFFERENT REPORTING. Mail didn’t have name or photograph. Turkish papers, evidently better briefed, had both, and claimed to know whom arrested Brit had been working for. …Read more…
Why we lost and what are we going to do about it?
) Labour have a mountain to climb (see very subtle picture left) but we should not in my view be totally beating ourselves up over our performance on Thursday.
Everyone has an opinion nowadays and these are my views for better or for worse. …Read more…
After the General Election…
The NUT is party politically independent and always has been. However, like many NUT members, I was involved in the General Election campaigns, fighting hard to avoid the outcome that we got on…Read more…
A quarter of National Express shareholders revolt over labour rights
One of the things some people won’t have noticed in the aftermath of the election is a very significant shareholder revolt at National Express over labour rights at its AGM last week.
A group of shareholders including LAPFF members had filed a resolut…Read more…
Let’s not follow the Leader?
http://labourlist.org/2015/05/who-might-stand-for-the-labour-leadership/
A generally unappealing bunch of career politicians appear set to contest the leadership of the Labour Party, with a relatively swift election which will put a new Party Leader in…Read more…
Some post-election thoughts
Well, that wasn’t pretty. As someone who has participated in elections since the age of 12, that one rates alongside 1979 and 1992 in terms of outcome, and possibly worse in terms of the campaign…Read more…
Disputed Victories
CELEBRATING DELIVERANCE. Rehobothers celebrating victory at Sam Khubis with traditional ‘lang-arm’ dance. But should Namibia’s president be welcome?
YESTERDAY’S commemorations of VE Day -…Read more…
The West Ham Count 2015 at the Olympic Velopark
I have mixed emotions looking at this collage. On the one hand we had a fantastic victory in West Ham that night with our Labour MP, Lyn Brown, being re-elected with a majority of 27,986 and 68.4% (increase of 5.8% from 2010) share of the vote. &n…Read more…
Ilford North snapshot – May 7th
There was loads of Labour Party and trade union supporters in Ilford North on Thursday, so this is only a limited snapshot of what went on that day.
Westhammers were there at 5am to deliver reminder leaflets (followed by a well deserved breakfast in t…Read more…
ACT NOW! Iranian regime persecutes trade unionists … again!
Last week, labour activists in Iran once again found themselves the target of persecution for exercising their legal and rightful trade union activities. The incidents include the reported arrest and…Read more…
How those who were too left to back Labour helped to ensure that the Tories got their majority…
The interests of the working class were served by those who voted Labour last Thursday, for all that our Party is dominated by those who won’t do enough to defend our interests (and that our trade unions are led by those who consistently refuse to do a…Read more…
Last Call for UNISON NEC Elections 2015…..
This election finishes 5pm Friday 15 May so there is still time to check your paperwork, find your postal ballot paper and vote.
I am standing for re-election as a National Executive Committee member for Community (Housing Associations …Read more…
Standing strong requires change
http://www.unison.org.uk/news/general-secretarys-blog/your-voice
Our General Secretary was right to affirm, in his post-election message, that UNISON must stand firm for our members in the face of the new Tory Government.
We face a double onslaught, in…Read more…
What next for organised labour?
Colleagues,
Without doubt the 2015 general election outcomes present organised labour with considerable short and long-term challenges.
Len McCluskey’s statement represents, I feel, an important state of preparedness in what will clearly be a d…Read more…
Westhammers Labour Victory 7 May 2015
This is the picture of the West Ham Labour Party election count team from 04.30 am this morning with our two successful candidates, Lyn Brown MP and Cllr Charlene McLean. This was at the Olympic Velopark.
Lyn was re-elected as our Member of Parliament…Read more…