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Why Coke, VISA, McDonalds, Adidas, Kia & Hyundai are nothing more than human rights abusers

May 27, 2015By John's Labour blog

I have just sent this email below to the CEO’s of human rights abusers – Coke, VISA, McDonalds, Adidas, Kia & Hyundai.

The TV news tonight begins with the arrest and charges of FIFA officials with corruption. This is serious but the needless death…Read more…

May 27, 2015John's Labour blog

The Common People (Remember this is what tories do)

May 27, 2015By John's Labour blog

There is huge anger tonight inside and outside Parliament about Cameron’s first full Tory Queen Speech. There are also bad tempered (but tiny) protests outside Downing Street and of course lots of noise on social media. People seem genuinely shocked.

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May 27, 2015John's Labour blog

Queen’s speech and Scotland briefing

May 27, 2015By UNISON Scotland

See UNISON Scotland’s policy briefing ‘Queen’s Speech: UK government programme and Scotland’ at http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/briefings/b065_PolicyBrief_QueensSpeech.pdfRead more…

May 27, 2015UNISON Scotland

A Queen’s speech that divides the nation

May 27, 2015By Dave Watson

Today’s Queen’s speech is motley collection of proposed bills that fails to address the big issues facing the UK. Far from being a plan for ‘working people’, it further concentrates power in the…Read more…

May 27, 2015Dave Watson

How you can support Barnet Council workers taking strike action.

May 27, 2015By Barnet UNISON

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May 27, 2015Barnet UNISON

#QueensSpeech 2015: Immigration Bill will fuel undercutting and hostility

May 27, 2015By Touchstone blog

Today measures for a new Immigration Bill were announced in the Queen’s Speech.  The Bill sets out a fundamentally contradictory position, first aired by David Cameron in a speech last week, that you can tackle exploitation of workers by taking their rights away. Helping bad bosses The Bill will…Read more…

May 27, 2015Touchstone blog

A lesson from the past about the future of DOCAS

May 27, 2015By Jon's union blog

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/employers-end-union-dues-collection-deal-1456076.html
The link above is to a twenty two year old story about how (then) public sector employers, British Coal and British Rail, used the withdrawal of what was then ca…Read more…

May 27, 2015Jon's union blog

Osborne’s economic failure leaves borrowing for 2014/15 £50bn higher than planned

May 27, 2015By Rtuc's Blog

Commenting on the publication (Friday) by the Office for National Statistics of the latest public sector borrowing figures, which show that the updated deficit for 2014/15 of £87.7bn was £50bn larger…Read more…

May 27, 2015Rtuc's Blog

#QueensSpeech 2015: Referendum Bill raises yet more questions

May 27, 2015By Touchstone blog

The Queen’s Speech today was silent on the hugely important issue of the negotiating strategy the government intends to pursue ahead of the EU referendum, and few other questions were answered by the references to the Bill we expect to see published tomorrow. Speak softly and run like hell…Read more…

May 27, 2015Touchstone blog

Tory ‘toothless’ hours law

May 27, 2015By UNITElive

A key coalition government measure came into force on Tuesday (May 26) – the banning of exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts.   Now, employers cannot block workers who are on the…Read more…

May 27, 2015UNITElive

Why take on trade unions ahead of the Paris climate treaty talks?

May 27, 2015By Touchstone blog

The TUC backs campaigns for green jobs and supports trade union efforts that green the workplace to good effect through energy saving schemes. Unions support investment in energy productivity because official data shows that the average rate of UK comm…Read more…

May 27, 2015Touchstone blog

The trade agreement that threatens our safety.

May 27, 2015By Stronger Unions

Last year I wrote about the dangers to health and safety from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) where the European Commission and US Government want to reduce “barriers” to…Read more…

May 27, 2015Stronger Unions

More Right to Buy – what will go wrong

May 27, 2015By Touchstone blog

Right to Buy likely to go wrong Worryingly the Queen’s Speech confirms that there will be a bill to extend the Right to Buy to tenants in Housing Associations.  The TUC opposes this measure on two grounds; that the funding model of housing associations would be seriously damaged by such a…Read more…

May 27, 2015Touchstone blog

Help With School Uniform Costs

May 27, 2015By City of Stoke on Trent UNISON

Unison’s Welfare Charity There For You is once again offering support to Unison members on a low income with school uniform costs by way of a one off payment of up to £120. Conditions and criteria apply. The closing date … Continue reading →Read more…

May 27, 2015City of Stoke on Trent UNISON

Back to 1927 for our political funds – and what are the implications for DOCAS?

May 27, 2015By Jon's union blog

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May 27, 2015Jon's union blog

#QueensSpeech 2015: nothing to say on international development?

May 27, 2015By Touchstone blog

Everyone agrees that this is a crucial year for international development. The Millennium Development Goals expire this year, and will be replaced at the UN General Assembly in September with 17 sustainable development goals, aiming to eradicate global…Read more…

May 27, 2015Touchstone blog

Trade Union Bill

May 27, 2015By Institute of Employment Rights Blog

27 May 2015
By Carolyn Jones, Director Institute of Employment Right

The Trade Union Bill announced in the Queen’s speech holds few surprises. We knew it was coming. The Tories and their big…Read more…

May 27, 2015Institute of Employment Rights Blog

Hanging in the balance

May 27, 2015By UNITElive

The future of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB) hangs in the balance as the new Scottish government look at the option of scrapping it yet again in a consultation set to close at the end…Read more…

May 27, 2015UNITElive

People are not your priority, Mr Cameron

May 27, 2015By UNITElive

Commenting on today’s Queen’s Speech, Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey said,   “Given the profound challenges facing this nation, it is staggering that a priority for this government is…Read more…

May 27, 2015UNITElive

Hereditary monarch promises “reform” of democratic working class organisations.

May 27, 2015By Jon's union blog

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May 27, 2015Jon's union blog
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