This has been sent to all West Ham Labour Party members by Lyn.
“Firstly, I want to say a huge thank you for all your hard work and dedication during the General Election campaign. I am truly grateful for the support you have shown me and our party. It…Read more…
Why Coke, VISA, McDonalds, Adidas, Kia & Hyundai are nothing more than human rights abusers
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…
The Common People (Remember this is what tories do)
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.
Queen’s speech and Scotland briefing
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…
A Queen’s speech that divides the nation
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…
How you can support Barnet Council workers taking strike action.
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#QueensSpeech 2015: Immigration Bill will fuel undercutting and hostility
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…
A lesson from the past about the future of DOCAS
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…
Osborne’s economic failure leaves borrowing for 2014/15 £50bn higher than planned
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…
#QueensSpeech 2015: Referendum Bill raises yet more questions
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…
Tory ‘toothless’ hours law
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…
Why take on trade unions ahead of the Paris climate treaty talks?
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…
The trade agreement that threatens our safety.
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…
More Right to Buy – what will go wrong
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…
The Four Big Myths of UK Rail Privatisation
Rail privatisation was promoted in the early 1990s in the UK with promises of a better, cheaper service for rail users and reduced taxpayer subsidy. Private rail companies, it was argued, would bring…Read more…
Help With School Uniform Costs
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…
Back to 1927 for our political funds – and what are the implications for DOCAS?
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#QueensSpeech 2015: nothing to say on international development?
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…
Trade Union Bill
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…
Hanging in the balance
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…