The European Parliament votes soon on a resolution on the controversial TTIP trade agreement.Read more…
UNISON warning over public services in Stirling and Clacks
Friday 22 May 2015
Council staff have grave concerns about the future of public services in Stirling and Clackmannanshire, says UNISON.
UNISON will present a report to senior managers in both Stirling and Clackmannanshire Councils today which raise grave concerns about plans to run Clackmannanshire’s education services from Stirling, and Stirling’s social care services from ClackmannanshireRead more…
A year on…
Facebook sent a reminder this morning of this picture. I cannot believe it is a year since the Newham Council elections 2014.
I have been a Councillor now for just over 5 years.
It will be good to reflect on what I have done, what I haven’t done and …Read more…
The funding sting in the tail of Devo Manc
UNISON North West has produced an excellent policy statement on Devo Manc. They are rightly concerned by the blurred lines of accountability, future funding and how services will be delivered or…Read more…
Disabled workers in Great Britain: What now?
The TUC released a comprehensive report today revealing just how little progress for disabled people in the workforce was achieved under the 2010-15 government. The headline employment and unemployment rate figures paint a picture of essential stagnati…Read more…
List of London Labour Mayoral applicants
Dear colleague,
Further to my earlier email, the list of applicants for the London Mayoral selection is:
Diane AbbottTessa JowellKeran KeraiSadiq KhanDavid LammyNeeraj PatilGareth ThomasChristian WolmarConstitue…Read more…
West Ham CLP London Mayor Nomination meeting – 28 May
Labour’s London Mayor Nomination – 28 May 2015
I would like to invite you to West Ham Labour party’s all-member meeting on 28 May where we will decide whether to nominate candidates to stand for London Mayor.
After we’ve finished making nominations we hope you will stay and join us for a…Read more…
Worst paid job in UK
Waiting tables is, according to the latest figures, the worst paid job in the UK. The vast majority of waiters are on the minimum wage, barely eking out a living from profit-flush companies,…Read more…
Promising little, delivering less: Qatar fails its migrant workers
It’s a resounding defeat for the workers. In five areas there has been limited progress. In four areas there’s been … nothing at all. After all the promises.
The post Promising little, delivering less: Qatar fails its migrant workers appeared first on ToUChstone blog.Read more…
The threat to DOCAS is real and imminent – we ignore it at our peril
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The TUC’s 2015 election post-mortem poll
When the TUC commissioned a poll to go straight into the field the day after the election, we had no idea what the result would be. Now it has a painful relevance to Labour’s post mortem, and emerging leadership debate. As the TUC is making the poll’s findings public – and it is available…Read more…
‘Pinchers Express’
On National Waiters’ Day (May 21) Unite hospitality members held a protest outside Pizza Express’ flagship restaurant in Charing Cross Road, Leicester Square. Six years ago…Read more…
70th Anniversary of the Victory against Fascism
The Liberation of Europe from Nazi Fascism Commemorative events took place across Britain from May 8-10 to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day. The three days were in stark…Read more…
Ireland and marriage: stepping out of the darkness
Tomorrow, Friday 21st of May, Ireland will have a referendum on whether two people of the same gender can marry. It’s the first country in the world to do so, and a long journey from 1995, when it was forced by Europe to decriminalise “male homosexual acts”. Why a referendum?…Read more…
NI Water workers wage win
A dispute among NI Water workers, which began over the Christmas season, has come to an end after members officially accepted an increased pay offer on Wednesday (May 20), which was just recently…Read more…
Scotland united against austerity – Demo in Glasgow 20 June 2015
The STUC, in partnership with organisations comprising the People’s Assembly in Scotland will hold a major anti-austerity rally in George Square, Glasgow, on Saturday 20 June.
The event, now entitled, “Scotland United Against Austerity”, will take place on the same day as a number of rallies throughout the UK. The event in Glasgow will take the form of a rally and will be taken forward inRead more…
Searching for Justice for Jeremiah Duggan
JEREMIAH DUGGAN. Unlikely ‘suicide’. Normally cheerful student ‘phoned home in terror before meeting his death at Wiesbaden.
A LONDON family’s long search for truth and justice for the…Read more…
Red Line Voting
“I’m writing to invite you to play a part in bringing into being, on 24th June, a new asset-owner approach to engagement and voting. It will open the way to restoring asset owner control over engagement and voting policies relating to investments held in pooled funds.
The Association of…Read more…
ILO issues global inequality warning
The warnings and predictions just keep on coming. Following the World Bank statement earlier this year that the rise in Global Inequality is partly due to the decline of trade unions, the…Read more…
Collective Bargaining, What’s It Good For?
If you really want to tackle low pay and inequality in this country then find out how by watching this video. Read more…