DROR FEILER, aboard aid vessel Juliano, named after Juliano Mer-Khamis, director of the Jenin Freedom Theatre, who was murdered in 2011. This boat was sabotaged while in Greek harbour….
Performance-related problems
There is a very good piece by Anthony Hilton in the Standard today taking a swing at the mainstream corp gov approach to executive pay. No surprise, but I agree with pretty much all of it but there’s one thing in particular that leapt out today –
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Eastenders and cowardly terrorists
Just heard some good news that a mate and East London Housing UNISON colleague, his family and friends staying at the Sousse resort in Tunisia were in a different hotel and unharmed in the recent cowardly massacre. They have though still decided to sta…
Winchester could be split over plans to form a devolved super authority for south Hampshire
Winchester could join Southampton and Portsmouth in a new Solent City authority Hampshire Chronicle Duncan Geddes, Reporter ( Nov. 2014) WINCHESTER district could be cut in half under plans to form…
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Scottish ferry workers strike in privatisation row
RMT members at CalMac walk out over prospect of Serco winning contract to operate services across Clyde, inner Hebrides and Western Isles. Severin Carrell Scotland correspondent Islanders and…
Down in the Tube station at midnight?
London Underground workers, members of Unite, the country’s largest union, have voted strongly in favour of strike action in a dispute over the introduction of all-night Tube services from September….
Changing London…Discussion event Thursday July 2nd 8pm Forest Gate
Newham’s youngest Councillor, Seyi Akiwowo, asked, me to give this event “a shout”.
“Dear Friends
Forest Gate North Labour is hosting a ‘Changing London’ event on Thursday 2nd July from 8-9.30pm
at Coffee7, Sebert Road (opposite Forest Gate Station…
Hot and bothered?
You know what it can be like at work – one person feels boiling hot, another is wearing their hat and scarf – the temperature is never exactly right. But in this current heatwave with the…
Carry on nursing
More than half of nurses think they know little about what revalidation is and less than half of them think it will actually improve care. In a survey carried out by Unite’s community nurses…
Boss purrs as workers scratch for wage rise
Reports that Dairy Crest’s chief executive will skim off a £1.2m bonus in a proposed takeover deal, while the workers are being offered a miserly pay rise was branded as ‘rank hypocrisy’ by Unite…
Community leaders march on Parliament:
England’s 9,000 parish councils are marching on the Houses of Parliament on 30 June 2015 in a ‘lobby day’ to meet with Members of Parliament. Scores of local (parish and town) council representatives…
Hatfield mine to close: Imported coal will fuel the Northern Powerhouse
Employee-owned Hatfield Colliery, Yorkshire, has ceased production of coal 12 months earlier than planned. BIS Minister Anna Soubry reportedly refused a last minute request by local MP Ed Miliband and the mine’s chair, John Grogan, to provide a £12m loan to the mine to stay open for a further year….
UPDATE: TSSA members join RMT members in voting for Tube strike action
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Same old story: households having to run down savings and calling a halt to deleveraging
For 2015Q1 GDP growth is now estimated at 0.4% (revised up from 0.3%). Growth was last lower than this in 2012 (Q4 when it was -0.4%), at the height of worries about the double dip, and with the Chancellor poised to reign in his austerity policies. Whi…Read more…
Isle of Wight Council to be Combined Authority
It has long been known that the Isle of Wight Council would eventually be dismantled by the Government. A recent letter to Government by Isle of Wight council is open to the idea of being brought…
Trade unions quiz Labour leadership hopefuls live at 11am
8 ways you can help #BarnetStrikers
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