Union says investigation should be carried out into incident at Kings Bradford AcademyRead more…
CWU warns of threat to daily delivery following Royal Mail sell-off
Union slams government’s “total disregard” of public voice within the companyRead more…
Spying on the Victims
FAMILY of Jean Charles de Menezes held gathering outside Stockwell tube station where he was killed. This was early in January, 2006. Below, the big guy on the left was using a big camera…Read more…
High Representative of the European Union receives Cuban First Vice President:
Díaz-Canel is heading the Cuban delegation to the CELAC-EU Summit, bringing together representatives of 61 countries and international organizations in the Belgian capital Author: Prensa Latina(PL)…Read more…
U.S. State Department identifies Posada Carriles as planner of 1976 terrorist attack
A declassified 1976 State Department document, released June 3, identifies Luis Posada Carriles as the most likely author of a terrorist attack on a Cuban airliner, which took the lives of all 76…Read more…
People and services first
Bromley residents are being urged to take a stand against the mass privatisation of their local council services at the People and Services First march on Saturday (June 13), assembling at noon at…Read more…
George’s economic mind-bender
If the Tories were not already planning new laws to prohibit mind bending legal highs then Osborne’s speech to the London banker’s dinner last night would force their hand. It seems as if more…Read more…
BREAKING: union rep likely to have been unfairly dismissed, tribunal rules
Judge finds PCS member Candy Udwin to have acted legitimately over National Gallery privatisationRead more…
From the ground up
Unite members at the Port of Immingham are leading a global charge to drastically increase the power of trade unions. A new “hub” office has been opened at Immingham, the…Read more…
What does the Labour leadership election mean for the radical left?
My article below first appeared on Novaramedia.
Apologies for the long break in updates to this blog. I’ve been unwell, but hope to gradually resume normal service now.
What does the Labour leadership election mean for the radical left?
Workplace issues: taking up the issues with the new government
10 June 2015
By Roger Jeary
In its first event since the general election, the Institute examined the consequences for trade unionists at this conference held at Unite HQ in Holborn. The election…Read more…
£13bn taxpayer rip-off
By selling off the public stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland, George Osborne is short-changing the public and wasting a historic chance to bring needed change to Britain’s banks, warned Unite….Read more…
HSBC: adding insult to injury
The massive jobs cull announced by HSBC on Tuesday (June 9), in which 8,000 posts will be axed over the next two years, is only the latest instance of the bank’s blatant disregard for its most…Read more…
END AUSTERITY NOW – NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY 20TH JUNE
TO ALL BRANCH OFFICIALS AND RMT ACTIVISTS – WESSEX REGION Dear Colleagues, END AUSTERITY NOW – NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY 20TH JUNE On Saturday 20th June 2015 there…Read more…
Cameron’s new migration plans: skills gaps & undercutting need to be divorced from fantasy targets
Yesterday David Cameron announced that he had written to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), the independent body which advises the Home Office on migration policy, asking them to look into ways of reducing non-EU migration for work to the UK in the following ways: restricting work visas to…Read more…
NHS union to discuss pay bargaining
Date: Thursday 11 June 2015
Over 60 stewards and union staff from NHS union UNISON meet in Ayr today (Thurs) to plan the union’s future strategy on pay in NHS Scotland.
Speaking at the annual policy event Tam Waterson Chairperson of the Scottish Health Committee said: “UNISON believes in the NHS and UK bargaining on pay and conditions, however our members across the UK have experiencedRead more…
Public Services are trapped in an EU market straitjacket
A much neglected aspect of the ‘European debate’ is the extent to which the EU is a driving force for the liberalisation and privatisation of public services. Judith Clifton writing for the LSE’s…Read more…
IMPORTANT NEWS: Unified Pay not likely to be in place before March 2016.
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UNISON welcomes call from Reform Scotland to review 1000 extra police officers policy
Date: Thursday 11 June 2015
UNISON Scotland welcomes the report from Reform Scotland The Thinning Blue Line released today (Thursday 11 June 2015).
This report mirrors much of what UNISON said at the time Police Scotland was being proposed. UNISON agrees with Reform Scotland that we should: give local authorities more say in local policing; reform the Police Scotland board to make policeRead more…
What Amazon Isn’t Telling You (ripping off its workers, evading taxes and its bosses lining their pockets)
Hi John,On Wednesday, Amazon bosses will be schmoozing with their shareholders at the big company annual meeting. CEO Jeff Bezos will be boasting record sales. But we’ve teamed up with some Amazon workers to make sure that’s not the only story that gets told.Will you share this video to make sure…Read more…