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In what will be the first of at least a couple of posts I feel the need to re-but the entirely inaccurate, biased and poorly researched attempts by the BBC recently to allege that Ruskin College is diminishing its founding principles throu…Read more…
Jeremy Corbyn has been as consistent as he has been persistent in thirty two years in Parliament as a socialist advocate for working people.
There are a thousand positive things I want to say about his decision to seek nominations in the election for Labour Leader, but for now I shall say just…Read more…
The latest trade union membership figures and statistics published by the Department of Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) in its statistical bulletin shows union membership for 2014 in the UK…Read more…
This is a reminder about the survey that all UNISON members who are in Greater London region (and are part of the Applied political Fund APF – also known as Labour Link) received last week.
UNISON is I think the only union affiliated to the Labour Par…Read more…
Weakening workers’ rights will not win votes to stay in the EU, says the TUC today (Wednesday). TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady will spell out a strong message on the EU referendum as she…Read more…
Notley is leader of the first NDP government in Alberta, elected in 54 of 87 seats in the Legislature. The Alberta Progressive Conservatives had been in power for almost 44 years, the longest stretch…Read more…
Robert Peston BBC There is something wonderfully mad about the idea that if Greece’s creditors can agree on a bailout, which they have done, that represents important progress. Because, as…Read more…
Corporate tax dodging was front and centre in the most recent election campaign, with leaders on both sides of the political spectrum pledging to take action against tax dodgers. Many of us…Read more…
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/trade-union-statistics-2014
The neither-good-nor-bad news is that UK trade union membership has been broadly static in the last year, according to the official data issued today.
Most of the movements, in absolu…Read more…
Wednesday 3 June 2015
UNISON is calling on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, to uphold the Scottish Government promise that there would be no compulsory redundancies in Further Education sector because of the College Regionalisation programme.
Thirteen catering staff at Glasgow Kelvin College are under threat of compulsory redundancy.
Mandy McDowall, UNISON regional organiser for furtherRead more…
The Office of National Statistics collects data on trade union membership every year and they’ve just released their report. You can read it yourself here, but for those who don’t have…Read more…
Following her announcement that 1000 ‘failing’ schools would be converted into academies, Nicky Morgan was questioned repeatedly this morning about how many of those ‘failing’ schools are, in fact,…Read more…
Unite negotiators have suspended strike action after the management of a Northern Ireland news distribution firm offering a significantly improved pay offer to its workers, many of whom are paid…Read more…
Politics is a battle of ideas and if the voters don’t agree with yours they can let you know in no uncertain terms. We should all be thankful for that, even if as a Labour MP that message hurts right…Read more…
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See my previous post here and this report was in the UNISON national efocus newsletter today.
“Demanding an apology
Filipino nurses – including many UNISON members – protested outside the offices of the Daily Mail at the weekend to demand an apology …Read more…
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Angela made her first speech today at the House of Commons. I’ve asked Mark to upload this to YouTube so it can be shared. In the meanwhile here is her superb victory speech from 8 May. Everyone who knows Angela is so proud of her and what she has achi…Read more…
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How far does Cameron want to shrink the state? Ask Barnet’s binmen –
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