In this session the Communities and Local Government Committee will examine the evidence presented on the Channel 4 Dispatches programme of Monday 6 July 2015 regarding local councils and lender option, borrower option loans.
Inquiry: Lo…Read more…
West Ham Labour Party Nomination for Leader, Deputy & City & East Thursday 23rd July 2015
“You are invited to West Ham CLP’s all member meeting to nominate our candidates for Leader and Deputy Leader and our candidate to stand for City and East London constituency for the London Assembly in 2016.
When and where:
When: 7.30pm on Thursday 23 July
Where: Vicarage Lane Community Centre,…Read more…
Tata Steel pensions dispute ends
The pensions’ dispute at Tata Steel that brought the company to the brink of the biggest industrial dispute in 35 years has ended. Members of all four unions at the company have voted to…Read more…
Cable brings a fresh new voice to Bristol’s media
THE fourth edition of ‘The Bristol Cable’, the city’s new investigative magazine, hit the streets in July 2015.. Produced every two months by a publishing co-operative which already…Read more…
Winners announced for Bristol NUJ student prize
STUDENTS on journalism courses at the University of the West of England have been told the winners in the annual Bristol NUJ student awards. Prizes are given to the best pieces of investigative work…Read more…
Through adversity comes solidarity
New jobless figures released today (July 15) reveal a fragile economic recovery potentially going into reverse – unemployment has risen for the first time in two years. But the latest figures…Read more…
Today’s employment statistics
I have a post at Left Foot Forward looking at today’s labour market figures. I argue that it’s important not to read too much into one month’s figures, but it is worrying if this country can achieve decent jobs growth or adequate earnings but never both.
The post Today’s…Read more…
Mediawise to move out of UWE
THE journalism ethics charity MediaWise is severing its connection with the University of the West of England after eight years. It is moving closer to the city centre at Unit 303, Deben House, 1-5…Read more…
Future Energy Scenarios
Planning the UK’s energy future is a difficult task and getting more challenging. A secure, sustainable and affordable energy supply should be a priority for any government.
National Grid has today…Read more…
The Working Class Festival Which Is the Durham Miners Gala
In the wake of the May 7 Conservative electoral coup, the 131st Durham Miners Gala and Big Meeting on July 11 affirmed the role of the working class as being at the centre of modern developments. The…Read more…
Unions respond to the Government’s Trade Union Bill
The Government has published the Trade Union Bill and drawn criticism from across the movement, writing on the touchstone blog, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “The…Read more…
Massive attack
Criminalising pickets, a green light for the creation of specialist strike-busting agencies, attacks on trade union campaigning and links to the Labour Party. The Tories have announced a wide…Read more…
Onslaught against workers
Union members from across shipbuilding and engineering today (July 15) slammed the government’s Trade Union Bill, as unjust and in favour of employers. Moving an emergency motion, Unite…Read more…
Union solidarity saves the day
Last night (Tuesday July 14) ex-Unite shop steward Paul and his daughter Roisin were still safe in their home after a judge at Croydon Crown Court granted a seven day stay of eviction. Paul…Read more…
Denying workers a voice
Ministers were urged to rethink the restrictive proposals in the Trade Union bill that threaten to cast unions as ‘the enemy within’, Unite said today (July 15). Unite said the best way to…Read more…
A Brief history of the Anti-Union Laws since 1980
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The Nazis banned unions – that’s what the Tories are trying to do
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Trade Unions Bill: Unfair, unnecessary and undemocratic
Today the government will publish its Trade Unions Bill – a grossly unfair package of measures that will tip the balance of power in the workplace. The proposals will make getting a much-needed pay rise, stopping job losses or negotiating better conditions at work much more difficult. They’ll make…Read more…
Pizza Express, stop thieving staff tips!
To: Richard Hodgson, CEO Pizza Express 2,969
of 3,000signaturesPizza Express is cheating staff of their fair tips. The 8% ‘admin fee’ it deducts from credit card tips should be scrapped with 100% of tips going to staff– no deductions, no excuses.Why is this important?Pizza Express rightly…Read more…
Swaziland: is the pressure working?
We’ve been pressing for a change of course in Swaziland for many years. It’s Africa’s last feudal dictatorship. It has the world’s highest rate of HIV-AIDS infection. And…Read more…