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Nasty business in Bromley
Eviction threat to diabetic carer and daughter AS a responsible council worker and trade unionist, Paul Rooney thought it his duty to criticize the policy and workings of Tory-controlled…Read more…
Organise and win – like the Chainmakers
Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland (pictured left) on Sunday (July 12) helped Midlands trade unionists celebrate the successful achievements of 800 striking women Chainmakers in 1910 by…Read more…
Missing skills emergencies
The UK is now facing an emergency skills crisis in key sectors including manufacturing, construction, science and engineering, the Confederation of British Industry warned today (July 13). The…Read more…
Building on sand
‘Fixing The Foundations’, the government’s plan to ‘boost productivity, was launched this week by business secretary Sajid Javid. Addressing workers at a UK automotive factory, Javid talked…Read more…
The shambles that wrecks lives
More than 30 Unite Community activists and local residents protested outside an ex Unite shop steward’s house today (Monday July 13) to stop bailiff’s evicting him and his severely disabled daughter….Read more…
UCATT: Fresh demonstrations planned in London after Living Wage blocked
13 July 2015 Construction union UCATT are planning to hold a fresh wave of demonstrations, after employers blocked proposals to ensure that workers employed under the largest construction agreement…Read more…
Apprentices levy: government skills policy paradigm shift
It’s a game changer – that is the general reaction to the news of a levy on large employers to pay for apprentices. It has met with much surprise too. Is this really what we expect from a Conservative government? Something that three successive Labour governments felt was a step too far?…Read more…
Council signs up to Fight for 5
We have just learned that a Unite young activist has signed his employer up to Unite’s #fightfor5 pledge for decent work for all. Joe McGurk (pictured), who is part of Unite’s youth committee and…Read more…
The passion and the colour
It was cheers all round for Unite general secretary Len McCluskey when he announced at Saturday’s (July 11) 150,000 strong Durham Miners’ Gala that, “Unite has signed up 50,000 of our members to take…Read more…
Local government workers in firing line of tax credit cuts
The outrage at Harriet Harman’s refusal to oppose outright the Tory £4.5bn raid on tax credits is in contrast to the muted response to Labour front bench’s equally unprincipled support for George…Read more…
“F*cking union faggot” – UNISON activist targeted in hate crime
Barnet UNISON branch chair says union will not be silencedRead more…
Union delivers Post Office strike threat
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Unite community members protest against “criminal” Lambeth housing plan
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“Newham Needs”
So far I haven’t heard whether the Budget last week will have any impact on the £50 million saving that Newham Council believes it will have to achieve next year.
This is on top of £106 million cut in government funding during the last five years. The government not only want to reduce public…Read more…
Clinton campaign undermined on the streets of Tegucigalpa
HONDURANS denounce corruption.
WITH all eyes on Greece, and how far its people can defy the bankers, the IMF, the European Union’s commissioners, and those Germans who insensitively forget…Read more…
Harriet Harman – A Modest Proposal
http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.htmlHarriet Harman has reportedly claimed (without mandate or authority) that the Labour Party will not oppose the restriction of child tax credits so that they shall bring no additional benefit to households where the pa…Read more…
USW Toronto :Crown Packaging Workers Have “Tentative” Deal
The 22 month strike at Crown Packaging in Toronto looks like it could be over soon. A tentative agreement reached in the last week. 120 USW members at Crown Holdings Inc.’s Toronto plant have…Read more…
Redbridge Schools Fairness Conference
On Thursday I went to Beal High School in Clayhall to observe a conference run by Redbridge Schools on “Fairness”.
I am a member of the Redbridge Council Fairness Commission which has been set up to investigate poverty and inequality in the Borough an…Read more…
TUC updates its status on “Productivity” :
Sharing growth with workers will help boost productivity, says TUC 10 July 2015 Commenting on the publication today of the government’s productivity plan, TUC General Secretary, Frances O’Grady said:…Read more…