Most of the contentious business was crammed into day one.It started lively, with conference decisively supporting my move to reject the Executive Council’s undemocratic Standing Orders. Despite knowing in advance that the challenge was coming the lead…Read more…
ACAS Early Conciliation and Trade Union Organising
http://m.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2056
Above is a link to the page on the website of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) where research papers are published. The most recent reviews the first year of (compulsory) “early co…Read more…
How to end poverty – trying the wrong way first
This week two announcements will be designed to set the government’s course for the next five years. It looks as though the definition of poverty and how it can be eliminated will be at the heart of this undertaking. On Saturday the TUC and the Child Poverty Action Group published a new report…Read more…
Tube strike on track after two unions reject bosses’ new offer
Tomorrow’s Tube strike is set to go ahead after two rail unions, ASLEF and TSSA, rejected London Underground’s offer with the third, RMT, recommending its executive this morning to do the same. Talks…Read more…
NUJ attacks BBC bosses for waving white flag over “shabby” licence fee deal
Union says cave-in will further weaken the BBC’s ability to survive as a public service broadcaster of worldwide reputeRead more…
“Our radios don’t work” – firefighters issue warning over terror attacks
Union says government cuts have impaired members’ ability to respond to incidentsRead more…
Greece after the referendum
I was pleased to be able to sponsor and speak at the Greece Solidarity Campaign/Jubilee Debt Campaign rally in solidarity with Greece at Congress House last night. Here’s what I said: Greece is…Read more…
ET fees are a huge victory for bad bosses, says TUC
ACAS research suggests fees are a major deterrent for individuals taking their claims to employment tribunalsRead more…
What has commissioning meant for workers?
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Safety commitment questioned
Today, Monday July 6 marks the tragic anniversary of the Piper Alpha oil rig explosion which claimed the lives of 167 workers and devastated a community. It happened 27 years ago in 1988. The…Read more…
Greece votes for democracy
Yesterday’s referendum in Greece on the terms of the bailout offered by the European Union offered a decisive answer to those seeking to continue with the route to austerity. By a margin of 62% to…Read more…
The imbalance of Osborne’s economy
London has shot ahead of other parts of the UK in growth and jobs since 2010 according to new research by the TUC. The London economy accounts for an even greater chunk of the UK economy and jobs…Read more…
Jeremy is Unite’s choice
Unite’s executive council has yesterday (Sunday July 5) voted to back Labour’s left candidate Jeremy Corbyn for leader of the party. The decision follows a multi-union hustings held on June 30 and…Read more…
Building an economy for all
Tory guru Steve Hilton has had a revelation: low pay causes poverty. From one Steve to another, welcome to the real world. But as your party is about to unveil its first full blue-blooded Tory…Read more…
Barnet UNISON Press Release: OVER ONE MILLION PEOPLE TO BE CONTACTED ABOUT BARNET STRIKE
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Over 1 million reasons to join the strike
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Unite backs Corbyn – what about UNISON?
http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/unite-announces-corbyn-one-burnham-two-in-labour-leader-vote/
The Executive Council of our sister Union, UNITE, has shown the elementary consistency of backing, in the election for Labour Leader, the candidate who most…Read more…
One London: under the coalition, the capital’s economy moved even further from the rest of the UK
As the government’s flagship regional initiative seemingly flounders under the failings of investment in the railways and ahead of potential Budget announcements, it is worth reviewing just how far the regional reality is from the rhetoric. For over the period of the coalition, London moved even…Read more…
The Kindertransport “hero” Sir Nicholas Winton RIP
On the way back home on Saturday from the UNISON Labour Link forum in Manchester, I went through London Liverpool Street Railway station.
At the station I passed the statues of the “Kindertransport” children who were rescued from Nazi Europe and arriv…Read more…
Follow GLI’s International Summer School online
Event brings together more than 100 activists to debate the politics of the international trade union movementRead more…