Bass Maltings Short from Friwin on Vimeo.
When he is not on his ship off the coast of South America (month on, then month off) he is trying to set up a promotional video company with an old school friend. From close up weddings, naming ceremonies, busi…Read more…
For your information: Andrew Turner’s main players and friends have a long connection with Government.
Nicholas Finney https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nicholasfinney#background-experience Commissioner at Independent Transport Commission Portsmouth, United Kingdom Early career in the 1970’s was as an…Read more…
Vote against Keith Hellawell as director of Sports Direct
“VOTE AGAINST resolution 4 to re-elect Keith Hellawell as a Director of Sports Direct International PLC at the AGM 9/9/15
We believe that voting against the chair Keith Hellawell is appropriate in order to send a message about our concerns about mana…Read more…
Critical Dialogue and the Beginning of Infinity
Colleagues, I am just preparing a blog item on a long-standing area of interest around machine learning and the distribution of information/knowledge. In preparing for this I reflected on the purpose and value of this blog. I occasionally come across people who have read posts, but I…Read more…
Ireland- 80,000 protest for Right2Water
Over 80,000 take to the streets of Dublin to say water is a Human Right!Read more…
Dave Prentis – UNISON General Secretary election 2015
Just as the Labour Leadership election is coming to a close there is another important Labour Movement contest for 1.3 million UNISON members. The 5 yearly election of our General Secretary (GS).
I am supporting Dave Prentis to be re-elected as …Read more…
Special Branch Meeting
The Branch has arranged a A special meeting that will take place on the 10th September 2015, this has been arranged in light of the forth coming nominations for the National Presidents…Read more…
TUC calls for urgent enquiry after back-to-work deaths revealed
Commenting on figures published by the Department of Work and Pensions, which show that between 2011 and 2014 over 2,300 people died shortly after losing their claim for Employment Support Allowance…Read more…
Don’t be misled , Len McCluskey issues leadership clarification after Burnham email
Unite’s general secretary Len McCluskey has sent an email to the union’s members who have signed up to vote in the Labour leadership contest, clarifying that they have endorsed Jeremy Corbyn in the…Read more…
Evidence from the UNISON Housing Associations Branch to the Select Committee
“We are a London-based branch of the national trade union UNISON, which organises workers providing public services.
We organise over 3,000 workers across Greater London who are employed by housing associations and are recognised by most of the G…Read more…
US fast food workers get a legal boost
A ruling this week in the USA by the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has given a boost to unions, and the ‘alt.unions’ who are trying to build union organisation in the US fast food…Read more…
Osborne keeps piling up the debt
The House of Commons Library has just produced a briefing note, “Government borrowing, debt and debt interest: historical statistics and forecasts”. It shows historical statistics for Public sector net borrowing (PSNB) – current account borrowing; Public sector net debt (PSND) – government debt…Read more…
Banging the drum over pay
This year Glasgow’s homelessness caseworkers decided to go on strike. This is their story
The article Banging the drum over pay first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Local government pay offer made – ballot from 2 September
UNISON and the other SJC trade unions have been in negotiations with the Scottish Employers for a number of months on the issue of pay. We submitted a claim in November last year, the headline of which was an increase of £1 per hour. Unfortunately we were unable to convince the employers to make a flat rate increase in this pay round. It was also the case that the employers were prepared to offerRead more…
What an expert government body says about the Trade Union Bill
The government’s Trade Union Bill has taken a bit of a pounding lately. First there were the trade unions themselves, who are uniformly opposed to the bill. Then there was a joint letter from…Read more…
Ireland protest demands “refugees- let them in!”
The Irish Anti-War Movement called a protest at the EU Offices on Dawson Street, Dublin to highlight the inadequate response of the EU to the humanitarian refugee crisis.Read more…
The Budget Crisis on the Isle of Wight and the Political Demands on the Government:
The view of the Trades Council regarding the budget crisis for the Isle of Wight and the political demands on the Government regarding funding and the call to treat the island as a special case. In…Read more…
US workers win stunning legal victory
Labor Relations Board decision means that unions can bargain directly with corporations and not individually with franchises.Read more…
At risk: your BBC
It’s the time in the decade when the BBC’s Charter, granted by Parliament, comes up for review. The BBC’s enemies in government and the commercial media combine to throw at it everything…Read more…
Chief Constable’s resignation is an opportunity to look afresh at Police Scotland
The resignation of Sir Stephen House in itself isn’t a solution to the problems facing Police Scotland.
The Chief Constable of Police Scotland has decided to leave his post in December, some nine…Read more…