Cuban Futures 2015 Saturday 3 October, 9.30am-5pm Congress House, London Want to know what’s happening in Cuba and the reality behind the headlines on US-Cuba relations? Then you need to come to the…Read more…
Tory Party March & Rally, October 4th
Sunday 4 October – “No to austerity, yes to workers’ rights” On Sunday 4 October, the Conservative party will open their annual conference in Manchester. After five years of austerity, falling…Read more…
EU: Get out of this quagmire
Morning Star Austerity has become a catch-all EU policy for emasculating trade unions, imposing zero-hours contracts and mass casualisation of labour. It is time to give it the elbow, writes BRIAN…Read more…
TUC National Rally & March on the Tory Conference 4 October 2015
“Sunday 4 October – “No to austerity, yes to workers’ rights””On Sunday 4 October, the Conservative party will open their annual conference in Manchester. After five years of austerity, falling living standards, pay freezes and huge cuts to public services, a new parliament won’t offer a…Read more…
Kenny Bell remembered
On the 4th anniversary of his death, Colombian human rights organisation Nomadesc has produced a video tribute to the late Kenny Bell, Newcastle UNISON Branch Secretary and deputy Regional Convenor…Read more…
Why Syria is Winning. Advancing towards a Strategic Victory that will transform the Middle East
By Prof. Tim Anderson Global Research Syria is winning. Despite ongoing bloodshed and serious economic pressure, Syria is advancing steadily towards a military and strategic victory that will…Read more…
Murad Qureshi AM on West Ham and the Olympic Stadium
It is the last chance tonight to watch the BBC investigation “When the Hammers struck Gold” on iPlayer. The programme was first shown on August 6th and alleged that the UK taxplayer has been ripped off in the deal over the use of the Olympic Stad…Read more…
‘Causing a stink’
Bromley residents face the prospect of uncollected rubbish as about 100 refuse collection staff employed by waste disposal giant Veolia gear up for three days of strike action in a pay dispute….Read more…
Academies are the government’s childlike solution – to everything
Laura McInerney, editor of Schools Week, gives us her take on the first 100 days of a Conservative government. There’s a moment in every child’s life where they happen upon the secret to all of…Read more…
Stop turning every wild idea into policy
Nansi Ellis, ATL assistant general secretary (policy), gives us her take on the first 100 days of a Conservative government. When I start a project, I usually spend some time scribbling ideas. I let…Read more…
UNISON Inverclyde launch UNISON advert at Morton
UNISON Inverclyde are proud to see
their ‘JoinUNISON.org the public service union’ advert being displayed at their community
football club – Greenock Morton FC.
It has taken a few months to get the advert from an idea
to reality. Inverclyde branch worked on the design with UNISON Scotland communications team, and with Morton football club. They bought space on an advertising board facing theRead more…
Boon for business
Workers in the hair and beauty industry are more likely than others to be stiffed of their entitled National Minimum Wage. That’s why in July, the HMRC launched a campaign specifically targeting the…Read more…
UNISON Capital Stewards Website
I have just signed into the new UNISON website for Capital Stewards and will start posting some links and articiles over the next few days. The site is currently only for UNISON activists and is password protected. If you are a UNISON pension trustee o…Read more…
Hitting the gangbusters
Jim Sheridan, the former Labour MP whose law targeted illegal gangmasters exploiting migrant workers and ripping off the tax and benefit system says the law must be updated and extended. Jim…Read more…
Probation members prepare for action ballot in Sodexo companies
UNISON probation members working for six community rehabilitation companies owned by Sodexo could be balloted on industrial action over the company’s voluntary redundancy terms
The article Probation…Read more…
Fidel Castro: Cuba will never Stop Struggling:
HAVANA, AUGUST 14, 2015 OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CUBA CENTRAL COMMITTEE Reality and dreams The leader of the Cuban Revolution insists that we will never stop struggling for peace and…Read more…
Union dreaming of a non-white (goods) Christmas
Drivers and warehouse staff announce Indesit strike datesRead more…
Taking the fight for workers’ European rights to top bosses
Prime Minister David Cameron has revamped his Business Advisory Group, and their first task will be to advise him on his EU renegotiation strategy ahead of the referendum on Britain’s…Read more…
Ashington Football Club host TUC rally in support of Qatar World Cup workers
(England cricket legend and Ashington FC manager Steve Harmison joined the protest) The Northumberland club hosted a rally in support of a campaign led by a national trade union the TUC ahead of its…Read more…
Migration Advisory Committee report: no evidence for government net migration target
Today the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), the independent research body that advises the government on migration policy, published its report on whether raising salary levels might reduce the number of migrants entering the country. The government asked the MAC to undertake this research to…Read more…