Women shipbuilders in the North East WW2Read more…
London YCL Netball Team 1953
London Young Communist League (YCL) Netball team formed March 1953
Hackney Workers Sports Club had a netball team formed in the late 1920’s Read more…
Unions lay into government over steel jobs
Unions accuse Chancellor of failing to act to save the industryRead more…
“Mum, dad – know your rights” – TUC reminds parents about taking time off work to look after sick kids
Frances O’Grady says sensible employers will give parents time off to care for poorly childrenRead more…
Harry Gillingham – Mapperton – Dorset – Farmworker – Honoured 1958
Harry Gillingham born July 1878 at Okeford Fitzpaine he left school at the age of 11 to earn 2 shillings and 6 pence a week on the land, there was no overtime, no Saturday half day and no paid holiday
He moved to Mappleton in 1906 and worked on the sam…Read more…
Seven thoughts for Labour Councils
11. Don’t forget we oppose the cuts!
Cuts in local government expenditure are caused by decisions of (Tory) Central Government. Everything we do or say should remind people of this. A vital part of what we do must be to mobilise public opposition to cu…Read more…
Sunday Night Live: Corbyn and the (new) Labour Landscape
This looks interesting. 5-6.30pm next Sunday 25 October 2015 at Stratford Picture House Bar, London, E15 (5 mins from Stratford Station). I wonder if the West Ham Corbynistas Fashion Gurus will be present? Read more…
Global union movement chooses its campaign priorities for 2016
The ITUC General Council met in São Paulo last week and selected three global issues to focus on in the coming year.Read more…
Corporate Responses to Modern Slavery
Today saw the publication of a report which seeks to give a snapshot of company perceptions and current responses to modern slavery. This report is the product of collaborative work between the Ethical Trading Initiative and the Ashridge Centre for Business and Sustainability at Hult International…Read more…
Steel meltdown
As a critical modern industry faces meltdown caused by artificially cheap Chinese steel flooding the UK and European markets, Cameron, Osborne and Javid are caught frozen in the headlights. …Read more…
Save Barnet’s libraries – demonstration tonight!
Barnet UNISON holds protest in Hendon as council decides fate of library serviceRead more…
Water workers face pensioner poverty
Today (Tuesday October 20) Northumbrian Water group workers start industrial action over the prospect of losing their pensions. Water supplies in the north east of England face possible…Read more…
Who are TATA?
The Tata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, centered in Mumbai, India. It was founded in 1868 and gained international recognition after purchasing several global companies. It is one of…Read more…
Who are TATA?
The Tata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, centered in Mumbai, India. It was founded in 1868 and gained international recognition after purchasing several global companies. It is one of…Read more…
Dark day for steel
Today (Tuesday October 20) Tata steel confirmed its plan to cut 1,200 jobs in Scunthorpe and Scotland. Unite warned that this ‘dark day’ would damage steel companies and hit supply chains…Read more…
Trade Union Bill in Public Committee
20 October 2015
By Jo Stevens, Labour MP for Cardiff Central
Last Tuesday marked the beginning of the committee stage of the Trade Union Bill, which I have been selected to sit on. After the…Read more…
A nation on the brink?
I’m in a deep sleep after a restless night with the baby waking constantly when the alarm goes off. Its 05.45, its dark outside and the rest the house is silent as they all sleep peacefully. …Read more…
Progress made on new safety fund by G7
In May I wrote a blog about a new fund that the world’s main industrialised countries (The G7) were setting up to help prevent workplace deaths and injuries. The catalyst for this was the large…Read more…
Defining moment
The crisis in the UK steel industry is a defining moment for the Conservative government. Having talked up the ‘March of the makers’ and the ‘Northern Powerhouse’ the past few…Read more…
Last plea to Tories
The government is sticking to its guns over cuts to tax credits. To persuade the public (and their own MPs) of a plan that the electorate didn’t vote for, they’ve released figures that claim these…Read more…