FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UNISON confirm 24 hour strike 7 October – over 46 % of Library workers to be sacked
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Blacklisted workers celebrate after court ruling
Blacklisted workers are granted ‘core participant’ status in the Pitchford public inquiry into undercover policingRead more…
No handbags over bags, says union
Usdaw says confused customers must not take out their frustration on shop staffRead more…
UNISON condemns plan to slash Essex police service
Essex police force unveils plan to axe PCSOs and close stations in the county
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Union anger as Osborne takes aim at working people
Chancellor’s tax credit cuts could see the UK’s poorest workers lose up to £1,300 a yearRead more…
Docklands Light Railway workers ballot for strike action
RMT members angry at use of agency workers and of “bullying” culture at workRead more…
Ciren call – Gloucestershire firefighters gear up for station battles
Budget cuts prompt fears over stations and services in Painswick and CirencesterRead more…
Trans-Pacific Partnership good for workers? The big lie
As the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, passes its final round of negotiations, the White House is going all out to portray the deal as a great gain for working people. US unions don’t agree, and they’ll be fighting the new generation trade deal between twelve countries around the…Read more…
Newham Compass debate on “Devolution London” 7.30pm Wednesday 7 October
This should be interesting. “Devolution London”. Former leader of Southwark Counicl Jeremy Frazer, Co-author of “Changing London” David Robinson, Co-author of London Devolution Prospectus and Tessa Jowell former Minster. Chaired by Julianne Marriott.
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Building global labor solidarity – challenges and opportunities
This article appeared in the Labor Day issue of Democratic Left. In 1847, when Marx and Engels issued their ringing call for workers of all countries to unite, it fell on deaf ears. However, by the…Read more…
Local government pension funds’ infrastructure investing must be in members’ best interests, says UNISON
The Chancellor’s decision today (Monday) to allow the local government pensions funds to come together and invest on a grander scale is welcome. But any investment must be in scheme members’ best…Read more…
UN edges towards union calls for Just Transition in Paris deal
The UN has adopted union calls for a Just Transition in a new 20-page negotiating text released today for the climate conference scheduled for Paris in December. Unions will be pleased that the UN’s Draft Agreement commits nations to holding global temperature increases to below 2 °C (or possibly…Read more…
Hunt’s ‘disgraceful insult’
Multi-millionaire health secretary Jeremy Hunt has ‘kicked millions of working people, struggling to get by in the teeth’ with controversial remarks that axing working tax credits is ‘an important…Read more…
From anger to devastation
The immediate future of 3,000 workers at the SSI steelmaking plant in Redcar is up in the air after owners SSI UK went into liquidation last Friday (October 2). The move followed an…Read more…
REDUCTION IN THE WORKING WEEK GUARDS/COMMERCIAL GUARDS – SOUTH WEST TRAINS
Circular No IR/240/15 To All Branches, Regional Offices & Regional Councils Our Ref: BR2/00045th October 2015 Dear ColleaguesREDUCTION…Read more…
Don’t tell George
Chancellor George Osborne spoke today (October 5) at the Tory Party Conference, just hours after it was announced that the government will continue with its sell-off of its remaining 12 per cent…Read more…
Thank you to everyone who made Sunday a success
Thousands upon thousands of UNISON members – and their families – took time on Sunday to come to Manchester and march
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Keep free school meals for infant children: sign the petition
UNISON is backing a petition calling on the government to keep universal free school meals for infant children in English schools
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Hammer of working people
George Osborne continues to be ‘the snake oil salesman’ of British politics, presiding over a phoney recovery, giving the rich an inheritance tax gift, yet bringing harsh cuts to millions of workers…Read more…
Downward track
One of the sharpest recessions ever has filled the labour market with low-paid insecure employment even in normally high-skilled, high paid areas of employment, a new report has found. The huge…Read more…