This year the European Trade Union Institute published a paper on work-related cancers in the EU. It showed that 102,500 deaths take place each year because of exposure to carcinogens in the…Read more…
European Commission 2016 plan: lots for us to do, but a sting in the tail for Cameron
The European Commission publishes an annual plan (less pageant than a UK government’s Queen’s speech, and less focused on legislation) and the 2016 plan came out this week. Apart from the over-dramatic title (‘No time for business as usual’) there is some good, some bad, and…Read more…
Minister claims scrapping check-off will make unions more competitive
Labour MPs dismiss Tory claim, saying TU Bill will affect unions’ ability to organise in the workplaceRead more…
Steelworkers lobby MPs over their future
Members of Community and Unite travel from North East to Parliament to attend opposition day debateRead more…
FBU calls special conference to debate Labour re-affiliation
Union to recommend “Yes” voteRead more…
TUC warns TU Bill could increase workplace deaths
TUC responds to Health and Safety Executive figures that show increase in people killed at workRead more…
Unions hold social security conference
PCS and Unite Community host London event to support those adminstering benefitsRead more…
Using agency workers to break strikes will threaten safety
I have already written about the effect that the Trade Union Bill will have on health and safety by restricting the right to strike and limiting the amount of time off that trade union health and…Read more…
Using agency workers to break strikes will threaten safety
I have already written about the effect that the Trade Union Bill will have on health and safety by restricting the right to strike and limiting the amount of time off that trade union health and…Read more…
PepsiSqueeze: PepsiCo violates the rights of warehouse workers in India
Colleagues, Can I please ask for your support for this important international campaign against Pepsi. Global snack and beverage giant PepsiCo is violating the rights of a courageous group of workers in West Bengal, India who formed a trade…Read more…
UNISON wins £ multi-million compensation for 1400 women in Fife Council
Date: Wednesday 28 October 2015
UNISON has reached a multi million pound settlement with Fife Council for over 1400, mainly low paid women UNISON members, for their equal pay claims.
UNISON members will now be properly recompensed for historic discriminatory pay practices within Fife Council. It is a deal worth £millions and will include compensation for members back pay in some cases toRead more…
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders’ work-in solidarity rally London
Upper Clyde Shipbuilders’ (UCS) work-in solidarity rally Trafalgar Square, London
Hillingdon Trades Council bannerRead more…
By Election – Boleyn Ward, Newham Council
A Council By election has been called for Thursday 3 December 2015 in Boleyn Ward, Newham following the very sad and unexpected death of my colleague, Councillor Charity Fiberesima.
It is a “Women only” short list (the other 2 Councillors…Read more…
Time for a national ‘Dignity at Work’ policy- with teeth ! End workplace bullying.
As every caseworker will tell you, many of our colleagues are treated appallingly in their workplace. It is sad to note that there are bullying managers in many schools (often themselves…Read more…
Opposing the Trade Union Bill in Parliament – guest blog Ian Murray MP
Ian Murray MP, Labour Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, along with Stephen Doughty MP, outline the Labour Group’s opposition to the Trade Union Bill in the UK Parliament, and the…Read more…
Secure our industry and futures
Steelworkers will descend on Parliament tomorrow (October 28) to lobby their MPs to save our steel industry. The workers from steel communities in Teesside, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, the West…Read more…
Norfolk County Council abandons £50m worth of cuts
A £50m raft of possible cuts to services across Norfolk, including mass closures of libraries and fire stations, have been abandoned. But millions of pounds of cuts and savings, including some which…Read more…
Norfolk County Council abandons £50m worth of cuts
A £50m raft of possible cuts to services across Norfolk, including mass closures of libraries and fire stations, have been abandoned. But millions of pounds of cuts and savings, including some which…Read more…
Not just a steel crisis
The government is significantly under-estimating a potentially devastating fall out in the West Midlands from the steel crisis, according to the West Midlands Economic Forum. It warns that the…Read more…
A principled stand
The government was forced to back down on tax credit cuts last night (October 27), after the House of Lords’ historic vote in favour of two motions that will halt the cuts until there is a plan to…Read more…