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Guatemala: where a union leader’s life costs just $195

Nov 28, 2015By Stronger Unions

I spoke today at #LatinAmerica15, the annual conference devoted to solidarity with our colleagues in South and Central America and the Caribbean. I was talking about Guatemala, in the company of Noé…Read more…

Nov 28, 2015Stronger Unions

West Ham Labour at Palace of Westminister

Nov 28, 2015By John's Labour blog

Picture collage from last Thursday’s meeting of the West Ham Labour Party General Committee, which courtesy of our MP, Lyn Brown, took place at the Jubilee Room in the Palace of Westminster. Beforehand we went on a guided tour of Parliament, led by our…Read more…

Nov 28, 2015John's Labour blog

Broad alliance must raise the alarm on new Immigration Bill

Nov 28, 2015By Stronger Unions

The Immigration Bill is due to go through the Report stage and Third Reading in the House of Commons this Tuesday on 1st December. The Bill has emerged from the Public Bill Committee – to which the…Read more…

Nov 28, 2015Stronger Unions

The UNISON General Secretary Election and the Single Transferable Vote…

Nov 27, 2015By Jon's union blog

I realise that I am in a tiny minority in UNISON, on the left on UNISON and generally in believing that we should use the Single Transferable Vote (STV) to elect our General Secretary.Happily I don’t mind being the one person who is right when all the rest of you are wrong. (I can even be generous…Read more…

Nov 27, 2015Jon's union blog

Credit to Dave Prentis

Nov 27, 2015By Jon's union blog

This blog always give credit where it’s due.It’s a good thing that UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, has today spoken out against a “snap decision” to bomb Syria. That is right of course.If the answer is ever a UK military intervention you must know that you have asked the wrong question.UK…Read more…

Nov 27, 2015Jon's union blog

Rally to save our steel

Nov 27, 2015By UNITElive

On Saturday November 21 hundreds of steelworkers and their families from across the UK, joined trade union leaders and politicians in a rally to Save our Steel in Sheffield.   Coming amid a…Read more…

Nov 27, 2015UNITElive

Energy strike suspended

Nov 27, 2015By UNITElive

A week-long strike by EDF Energy workers carrying out Smart meter installations, due to start on Monday (November 30), has been suspended for talks to take place with the conciliation service, Acas….Read more…

Nov 27, 2015UNITElive

War on the poorest

Nov 27, 2015By UNITElive

Media rumours about the death of austerity are premature says the Institute of Fiscal Studies as it and the Resolution Foundation highlight Osborne’s new attack on the poorest.   George…Read more…

Nov 27, 2015UNITElive

MEPs vote in favour of strategic framework on health and safety at work

Nov 27, 2015By Touchstone blog

The health and well-being of employees is a fundamental right for all European citizens. While there has been considerable progress in terms of protection of workers in difficult and hazardous roles, occupational safety risks are still in existence. A …Read more…

Nov 27, 2015Touchstone blog

UNISON condemns cuts to pay for teaching assistants

Nov 27, 2015By Dave Prentis blog

Threatened cuts to pay for teaching assistants in the North East have been condemned by UNISON. Staff in Durham schools could lose up to £5,000 a year under council proposals to introduce term-time…Read more…

Nov 27, 2015Dave Prentis blog

There must be no snap decision over bombing Syria, says UNISON

Nov 27, 2015By Dave Prentis blog

UNISON has today (Friday) urged MPs not to make any snap decisions involving the UK in action over Syria.

The article There must be no snap decision over bombing Syria, says UNISON first appeared on…Read more…

Nov 27, 2015Dave Prentis blog

Whatever happens, this cannot be the end for carbon capture in the UK

Nov 27, 2015By Touchstone blog

This week saw the UK’s darkest day so far for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). At the CCSA, we and our members in the industry are still in shock. The same words keep repeating themselves; devastated, sad, bewildered. The question; Why? And why now? Amazingly, two days on the silence from…Read more…

Nov 27, 2015Touchstone blog

One week left to Vote for Dave Prentis as UNISON General Secretary

Nov 27, 2015By John's Labour blog

Picture of long standing East End Housing Caretaker and UNISON Steward, Peter Sambrook (middle) with 2 colleagues reminding members that only a week left to vote for Dave Prentis as General Secretary.

The ballot closes next Friday 4 December 2015. “Da…Read more…

Nov 27, 2015John's Labour blog

UNISON survey shows scrapping of student nurse bursaries will lead to major shortages

Nov 27, 2015By Dave Prentis blog

A UNISON survey shows that nine in ten (91 per cent) student nurses would not have applied for the nursing degree without access to the bursary which the government intends to scrap in 2017.

The…Read more…

Nov 27, 2015Dave Prentis blog

UNISON reacts to London Ambulance Service being placed into special measures

Nov 27, 2015By Dave Prentis blog

UNISON has reacted to London Ambulance Service being placed into special measures.

The article UNISON reacts to London Ambulance Service being placed into special measures first appeared on the…Read more…

Nov 27, 2015Dave Prentis blog

How legal challenges and green workplaces can tackle climate change

Nov 27, 2015By Touchstone blog

Canada is tapping the expertise of UK unions in a project that will put unions at the heart of efforts to green workplaces. Earlier this month, I was invited to spend a weekend in Toronto to share my UK experiences with a Canadian green workplace proje…Read more…

Nov 27, 2015Touchstone blog

Why no fanfare to the end of workfare?

Nov 27, 2015By Touchstone blog

Compulsory unpaid work experience (‘workfare’) has long and rightly been criticised by by the TUC and others. Yet it now looks like the government may be planning to quietly end it. Buried in the Comprehensive Spending Review document, on page 89 to be precise, is this little nugget:…Read more…

Nov 27, 2015Touchstone blog

Defending manufacturing from Chinese dumping: #SaveOurSteel

Nov 27, 2015By Touchstone blog

Today, Trade Ministers from across the EU will gather in Brussels to discuss the threat posed to manufacturing by the dumping of products like steel and tyres on Europe by the Chinese.  As part of the #SaveOurSteel campaign, the TUC has urged UK Trade Minister Lord Maude to reverse the…Read more…

Nov 27, 2015Touchstone blog

West Ham Labour Party Christmas Quiz & Social

Nov 26, 2015By John's Labour blog

The highlight of the West Ham Labour movement family year. Read more…

Nov 26, 2015John's Labour blog

Report from UNITE sector conference, November 2015

Nov 26, 2015By Ian's Unite site

The conferences were organised over three days, with services sectors on Monday, manufacturing sectors on Tuesday, and transport sectors on Wednesday. The Graphical, Paper, Media & IT (GPM&IT) conference was on Tuesday. This report covers the p…Read more…

Nov 26, 2015Ian's Unite site
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