The hard-pressed UK steel industry gained a much-needed fillip as Sheffield Forgemasters received a £30 million support package from three of the country’s leading manufacturers. Unite today…Read more…
GDP, Inflation and Optimism Bias
January contains a number of key dates: New Year’s Day is obviously a big one, blue Monday – the day which some deeply dubious psychology has identified as the most depressing of the year; and it heralds the first release of the fourth quarter and thus calendar year GDP figures for the previous…Read more…
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland
Consolidating Monopoly Right The focus of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which is holding its annual meeting January 20-23 in Davos, Switzerland, centres on the monopolies and the powerful private…Read more…
Cider support
Unite is committed to providing every support for workers at the Shepton Mallet Cider after a mass meeting today (January 29) over the planned closure of the historic factory. The union, which…Read more…
Clarity call
Unite is calling on the Prime Minister to clarify the UK government’s long-term plan for the oil and gas sector amid rising workforce fears of a ‘race to the bottom’ across the UK Continental Shelf….Read more…
Clarity call
Unite is calling on the Prime Minister to clarify the UK government’s long-term plan for the oil and gas sector amid rising workforce fears of a ‘race to the bottom’ across the UK Continental Shelf….Read more…
Barnet UNISON respond to CUTS to Adult Social Services
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The ugly game
Len McCluskey is spearheading the fight against the exploitation of migrant workers building Qatar’s football World Cup showpiece in 2022. The Unite general secretary has secretly visited the…Read more…
‘Human tragedy’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey shares his thoughts after going undercover with The Mirror in a Qatar labour camp, where they find labourers working to get the city ready for the 2022 World Cup…Read more…
The Trade Union Bill 2015: history repeats itself?
29 January 2016
By Adrian Williamson QC, Keating Chambers
The Conservatives argue that their Trade Union Bill is a necessary response to current union abuses. In truth, the Bill is reminiscent of…Read more…
Councils still insisting on 15 minute homecare visits
UNISON has revealed today that 74% of local authorities in England are still limiting homecare visits for their elderly, ill and disabled residents to just 15 minutes.
The article Councils still…Read more…
Unified Pay Update – Please read
Dear Colleagues
Barnet Council issued the following statement yesterday Thursday 28 January 2016:
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Capita Pension letter sent out in error
Women farm workers in South Africa win equal pay, defeat zero hours
Women workers organised by radical South African union CSAAWU win gender equality and permanent jobs.Read more…
Three quarters of councils still insisting on 15 minute homecare visits for elderly and disabled people, reveals UNISON report
Three quarters (74 per cent) of local authorities in England are still limiting homecare visits for their elderly, ill and disabled residents to just 15 minutes, says UNISON in a report published…Read more…
Newham United Against Austerity: Launch event Saturday 30 January 2pm Stratford with John McDonnell MP
This was in the “Newham Recorder” letters page this week.
“Dear Editor
I am writing to invite Newham Residents to the inaugural meeting of a new campaigning organisation for our Borough, “Newham United Against Austerity”.
We have a special guest speaker for our launch, John McDonnell…Read more…
Agency theory versus "shareholders are owners"
Here is Eugene Fama an early paper on agency theory:
ownership of capital should not be confused with owner- ship of the firm. Each factor in a firm is owned by somebody. The firm is just the set of contracts covering the way inputs are joined to …Read more…
Why we shouldn’t lose sight of the Barnett Formula
While the political temperature is rising over the fiscal framework negotiations, let’s not forget the Barnett Formula.
The fiscal framework is a key element in the devolution of income tax to…Read more…
Qatar World Cup dream is a nightmare for workers
I had heard a lot about the exploitation of the migrant workers building Qatar’s World Cup dream. But nothing prepared me for the shock of seeing it first hand on a UNITE delegation last week…Read more…
Victories like this give us hope that the tide can turn
Of course these are tough times for public services and those who provide them – but victories like this give us hope that the tide can turn, and that the resources which have helped so many…Read more…