Late last night (Tuesday March 29) Tata steel UK confirmed steelworkers and their communities worst nightmares – they are withdrawing from British operation completely – putting thousands of jobs at…Read more…
UNISON General Secretary election – see no STV, hear no STV, speak no STV
Without making (in this post) any other comment about the recent election for UNISON General Secretary, I can remind diligent readers of this blog (Sid and Doris Blogger) that – for the first time this century – the winning candidate commanded the supp…Read more…
UNISON, the Trade Union Bill and the law – a sorry saga set to unfold?
As we head towards UNISON’s June Conference we can anticipate unanimous support for Motion 46 from the National Executive Council (NEC) which rightly describes the Trade Union Bill as “the biggest assault upon working people’s rights in living memory.”…Read more…
Pay deal for BMW workers
Workers at the BMW mini car plant in Oxford are celebrating a 10 per cent pay deal over three years, negotiated by their union, Unite. The workers at the Cowley based plant were hailed ‘world…Read more…
‘Speculation and fears’
The future of the UK’s largest steelworks hangs in the balance, as Tata Steel holds a crucial board meeting in Mumbai today (March 29) over its turnaround plan for its Port Talbot plant. Board…Read more…
The EU is exporting UK neoliberalism to the rest of Europe
29 March 2016
By Aristea Koukiadaki, Isabel Távora and Miguel Martínez Lucio
In the first of a series of articles highlighting the impact of EU austerity measures on levels of collective…Read more…
Branch Executive Committee Opportunities
The branch has a number of vacancies for members who wish to become more involved in their union. These include: Equality Officer International Relations Officer Membership & Recruitment Secretary Youth Officer (must be aged under 27) Disabled Members Officer Union … Continue reading…Read more…
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Iraq trade unions back the ‘white shirts revolution’
Last Friday, the Iraqi Teachers Union (ITU) openly endorsed the actions of students and teachers across Iraq (known as the ‘White Shirts Revolution’) who are standing up for justice, fair…Read more…
Solidarity with Turkish teacher unions
This Easter, the NASUWT 2016 International Solidarity Award went to the Turkish teachers’ trade union Egitim Sen, for its bravery in standing up for justice, democracy, labour and trade union…Read more…
BVCA and the Beecroft Report
I think it’s fair to say that the Beecroft report, prepared by Tory donor Adrian Beecroft, was not universally welcomed in the labour movement.
One of the more controversial elements was the introduction of employment tribunal fees. The intention behi…Read more…
Iranian teacher unions – good & bad news
Despite returning to the international community and the victory for moderates in the Parliamentary elections a month ago, life gets no better for trade unionists in Iran. As UK teacher unions hold…Read more…
Labour Needs To Get To Grips With The Digital Economy
As the digital revolution gathers at a rapidly increasing pace so is the growth of new forms of employment. One of these is ‘gig workers’ – for ‘one size fits all’ buzzword for anything from…Read more…
Newham UNISON AGM 2016: Right to Buy and Pay to Stay
Last Friday I was a guest speaker at the UNISON Newham Local Government branch AGM in East Ham Town Hall on the Housing Bill which is currently going through the House of Lords. I was there as a Housing Worker and UNISON Regional Council Officer.
Glor…Read more…
Brian Bilston’s ‘Refugee’ Poem
They have no need of our help
So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you or I
Should life have dealt a different hand
We need to see them for who they really are
Chancers and…Read more…
Academy Trust funnelled more than £1m to a private company
John Dickens (Schools News) | An academy trust funnelled more than £1m to a private company which then paid a “second salary” to the trust’s “superhead”, a government investigation has revealed…Read more…
Mayor of Redbridge Quiz Night: Tuesday 5 April 2016
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Across our country those who the vulnerable rely upon are being let down
Vitally important care workers are being paid far less than the absolute basic minimum that they should receive. Nearly twenty years on from the establishment of a minimum wage in this country, that…Read more…
Cardiff councillors to debate opposition to secret trade deal
‘TTIP and trade deals like it are a threat to public services and to public sector staff’
The article Cardiff councillors to debate opposition to secret trade deal first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Steel works saved
Unite today (March 24) welcomed the news that metals firm Liberty House has signed a deal to buy the Clydebridge and Dalzell steel works from Tata Steel and urged UK minsters to look at Scotland’s…Read more…