I’ve written before about how the European Union provides the best opportunity to prevent the exploitation of workers who are temporarily posted to other EU countries (and thus the undercutting of the existing workforce.) The best avenue for such action would be revising the EU’s Posted Workers’…Read more…
Asbestos: Time to get rid of it
Asbestos is the biggest cause of workplace deaths. This year 5,000 people are likely to die prematurely as a result of asbestos exposure. This is around three times the number of road accident…Read more…
The Brexit campaign are peddling utter nonsense on the NHS
In recent weeks those who want us to leave Europe – the Tory headbangers, UKIP and friends – have been claiming that the NHS will get more money if we leave the EU. That’s utter nonsense. These are…Read more…
London Loop Walk Section 6: Benstead to Kingston
This post is a little late and off message but the weekend after the May 5 elections I resumed my attempt to walk around the London Loop route from last year.
The London Loop is a 150 mile circular walk around London split into sections. I had hoped t…Read more…
Migrant rights defender back in Thai court
British-born migrant rights activist Andy Hall was back in Southern Bangkok Criminal Court this Thursday (18 May) for just 45 minutes as the most serious of his trials over the last three years…Read more…
Obituary: Ken Cameron
By Peta Steel Ken Cameron, the stalwart socialist General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union who has just died at the age of 75 was one of the most charismatic and effective figures in the trade…Read more…
Why I want to see the UK economy getting stronger and fairer in the EU
In just over a month from now our country will make one of the biggest decisions it has faced in a generation. In campaigning on this issue the first thing I hear on the doorstep when discussing the EU referendum is that the level of debate so far has been very negative on both sides…
The…Read more…
Has Labour betrayed the Working Class?
I am not really into so called “betrayal politics” but recently I had a disagreement over the cause of the relative decline in support for Labour by some white working class voters.
East European Immigration was given as the reason.
I argued that i…Read more…
More questions than answers?
UNISON Branches have until Wednesday to ask questions of the Annual Report to be presented to our Conference next month by our National Executive Council (NEC).
Thus far fewer than a dozen questions have been asked of a Report which (in line with pract…Read more…
Len McCluskey: Labour’s fresh thinking on investment will lead to a stronger economy
Labour must put the brakes on the `Sports Direct economy’ caused by a discredited political dogma which has down-graded industrial strategy, rejected the investment that is vital to growth and has…Read more…
Scotland in UNISON May 2016 now online
Reports of all the main UNISON speakers at the STUC Congress 2016 in Dundee
– Politicians must be bold in opposing austerity
– STUC to fight for fair and Social Europe
– Framework sets out vision for fair work in Scotland
– UNISON wins call to defend human rights
– Post election – where do the unions stand now? – Mike Kirby
– North Lanarkshire beats off privatisation
– Zero hours – bad forRead more…
Sunday Night Live 22 May: Remain & Leave on Trial
I hope to attend this debate on Sunday evening.Read more…
SOC – see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil?
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EU migrants to Britain and Irish people
There are some very careful phrased statements being made at the moment about EU migration into the UK. The wording is important, because there is a key different between EU migrants and EU nationals working in the UK. This difference is the Irish. Whi…Read more…
Why UNISON branch funding matters
Next month more than 1500 delegates, representing 1.2 Million UNISON members, will gather in Brighton for UNISON’s twenty third annual Conference.Delegates will meet against the backdrop of the first year of majority Tory Government this century, which…Read more…
EU launches consultation on social impact of TTIP
Last week, the European Commission launched a consultation on its latest ‘Sustainability Impact Assessment’ report of the EU-US trade deal known as TTIP. Beneath this rather technical title lies an important opportunity for campaigners to call for TTIP negotiations to dramatically change direction…Read more…
‘Economic vandalism’
40 workers at Shepton Mallet’s historic cider mill will be clocking off for the last time today (May 20) as Irish drinks company C&C Group presses ahead with plans to close the profitable site,…Read more…
Overcoming austerity together
Volunteers from the County Durham Socialist Clothing Bank, which was set up with the assistance of Durham Unite Community in October 2014, have been presented with the Durham County Council…Read more…
Brexit brigade don’t have the NHS’ best interests at heart, says UNISON
Commenting on Michael Gove’s comments about the NHS, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “No-one should be taken in by this latest bout of NHS scaremongering from the Brexit brigade….Read more…
What has the EU done for women?
What has the EU done for women? Unite speaks with women members who share why they’ll be voting to Remain.
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