UNISON welcomes report from University of East Anglia on ’emotional intelligence and burnout’ in child and family social work
The article Social workers need clear support to handle stress and…Read more…
Johnson’s real agenda coming clearer: watch out for your rights!
Boris Johnson is at least the bookies’ favourite to become Conservative Party Leader and therefore Prime Minister, and, as the leading Conservative on the Leave side, he fulfils one key criterion for PM in post-referendum Britain (“you broke it, you bought it!“) So it’s…Read more…
Trial of Former Prison Guard Obscures Real Story of Nazi War Criminals
– Dougal MacDonald – A great hullabaloo is being made by the ruling circles and their monopoly media about the trial and conviction of a single former concentration camp guard who worked…Read more…
Solidarity with the Antifascist Resistance in Ukraine
Posted on June 20, 2016 by ukraineantifascistsolidarity Alex Kempshall, BUAFS Last Saturday, June 18th, Bristol Ukraine Anti-Fascist Solidarity (BUAFS), held a public meeting to give an update on the…Read more…
RMT AGM: Labour traitors have ruined our moment
Morning Star “SELF-INDULGENT” Labour MPs have squandered the left’s best moment to go on the offensive, RMT general secretary Mick Cash said yesterday. He used his address to the transport union’s…Read more…
On leadership, ambition and democracy
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2015/11/could-labours-rule-book-be-used-keep-jeremy-corbyn-leadership-ballot
I am pleased to blog a link to a persuasive interpretation of Labour Party Rules which explains why the coup plotters can only keep Corbyn off a leadership ballot paper if…Read more…
Dads care too
My first Father’s Day was a painful one, during which I received a card and a sudden bash to the head. My daughter, Ava, then 11 months old, immediately took notice of the card when her mum handed it…Read more…
Standing against racists and xenophobes
An ugly side to the EU referendum result has reared its head in the days since the UK voted to leave the EU on Thursday (June 23), with media outlets reporting a worrying spike in racist and…Read more…
‘Stuck in a groove’
A third week of strikes by Weymouth bus drivers are set for next week, as the bosses remain ‘stuck in a groove’ and are not moving in the ‘poor relations’ pay dispute. Unite today (June 28)…Read more…
Corbyn vote: Unite calls for openness and democracy
Reacting to the vote of the Parliamentary Labour Party’s confidence in the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said, “The extraordinary behaviour of Labour MPs…Read more…
Plea for party unity
Jeremy Corbyn stopped the traffic yesterday evening in Westminster. For more than two hours, supporters waited in bright sunshine for the Labour leader to address them. Outraged at the actions…Read more…
Why the Article 50 notification is important
25th June 2016 “Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.” “The dog did nothing in the night-time.”…Read more…
Don’t cut a single workers’ right for new UK laws
Following the UK vote to leave the European Union, Parliament will decide what happens to our rights at work.Read more…
The Tories are divided, but at this crucial time, Labour should not be
Unison statement “Last summer, our union nominated Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leader, and a great number of our members voted for him in the Labour leadership contest.Support for Jeremy remains the position of this union, as determined by our member…Read more…
New strategy to tackle labour exploitation complicated by immigration and modern slavery focus
28 June 2016
By Dr Alex Balch, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, The University of Liverpool
As the dust settles after the EU referendum, the implications of Brexit for…Read more…
After Brexit – Where now on health and safety and employment rights?
Before the referendum the TUC gave a strong warning that the rights of workers to a safe workplace could be threatened by a vote to leave the EU, as could many employment rights. Now that that has…Read more…
Stand firm in support of Jeremy Corbyn
One of my favourite scenes in the Simpsons is where Homer corrects Bart when his son says that this is the worst day of his life.
Homer, meaning to cheer Bart up, corrects him cheerfully – “the worst day of your life so far.”
I imagine today’s Daily Mi…Read more…
Dave Prentis speaks out in support of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership as thousands rally in London
https://www.unison.org.uk/news/2016/06/the-tories-are-divided-but-at-this-crucial-time-labour-should-not-be/ UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis, in a well-timed intervention, has reaffirmed UNISON support for the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.As membe…Read more…
Holiday flights under threat
Summer holiday flights from Southampton airport would be disrupted, if firefighters take strike action over adverse pensions’ changes proposed by the airports’ owner, AGS. The firefighters,…Read more…
UNISON statement on the Labour Party
Monday 27 June 2016 Speaking today (Monday) UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Last summer, our union nominated Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leader, and a great number of our members voted for…Read more…