UNISON’s Higher Education Service Group Executive will meet on the afternoon of Tuesday 20 September 2016 to discuss the results and next steps.
The article Higher ed executive decides against…Read more…
‘Into a hellhole’
Exactly half a century after the iconic television play Cathy Come Home sparked a national conversation about homelessness, another Ken Loach production, a film which will be released in cinemas…Read more…
Hillsborough voices
Hillsborough voices: the real story told by the people themselves is this month’s book of the month at the Unite Education department, which since 2013 has developed a series of reading and history…Read more…
Light up the Ladies’ Bridge
The forgotten history of the women who built London’s Waterloo Bridge will be celebrated next week in a three-day event that honours their efforts and hopes to inspire and educate the young…Read more…
Union health and safety representatives rock!
Every two years the TUC asks trade union health and safety representatives about the issues that affect them, and the results are always really interesting. The 2016 survey results have just been…Read more…
Stop start for nuclear power
The energy story of the week is the decision to go ahead with the Hinkley nuclear power station. Theresa May’s grand review of the project, turned out to be a case of the Grand old Duke of York,…Read more…
Prep for tomorrow’s Newham Triathlon OMG
Just getting things sorted for tomorrows self organised Olympic distance triathlon. Currently I am wondering why do I volunteer for such things!
I am meeting fellow Newham Councillor, Terry Paul, at the London Aquatic centre in Queen Elizabeth O…Read more…
Speech at the TUC on the Trade Union Act.
Tony Burke: Unite the Union Composite 16 – 2016 Trade Union Act Congress, we have been calling for repeal of anti-union laws for 30 years – a call that has continued to fall on deaf…Read more…
Axe the Housing Act Summit: 22 October 2016
The Battle is not yet over. The Government needs to bring back to Parliament exactly how they intend to Act to operate so there is still lots of campaigning opportunities.
UNISON is also sponsoring this meeting. So many of our members and their famil…Read more…
To tip or not to tip?
A hotelier has banned customers from leaving tips at his restaurant saying the ‘more you spend the more you get nailed.’ Thomas Noblett, the managing director of Langdale Chase Hotel, a luxury…Read more…
Zero hours: on the rise
Thanks to trade union campaigning, led by Unite, a slew of companies have dropped the use of zero-hours contracts in a matter of days. It all started with Sports Direct, which earlier this…Read more…
Newspaper delivery threat
Newspaper deliveries to newsagents across the UK will be hit as staff at Menzies Distribution prepare to hold two 24-hour strikes on September 23 and 26 for the first time ever over a ‘pitiful’ pay…Read more…
Hackney Mayor Election 2016
Tonight I helped out in Lea Bridge ward, Hackney for the election campaign to select a new Executive Mayor for the Borough.
At the campaign headquarters, ward activists were really hospitable and appreciative to us for turning up and&n…Read more…
Orgreave: time for justice to be served and the truth to be heard
UNISON has repeatedly called for an independent and thorough investigation into what really happened at the “Battle of Orgreave” during the miners’ strike. The official version of events – put…Read more…
Strike called off
Two 24-hours strikes by Prudential employees based in Reading, have been suspended, Unite announced today (September 15). The first of the stoppages was due to start at just past…Read more…
‘Deplorable’ job losses
The threat to 82 jobs at Aviva in Leicester, after the insurance giant said that it was closing its office in the city, has been strongly deplored by Unite today (September 15). The…Read more…
TUC highlights — on film
This year’s TUC Congress, held this week, featured a wide variety of Unite delegates speaking passionately on subjects as varied as the plight of the Kurdish people to fighting the Trade Union…Read more…
Stop the cuts
Swingeing cuts to the funding to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), which will decimate services to some of the most disadvantaged in the UK, has prompted two trade unions to ballot…Read more…
Tackling teacher shortages is not only about migration policy
The TUC has submitted evidence to the Migration Advisory Committee’s review of teacher shortages, highlighting that shortages that are currently being experienced in primary and secondary schools across the country require urgent action by the government. Migrant workers play an important role as…Read more…
Ending QTS will damage morale and push people away from teaching
If you were following the coverage of TUC Congress earlier this week, you could be forgiven for thinking only one education issue was on the agenda: grammar schools. In the four days I spent at the…Read more…