Isle of Wight residents queued up on Saturday to sign the Labour Party petition against underfunding and understaffing of the NHS by the Conservative Government. onthewight Islanders support petition…Read more…
Certification Officer orders rerun of General Secretary election
Regular readers of this blog (Sid and Doris Blogger) will be glad to get back to the niche concerns which normally catch the attention of your blogger.
So here is the news that the Certification Officer has ordered the rerun of the General Secretary election!
In the case of URTU – the United Road…Read more…
Work in the NHS and have something to say on STPs?
Radio 4 is looking for health workers to phone in and talk about “sustainability and transformation plans” for the NHS in England
The article Work in the NHS and have something to say on STPs? first…Read more…
‘Unity not division’
Last week the right-wing terrorist who murdered Labour MP Jo Cox was given a whole life sentence. White supremacist Thomas Mair stabbed and shot Cox in Birstall, a town in West Yorkshire that…Read more…
Were you part of the star-gazing celebration?
Last Friday schools up and down the UK celebrated school support staff as part of UNISON’s Stars in Our Schools day
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Health service group by-election
By-election for Eastern general seat on health care service group executive will open on 6 December 2016 and close on 20 January 2017
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Clarion the Union Busters?
Circle and Affinity Sutton Housing Associations are merging this week to form “Clarion Group” the largest Housing organisation in Europe owning 130,000 homes. Astonishingly management have chosen this time to announce that trade union recognition and c…Read more…
West Ham Labour Party Christmas Quiz & Social – Friday 9 December 2016
It’s our festive fixture – the Xmas Social and Quiz with our Quiz Masters Dianne and Conor. 7.30pm (for 8pm start), Friday 9 December, Vicarage Lane Centre, E15 4HW.Come along and meet fellow West Ham members. No need to come as a team but do bring some food to share.Read more…
Canadian & European civil society oppose EU-Canada trade agreement
Over 450 public interest groups from across Europe and Canada – including the TUC – today published an open letter urging legislators to vote against the EU-Canada ‘trade’ deal known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). They joined forces to defend…Read more…
Worker board representation must mean what it says on the tin
The government’s Green Paper on corporate governance is expected today (Tuesday 29th November) and should include the government’s proposals for putting into practice the Prime Minister’s repeated commitment to have workers represented on company boards. As I blogged last week, there are three key…Read more…
Where next in Weimar Little England?
When, two days ago, I wrote for the first time from “Weimar Little England” I did not realise that I was being anachronistic because we had already opened hostilities with the Poles. The random deportations of European migrants for allegedly sleeping rough joins the recent mass deportation to…Read more…
Tata sell-off audit call
Job security and the future of the pension scheme are key priorities for Unite following today’s (November 28) announcement that Tata Steel UK is to sell its speciality steel business to Liberty…Read more…
Family nurses fight back
Unite will hold a demonstration on Wednesday (November 30) against council cuts to the family nurse partnership (FNP) in Manchester which will affect over 150 families. Family nurses, members…Read more…
Korean unions fight back
As I noted in my blog in July South Korea’s trade unions have been subject to a sustained attack . Under President Park, trade unionists are being sent to prison for carrying out normal trade…Read more…
Care for the NHS
Just days after chancellor Phillip Hammond hardly bothered to mention the NHS in his Autumn Statement, the Labour party launched a major campaign on Saturday (November 26) in support of the…Read more…
Election of Branch Officers, Convenors and Stewards for 2017-2018
Nominations are now being sought for branch officers, convenors and stewards for 2017-2018. Instructions on how to apply with deadline dates for nominations are detailed on the annual elections poster – annual-elections-exec. If you are interested in a post and … Continue reading →Read more…
Young worker’s Challenge #9: Pressure on working parents
This month we’re counting down the ten most significant challenges faced by young workers. Being in low paid, insecure work with limited opportunities for progression is pretty tough. Having a child…Read more…
Poem quoted by Fidel
For this freedom that is the right of the youth For this freedom As beautiful as life itself We will have to give our all If necessary Even our shadows And it will never be enough. Music Composition…Read more…
Greek public sector workers stage strike against new austerity reforms:
Greek public sector workers have gone on a nationwide strike to protest against the austerity measures planned by the leftist government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to secure bailout loans from…Read more…
The forward march of shareholder oversight halted
I’m going to stop blogging about corporate governance reform for a bit, as I’m starting to bore myself as I keep ending back at the same place. But the endless discussion about executive pay has helped me crystallise a couple of thoughts that I thought…Read more…