Most autistic people want to work, but often encounter difficulties in the workplace which employers can address better. Author and workplace trade union representative Janine Booth, who is on the…Read more…
Support the Kinsley Three – Solidarty Gig 3 December
“3 school cleaners on strike because C&D Cleaning Services cut our pay & conditions and refused to recognise our union…Read more…
We must care for the NHS as it has cared for so many of us
Long waits for both routine and essential NHS care are becoming increasingly common – whether someone is trying to see a GP or a specialist – and yet the Tory mantra remains the same. Like ostriches…Read more…
‘Pothole’ nation?
Speculation over what chancellor Phillip Hammond will unveil in his Autumn Statement on Wednesday (November 23) is running high, but one thing is certain – infrastructure spending will be a top…Read more…
‘Kind words and false promises’
Shameless Theresa May has ruled out installing worker representatives on company boards, just four months after her pledge to do so. The Prime Minister, who after her appointment as Tory…Read more…
‘Sickening blow’
News that crane and plant hire specialist Hewden is going into administration was described as a ‘sickening blow’ by Unite as it today (November 22) pledged to fight to secure as many jobs as…Read more…
‘We are all Daniel Blake’ protest
Members of Unite Community’s West London branch will stage a ‘We are all Daniel Blake’ protest outside four west London job centres tomorrow (November 23) from 11am, as part of a day of action…Read more…
Schools to close as Durham teaching assistants take second two-day strike action
More than 100 primary schools across County Durham will be affected tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday as teaching assistants strike for a second time in a long-running dispute over cuts to their pay….Read more…
Lessons unlearned
Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the UK will have the “lowest corporate tax rate in the G20” ahead of her government’s first Autumn Statement, while Chancellor Philip Hammond hinted that…Read more…
Chancellor should ensure more money for a fairer deal on migration
Yesterday the TUC released a report calling on the Chancellor to use the Autumn Financial Statement on Wednesday to significantly increase the amount going to a Migration Impacts Fund so that areas that have experienced industrial decline, cuts to services and significant recent increases in…Read more…
5 tips for union reps to support disabled workers
I have been a trade union rep for almost a decade and am now the policy officer for disability equality at the TUC. I have also had reasonable adjustments myself. Disability History Month (#UKDHM) is…Read more…
Women are being held back by unrewarding, low-paid, part-time work
Despite some progress, women still take the lion’s share of domestic and family responsibilities. Over 40% of women, compared to just 12% of men, work part-time. This is part of the reason that progress on closing the gender pay gap has been so painfully slow. There are far too few opportunities to…Read more…
Cutbacks leaving LGBT people without specialist mental and sexual health support
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are facing long waits for appointments at gender identity clinics and being denied specialist mental health counselling because of cutbacks, says…Read more…
Newham Co-op Party Votes NO to an affirminative ballot and YES to Open, Fair and Democratic Selection Process
37 NO and 36 YES. Well done to Newham Co-op Chair Gill Hay for chairing such a very difficult meeting so well. She did a brilliant job.
This result is amazing when you consider the recent history of the Newham Coop Party.
Times are ch…Read more…
The last Regional Local Government Committee…
Having told my branch that I won’t be seeking re-election as Branch Secretary in January, with a view to having a bit more of a life, I realise that tomorrow morning I will attend my last meeting of UNISON’s Regional Local Government Committee after more than twenty years.
More than nineteen years…Read more…
Ernest Bevin and three lessons for ‘Rethinking Economics’
(This post is the fuller version of remarks I made at the launch of Econocracy: The Perils of Leaving Economics to the Experts, by Joe Earle, Cahal Moran and Zach Ward-Perkins of ‘Rethinking Economics, London School of Economics, 21ST November 2016.) Parallels have rightly been drawn between the…Read more…
The Defeat Of TPP Trade Deal Is A Tale Of Ants Slaying A Dragon.
By Leo Gerard, President of the Unite Steelworkers of USA and Canada It seemed a fearsome task, challenging the powerful behemoth that is Wall Street, Big Pharma, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Big…Read more…
Workers on boards would become part of a new, and better, normal
The Prime Minister used her speech to the CBI this morning to appear to dilute her previous commitment to put workers on company boards. If this is the case, it represents a huge missed opportunity to put in place a different model for British business…Read more…
Standing up to ‘corporate greed’
Workers at drinks giant Diageo have voted to take industrial action over plans to slash their pensions at a time when the company is making massive profits. Members of Unite voted by an…Read more…
Thanking those stars in every school, who shine so bright
I know that in schools up and down the country – in mainstream education as well as in more specialist schools – staff of all kinds provide vital support for our children. Whether it’s helping…Read more…