The report below is from this weeks Newham Recorder about the lively but peaceful protest outside the Mayor’s Christmas Party at Stratford Town Hall. I stopped and spoke to the protesters about why they were there and what they thought should happen. T…Read more…
Len McCluskey : Free Movement Of Labour Is A Class Question
We need a new approach to the vexed subject of immigration – and at the core of this must be the reassertion of collective bargaining and trade union strength, writes Len McCluskey. There is no doubt…Read more…
Wishing everyone a Merry Crimbo & Happy New Year (and don’t forget #LOVEUNIONS)
Wishing everyone a Merry Crimbo & Happy New Year (and remember #LOVEUNIONS)
I have this year not sent any cards but instead donated money to the MIND Blue Light Campaign in memory of UNISON President Eric…Read more…
The Great Western Hospital and the “beds crisis”
You didn’t need a premonition in 1999 (“We warned this would happen says pensioner over beds crisis at GWH”, Swindon Advertiser) to know that the new hospital would be short of beds. Swindon TUC helped set up an NHS Defence Campaign which cut through the propaganda of the Trust…Read more…
The #Brexit mask begins to slip: they’re still after our rights
We welcomed the Prime Minister’s pledge at Conservative Party Conference (repeated by Ministers) that workers would keep their current rights – and gain new rights – after Brexit. It’s not enough, but it’s a start (we want it guaranteed, not just pledged, and we want…Read more…
Finland: Four Industrial Unions Set To Merge
In a move which commenced earlier this year four of Finland’s main industrial unions are planning to merge to create one powerful 260,00 strong union whose focus will be on Finland’s exporting…Read more…
A million Christmas workers
The arrival of the festive season is a well-deserved break for most of us from a busy year. It’s a good excuse to put our feet up, relax, indulge in our favourite food and drinks and spend it with…Read more…
Students urged to enter Bristol NUJ prize scheme 2017
STUDENT journalists at UWE were urged this week to put their work forward for the Bristol NUJ award scheme as the final prize to last year’s students was presented. Jade Evans was presented with her…Read more…
Good pensions or a pay rise? A response to the ILC-UK
If it wasn’t for companies meeting their obligations to fund defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, average wages would be £1,473 higher, claimed a think tank this morning. It is a compelling argument for many coming after a prolonged period of stagnant wage growth. It is also reminiscent of the…Read more…
What unites all of us
There is no doubt that concerns about the impact of the free movement of Labour in Europe played a large part in the referendum result, particularly in working-class communities. It is those…Read more…
Toxic turkey risk over future of meat inspections, says UNISON
Christmas turkey, pigs-in-blankets and meat stuffing could become health hazards under moves to scrap independent abattoir inspectors employed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), says UNISON today…Read more…
All emergency service workers want for Christmas is to be paid their worth
Responding to a TUC analysis published today (Friday) that found emergency service workers have suffered real pay cuts of up to £3,300 since 2011, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Every…Read more…
Sadiq Khan announces new London bus drivers pay deal (and lets ask him next to deal with Union busters)
Great news from BBC for bus drivers and their families. Well done Sadiq our Labour Mayor.
We will be contacting him next about defending staff from Union busters in London Housing Associations.
“London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced the cap…Read more…
The future role of UNISON employees in elections for General Secretary?
Continuing the theme of sharing with you, poor reader, the meanderings of my muddled mind arising from three days in the recent hearing before the Assistant Certification Officer (without touching upon the matters in the case itself) I have been asking…Read more…
Do we need a General Secretary?
Now that the hearing of evidence in front of the Assistant Certification Officer is over and the complainants and the Union are waiting for Wednesday 22 February when we shall reconvene to make our closing arguments in relation to the complaints concerning last year’s election for General Secretary…Read more…
Seasonal cheer
Unite reps working at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust branch threw a special Christmas party for poorly children at the Royal Oldham Hospital’s children’s department. And Father Christmas…Read more…
Cold and hungry this Christmas
Nearly half of hard up families who use food banks are at risk of going cold this Christmas, a charity warned yesterday (December 21). The Trussell Trust, the UK’s largest foodbank network,…Read more…
‘Working together’
Following talks with trade unions Unite and NUJ, Penguin Random House (PRH), the world’s biggest publisher has resumed negotiations about the firm’s new collective agreement. A meeting early…Read more…
Bus strike
The travelling public in Merseyside will face severe disruption when 120 bus drivers, based at Stagecoach Rock Ferry garage, go on strike for a fortnight on Wednesday December 28 in a long-running…Read more…
Car production races to 17-year high
The 17-year high in UK car production reinforces the case for safeguards for the automotive sector in any Brexit deal, Unite said today (Thursday December 22). The Society of Motor…Read more…