(Check against delivery) Good morning and thanks to our North West Region’s invite to speak at this important conference on Brexit – and the effects leaving the European Union will have on our…Read more…
Local MPs and care workers protest in Haringey calling for the fairer treatment of homecare workers
MPs and care workers are staging a protest today (Thursday) outside Haringey Civic Centre in Wood Green, calling on the council to do its bit to improve conditions for homecare staff across the…Read more…
‘Trump Tower’ deals spell harm
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has warned that working class communities face the `fight of their lifetimes’ to fend off a ‘hard’ exit from the European Union. He issued the warning…Read more…
Designing a responsible corporate tax policy for Brexit Britain
Last month, the Prime Minister announced the government’s new industrial strategy through a green paper, inviting responses via a consultation. In a 132-page document, tax was mentioned just 14 times. Yet it is undoubtedly the case that taxation is a core component of a government’s economy policy….Read more…
Working for the best Brexit
Workers from leading companies across the north west are gathering in Liverpool for a conference today (February 2) specially convened by Unite, the UK’s biggest manufacturing union, to press for…Read more…
Blog: Fighting for labour values and a Labour government
UNISON will always stand against hatred, and we’ll always speak out when we see it. Unlike our Prime Minister – we won’t hold hands with bigots and racists.
The article Blog: Fighting for labour…Read more…
Government must act as NHS student applications slump, says UNISON
Responding to the announcement that university applications for nursing and midwifery courses have fallen dramatically, UNISON head of health Christina McAnea said: “The government said replacing…Read more…
UNISON Greater London Regional Council AGM 2017 results
I was re-elected today at the Greater London UNISON AGM as the Regional Finance Convenor for the 10th time. Many, many thanks for the continued support of London delegates.
Next to me is our (new) Regional Publicity Officer Francesca Hammond, Regional…Read more…
Brexit is inevitably anti-working class
Members of Parliament have voted to support Theresa May’s Brexit Bill on its second reading.
This was (and is) an anti-working class measure which threatens, in particular, the rights of those workers who are citizens of other EU nations – but it also threatens all of us who depend upon legal…Read more…
We should all be pension geeks now
All of a sudden, pensions are rarely out of the news. From changes to the state pension, through to transparency of investment charges and outright fraud. Largely as a result of auto-enrolment,…Read more…
David Gauke’s response to our NHS funding campaign just isn’t adding up – #FullyFundourNHS
Our petition calling on Philip Hammond to commit to a financial reset for the NHS in the Autumn Statement received 11,764 signatures. We delivered it to the HM Treasury – only to find NHS funding was completely missing in the Autumn Statement. We have a number of concerns over the response we…Read more…
Working class musn’t pay for Brexit
Workers from leading companies across the north west will gather in Liverpool for a conference tomorrow (February 2) specially convened by Unite, the UK’s biggest manufacturing union, to press for…Read more…
Out of the mouths of babes
Croydon NHS is being forced to take the milk out of babies’ mouths in an attempt to save £30m this financial year. According to Croydon Council Commission Group it spends £395,000 per year on…Read more…
Celtic Connections 2 – and Beyond
A selection of shorts re a number of shows that are not going to get onto my reviews in the Star (the first one of which is due in tomorrow’s paper (Thursday 2).
One thing that is already in…Read more…
How can we respond to Trumponomics?
How to respond to the populism and protectionism of Donald Trump will be one of the biggest challenges facing mainstream economists and politicians in 2017. A good starting point for that debate might be Martin Wolf’s wide ranging article in today’s Financial Times (£), ‘Donald Trump’s tough…Read more…
Save Our Services: How cuts are hitting Black people
Black workers are usually the first to lose their job in a recession – and this has been true for services provided by local government in the latest recession
The article Save Our Services: How…Read more…