Need to sort out and organise our Branch event for this year. Read more…
Red Funnel for Sale
Red Funnel is for sale for a reported £250 million, nine years after it was sold for £200 million. The current ferry company’s owner is an infrastructure investment arm of the Prudential….Read more…
Newham Radical SwimBikeRun Triathlon Club – a start
Off message but back from gentle jog around Wanstead Flats & Park, Epping Forest. I restarted cycling into work last week. A group of West Ham Councillors and Party members have been “volunteered” into a FaceBook “Radical SwimBikeRun Triathlon club…Read more…
Putting all our eggs in Empire 2.0 – risking rights & living standards
Ahead of Commonwealth Day tomorrow, Commonwealth trade ministers were in London last week, hosted by the UK international trade minister and leading Leave supporter Liam Fox. The media claimed that several Commonwealth countries were ‘first in the queue’ to do a trade deal with the UK…Read more…
Government risking ‘leap in the dark’ with no deal
The Government’s much-touted negotiating threat that ‘no deal would be better than a bad deal’ risks doing huge damage to the UK economy, our jobs, rights at work and living standards. Last week the all-party Commons Select Committee on International Trade made clear that…Read more…
Len McCluskey ‘Viewpont’ in Tribune March 10th – 23rd.
The final Regional Local Government Executive…
If the title of this blog post does not signal to you that this is a “niche” blog then you really are not paying attention.
As I slowly disentangle myself from my various UNISON responsibilities I find myself more and more at final meetings. This week …Read more…
Labour campaigning for socialism in Brighton
Following the regrettable suspension of local Labour Party organisation in Brighton and Hove between July and February, it was good today to Chair the first meeting of the General Committee of Brighton Pavilion Constituency Labour Party since we electe…Read more…
UNISON South East members join the march for our NHS
Brexit Fundraising Dinner – Keir Starmer MP 30 March 2017
Canvassing this Saturday 11 March:
1) Join Lyn Brown 11am Stubbs Point, New Barn Rd, E13 8JL (contact Rohit)
2) 11.30am, Custom House Library, Prince Regents Ln, E16 3JJ (contact Rokhsana)
Our Brexit Fundraising Dinner ~ Thursday 30th March (early bird price £20 till Sunday midnight)
Join Lyn…Read more…
UNISON wins payout for unfairly dismissed North West drug treatment staff
A group of workers supporting adults with addiction issues has won a six-figure settlement after their new employer left them jobless and without redundancy pay. The seven were recently awarded…Read more…
‘Bitterly disappointed’
On the surface things are looking up for Britain’s future apprentices, who will keep the skills and knowledge needed for a productive and secure economy alive in the years to come. At…Read more…
Blog: The WASPI campaign is a struggle for fairness
Some women have already waited years for an answer from the government – some as many as six years. That’s not fair or just, and it’s created real financial hardship, especially for those who’ve…Read more…
Stop the exploiters
What with the budget shambles, the ongoing concerns over the future of the UK motor industry and the never ending Brexit saga, it was very easy to miss a very significant announcement this week by…Read more…
‘Stitched up’
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson announced yesterday (March 9) proposals that would threaten 400 jobs, as the firm put forward plans to shut a surgical suture manufacturing plant in…Read more…
Masking sickness at work?
Fear for their jobs has prompted British workers to take the fewest number of sick days since records began – only 137m working days last year were lost to sickness, equivalent to just over four days…Read more…
Fairness call
Unite members at the Faslane and Coulport naval bases on the Clyde have voted in favour of industrial action, in a dispute over worker rights. Unite says that Babcock Marine is carrying out a…Read more…
Precarious work – the union experience
What is insecure work and has it increased? This blog examines precarious or insecure work, how it manifests itself in the workplace and whether insecure work practices have increased. Insecure work includes: agency work or seasonal, casual, temporary …Read more…
Blog: Hammond’s inadequate budget
While the Chancellor has – at long last – woken up to the reality of a situation exacerbated by his austerity government, the money announced yesterday won’t end the extreme rationing of care. In…Read more…
‘Pensions’ betrayal’
BMW Group bosses were accused of ‘penny pinching’ and seeking to rob car workers making the iconic Mini and Roll-Royce motorcars of their future pensions today (March 9), as the carmaker reported…Read more…