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Finally, we are beginning to see some clear red water between Labour and the Tories on what really matters to British workers. While my wish list would like to see the reintroduction of wage councils, greater national insurance benefits for the self em…
I’ve recently found something that captures important points relating to competing interests within the firm: this news story about American Airlines. More specifically, the quote from the analyst is almost perfect:
“This is frustrating. Labor is being paid first again. Shareholders get…
You wait for years for the needs of working people to become the focus of political attention and then suddenly everybody’s interested. The onset of the General Election campaign has coincided with the beginning of Brexit negotiations and the long overdue dawning of understanding at the…
At last a radical employment rights programme set out by the Labour Party – can anyone disagree with these proposals? LABOUR’S WORKERS CHARTER Give all workers equal rights from day one,…
Commenting on the Labour Party’s 20-point plan for the workplace, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Labour’s plan promises to transform employees’ rights. These proposals…
Yesterday we ordered our first West Ham CLP freepost leaflet (the relief). Today I had the Board for a team of local Party activists in Forest Gate North. There was 4 of us and I asked each of them to visit a particular address and ask the residents th…
Today is Workers Memorial Day, and across the world trade unionists remember the 20,000 British and the 2.3 million deaths of workers worldwide who die prematurely every year in work related accidents or from occupational disease.
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Richest 1,000 families control total of £547bn, rising by more than 112% since 2009, and own more than poorest 40% of British households One of the mansions on the so-called billionaires’ row at…
This week the think tank OpenEurope published a report with recommendations for Britain’s future trade after it leaves the EU. It suggests that Britain may be able to make up much of its shortfall in trade resulting from leaving the EU by strengthening its trade, particularly in services, with…
The talks with the Royal Mail over plans to close its pension scheme in its current form are ‘complex and difficult’, Unite warned today (April 28). Unite, which has about 6,000 members…
As workers across the world prepare to gather on May Day (Monday May 1), Unite’s international director Simon Dubbins explains why now, more than ever, we must renew our commitment to…
Nestle is cutting up to 27 per cent of the Blue Riband workforce, as it moves production to Poland, despite promising not to make any ‘radical cost-cutting’, says Unite and the GMB. Earlier…
Just as Unite members, mostly in construction, gathered at the building worker’s statue in London to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) today (April 28), news broke that yet another of…
On International Worker’s Memorial Day, the motto is ‘Remember the dead and fight for the living’. In the fifth and final part of our Workers’ Memorial Day series, we…
Following the conclusion of higher education pay negotiations, the employers have made a full and final offer on pay for 2017-2018.
The article Higher education pay – employers make final offer…
The economy grew by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2017, down on 0.7% in the final quarter of 2017. More than 80% of the first quarter growth was driven by business services and finance. As the chart shows, the increased contribution here (in light grey)…
Health visitors play a vital role in identifying domestic slavery victims, a community nursing organisation has said. The Institute for Health Visiting (IHV) said health visitors may be the…
Each year on or near April 28th, UNISON joins people around the world to celebrate International Workers’ Memorial Day.
The article Blog: As we remember the dead and injured, we reaffirm our demand…
Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don’t die in tragic “accidents”. They die because an employer decided their safety or health just wasn’t that…