Retail sales have seen their worst decline since 2010. But rising consumer credit figures suggest we’re not at the end of the consumer spending boom just yet. Retail sales volumes declined by -1.4% in the first quarter of 2017, the worse quarterly decline since the first quarter of 2010 (itself…Read more…
Vote Labour Llafur – Vote Geraint Lloyd-Williams On May 4
Overshadowed by the General election, local elections will be taking place across the country on May 4th. My cousins cousin, Geraint Lloyd-Williams, is restanding as a Labour County Councillor in Denbigh, North Wales. This is from his FaceB…Read more…
Rana Plaza: Unions can save lives as well as livelihoods
As we approach the 4th anniversary of terrible tragedy at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, it’s important to hold on to the sense of shock we all had when we heard that over a thousand workers, full aware…Read more…
Len McCluskey re-elected as Unite General Secretary
Len McCluskey has been re-elected as Unite’s general secretary. The result will be seen as a boost for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Len McCluskey’s chief rival Gerard Coyne was…Read more…
GS ballot announcement
Len McCluskey has been re-elected general secretary of Unite, the union announced today (April 21). Votes cast in the election were as follows: Len McCluskey 59, 067 Gerard Coyne 53, 544…Read more…
Urgent meeting call
Unite has called for an urgent meeting with the management of Icelandic Seachill in Grimsby, following today’s (April 21) announcement that one of the town’s largest employers had been put up for…Read more…
‘Immoral’
Just a day after BMW justified its pension scheme closure plans by calling the scheme “unsustainable and unaffordable” in a statement on Wednesday (April 19), the car firm posted skyrocketing…Read more…
Fighting for the future of homecare
A group of homecare workers from Haringey have made headlines with their battle for the minimim wage
The article Fighting for the future of homecare first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Protect public health call
Health visitors and school nurses are holding a campaign meeting in the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday (April 26) to hammer out a checklist for prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs), which…Read more…
Where do you stand?
A new film by Unite is highlighting the need to protect the United Kingdom’s crucial automotive sector from the uncertainty of a hard Brexit during the run up to the general election on June…Read more…
Making health and safety an issue for everyone
Men are almost twice as likely to suffer a serious injury at work as women, and for decades health and safety practice has reflected what has been seen traditionally as a problem most affecting men….Read more…
Hidden power
As the shock subsides, the reality sets in – little more than two years after having had a general election, Britons brace themselves for yet another one on June 8. Election fatigue may make…Read more…
‘Excellent turnout’
Japan’s ambassador to the UK has been asked to intervene in the current dispute involving the IT giant Fujitsu which could see 1,800 job losses. Unite today (April 21) handed in a letter to…Read more…
Open skies?
The UK aviation industry’s chance of a successful post-Brexit takeoff could be hindered because of Theresa May’s shock announcement of a general election on June 8, Unite has warned. Even…Read more…
Election fever or fatigue? Why the mayoral elections on 4 May really matter
The rubber has hardly hit the road on the June General Election. But important elections are also happening closer to home. Local and metro mayoral elections are happening on 4 May, and there are some big opportunities for parts of the country to make …Read more…
Why Twitter & Facebook do little or nothing about racist and bigoted trolls?
Last night I watched a report on the BBC One Show about the abject failure of super rich social media companies Twitter and Facebook to really tackle online trolling by racists and other bigots.
My local Forest Gate Councillor, 25 year old Seyi Akiwowo…Read more…
The Radicalization of Pedagogy
Dear Colleagues,
Just a brief post to give a plug for a fascinating new book (published by Rowman and Littlefield) by
Simon Springer, Marcelo Lopes de Souza, and Richard J. White. You can order a copy…Read more…
Stop pensions robbery
Watch Unite plant convenor Norman Gough explain why workers have been driven to hold the first ever strikes yesterday (April 19) by BMW’s UK workforce in our exclusive video below. There were also…Read more…
Ferry strike called off
Tomorrow’s strike (April 21) that would have hit travellers using the Woolwich Ferry has been suspended, as ‘positive progress’ has been made in talks today (April 20) in the dispute over a bullying…Read more…
Woolwich Ferry staff to strike over sexual harassment
Woolwich Ferry staff set to strike over secretary’s ‘sexual harassment ordeal’ The Evening Standard Key link: the ferry transports two million passengers across the river every year Workers are set…Read more…