PRODUCTION at Plant Swindon is expected to fall silent today when around 750 BMW employees walk out in a dispute over pensions. Members of the union Unite walked out in the first day of strike action…Read more…
Hinkley Point delay risk
Delays to the construction of the Hinkley Point nuclear power station could be on the cards, if a dispute over bonus payments flares up into industrial action, the unions have warned. Unite…Read more…
Lives uprooted
Hundreds of homeless families from London are being forced to uproot their lives and move to private rented accommodation miles outside the capital or else face having their support cut off, new…Read more…
Stronger Unison – Vote Liz & Dan for Higher Education NEC
Okay, we are embarking on the fight of our lives to get rid of the Tories on June 8th, but the UNISON NEC elections are still ongoing and not due to finish before Friday 28 April (which by coincidence is also Workers Memorial Day. Will post invite to N…Read more…
Fighting for respect
For hundreds of workers at the BMW Mini plant in Cowley, just outside of Oxford, today (April 19) was their first ever day of strike action after working loyally for the same company for decades….Read more…
The Local elections, on May 7th, on the Isle of Wight reveal how Renewal of the Democratic System should now operate.
If there is to be any renewal of the democratic system it surely has to deal with this issue of selection of candidates. Only in the last 3 months did the Independents lose control of the Council to…Read more…
Solid support
A 24 hour strike by BMW workers making car engines and the Mini was being solidly supported today (April 19), as workers mounted picket lines and production lines lay idle over the luxury carmaker’s…Read more…
General Election 2017. Agent Gray & the Campaign to Win
This morning I was happily enjoying an Easter holiday sunshine walk in the countryside, when the Chair of West Ham Constituency Labour Party rang my mobile. Luckily (or not as the case might be) I had a signal and spoke to her.
It soon beca…Read more…
A General Election unlike others?
If we learned one thing today it is that the Fixed Term Parliaments Act is a dead letter.
What opposition Party would ever vote against a Government motion to call a General Election? Will any MPs do so tomorrow?
Whether or not Theresa May was influenc…Read more…
Weetabix takeover
Unite has asked for an urgent meeting with the new American owner of Weetabix to seek assurances about job security. Unite represents more than 110 members, including engineering and technical…Read more…
Coming general election must be about the future of our public services, says UNISON
Commenting on the PM’s decision to call an election for June, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Theresa May promised repeatedly there’d be no general election before…Read more…
This election will be about the future of our public services
As Britain prepares to leave the EU, this election will be about the future of our public services, and the austerity agenda that the Tory Party have unleashed upon those services for the past seven…Read more…
Choice for positive change
Responding to today’s (April 18) announcement by prime minister Theresa May of a general election on June 8, Unite acting general secretary Gail Cartmail said, “The prime minister has gone back on…Read more…
‘First ever’ strike
BMW production lines making the Mini and car engines face disruption tomorrow (April 19) with car workers starting a series of 24 hour strikes as part of a programme of industrial action stretching…Read more…
‘Partners in productivity’
As the deadline for responses to the government’s Industrial Strategy Green Paper closes, it’s worth taking stock of the extent to which things have moved on and how much further there is still to…Read more…
Putting the foxes in charge of the migration hen house
The Financial Times has a story today (behind the paywall) suggesting that the government’s new visa system for EU migrants will have to be enforced not by the Home Office or the Borders Agency but by employers, landlords and universities, because of cuts to the civil service. That would,…Read more…
UNISON NEC Elections 2017: West Midlands Region candidate recommendations
If you are a UNISON member in our West Midlands region please vote for Carol, Eleanor, Steve and Mary. You can also vote for all the National seats below and for your own Service Group representatives.
NATIONAL (vote fo…Read more…
Triggered: Article 50, Brexit & the impact on local communities -Newham Fabians
JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…
Triggered: Article 50, Brexit and the impact on local communitiesWhen: 6.30pm – 8.30pm on Thursday 20th April 2017
Where: Main Lecture Theatre, Loughborough University London, Here East, 3 Lesney Avenue, The Bro…Read more…
John's Labour blog 2017-04-16 20:16:00
Respond to this post by replying above this lineNew post on Red BrickAmbition to Buildby stevehilditchBelow is my contribution to the Spring Edition of Fabian Review, Ambition to Build. Labour has a strong set of policies which command a…Read more…
Exeter Political Forum:
An Invitation to the Exeter Political Forum on the Future of Society Saturday, May 20, 2017, 11:00 am (registration) – 5:00 pm To participate, contact us at the Trades Council. The times are…Read more…