TIGMOO.co.uk

All the union news that's fit to blog...

  • About
  • Blogroll
  • Get involved
  • Select Page
  • About
  • Blogroll
  • Get involved

General Election – next week!

May 31, 2017By John's Labour blog

Dear John

It’s a week to go. The polls are narrowing. The next five years are about to be decided. If you have any time over the next week, please come out now to help Labour. The weather’s nice and it might even be fun…

Please help to fund…Read more…

May 31, 2017John's Labour blog

Lifeline collapse

May 31, 2017By UNITElive

The shock collapse of the UK’s leading drug and alcohol charity, Lifeline, which was heavily reliant on income from public sector contracts, should set alarm bells ringing, Unite has warned, as it…Read more…

May 31, 2017UNITElive

Strike vote over cuts

May 31, 2017By UNITElive

Refuse collection workers at Birmingham city council have started voting in an industrial action ballot today (May 31) amid accusations of financial mismanagement and an overspend by council bosses…Read more…

May 31, 2017UNITElive

The CLASS Take: The Conservative Workers’ Rights Proposals

May 31, 2017By Institute of Employment Rights Blog

31 May 2017

By Faiza Shaheen, Director of CLASS

Director of the CLASS Think Tank Faiza Shaheen comments on the Conservative Party Manifesto pledges for workers’ rights.

read moreRead more…

May 31, 2017Institute of Employment Rights Blog

‘Hidden’ food banks

May 31, 2017By UNITElive

Hundreds of “hidden” food banks have revealed record levels of food poverty in the UK.   Research from the Independent Food Aid Network (Ifan) indicates that the true level of food poverty…Read more…

May 31, 2017UNITElive

Morning Star to publish General Election Special edition

May 31, 2017By Power In A Union

Britain’s only socialist daily newspaper is producing a special bumper election edition to be handed out free at supermarkets June 1st (Thursday). 175,000 copies of the Morning Star – featuring…Read more…

May 31, 2017Power In A Union

Captain SKA – Liar Liar GE2017

May 30, 2017By John's Labour blog

May 30, 2017John's Labour blog

Stanlow pensions row

May 30, 2017By UNITElive

Essar Stanlow staff at the refinery plant in Ellesmere Port are being balloted for industrial action in a row over pensions.   Unite started balloting over 350 of its members in the collective…Read more…

May 30, 2017UNITElive

Sticking together

May 30, 2017By UNITElive

Members of Unite have stuck together on the first day (May 30) of 11 days of scheduled strikes, in a dispute over pay, at the Stafford factory of Bostik the adhesive and sealant manufacturer.  …Read more…

May 30, 2017UNITElive

Automation nation

May 30, 2017By UNITElive

People are more worried about robots taking their jobs than they are about competition from migrants, a new poll reveals.   The survey, conducted by jobs site Indeed of more than 1,500 UK…Read more…

May 30, 2017UNITElive

Centenary of Lenin’s April Theses:

May 30, 2017By Rtuc's Blog

100th Anniversary Year of the Great October Revolution On the 100th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution Lenin delivering April Theses at meeting of the Bolshevik Party held in the…Read more…

May 30, 2017Rtuc's Blog

Greatest NHS Property Sell-off Ever!

May 30, 2017By Rtuc's Blog

Theresa May’s Manifesto Pledge that Means the Greatest NHS Property Sell-off Ever Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign opposing the visit of Theresa May to the North East in May On Monday, May…Read more…

May 30, 2017Rtuc's Blog

Blog: When public services win, our whole country wins

May 30, 2017By Dave Prentis blog

In the weeks ahead, let us make these the issues that define the general election – because they are the issues that will define the future of our country for a generation.

The article Blog: When…Read more…

May 30, 2017Dave Prentis blog

Recruitment ‘cliff edge’

May 30, 2017By UNITElive

June 8 will be remembered by England’s next generation of nurses and health professionals as the day their professions’ fates were decided.   If the Conservatives win, bursaries for nursing,…Read more…

May 30, 2017UNITElive

Successful Meeting to Organise “Save our NHS” on the Isle of Wight.

May 30, 2017By Rtuc's Blog

Isle of Wight Save Our NHS group gains momentum Christine Lightbody (Report for onthewight} The Group say if planned STP is allowed to continue unchallenged, we could be witness to complete…Read more…

May 30, 2017Rtuc's Blog

‘No friends of the North’

May 30, 2017By UNITElive

The Conservative party is ‘no friend of the North’ but instead the party of the ‘leafy shires and the lucky few’, Unite warned on Monday (May 29).   Billboards carrying that message will appear…Read more…

May 30, 2017UNITElive

Britain still needs a pay rise – real wages are falling again

May 30, 2017By Touchstone blog

Are you feeling the pinch? That’s because real wages are falling – again. In 2016, average real weekly pay (that’s pay once inflation has been taken into account) for UK workers was around £24 less than it was back in 2008. This adds up to over £1,200 a year. The UK is one of few…

The…Read more…

May 30, 2017Touchstone blog

Marks & Spencer close their staff pension scheme and lose £131 million

May 29, 2017By John's Labour blog

M&S pension surplus falls £131.3m due to DB future accrual closureWritten by Talya Misiri24/05/17Marks and Spencer has revealed that its pension surplus fell by £131.3m in the year to April 2017 due to the closure of its defined benefit scheme to future accrual.
In its full year results,…Read more…

May 29, 2017John's Labour blog

Argos loses High Court bid as warehouse strikes continue

May 29, 2017By Rtuc's Blog

A High Court judgement thwarting a further attempt by the retail giant Argos to stop a two week strike was hailed as a ‘significant’ victory by Britain’s largest union, Unite today (Friday 26 May),…Read more…

May 29, 2017Rtuc's Blog

Unite warns voters ‘Tories are no friends of the North’

May 29, 2017By Power In A Union

The Conservative Party is ‘no friend of the North’ but instead the party of the ‘leafy shires and the lucky few’, Unite the country’s largest union is warning. Billboards carrying that message will…Read more…

May 29, 2017Power In A Union
12345 » Last

Latest posts

  • Newham Council Bi Monthly Street Count – Wednesday 26th May 2022
  • ‘We are public service defenders, not immigration border guards’
  • ‘Now is the time to mobilise and organise for racial justice at work’
  • ‘Crisis of aviation industry’s own making’
  • If you knew your history…
  • Let’s march to demand better! TUC Demo 18 June 22
  • ‘Another great deal won by Unite’

Archives

  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • March 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • July 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • October 2012
  • January 2012
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • March 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • July 2010
  • May 2010
  • March 2004

Tigmoo.co.uk

An automated aggregator of blogs from and about the UK trades union movement.

Search

Archives

Copyright © TIGMOO.co.uk