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Dear Colleagues,
The education unions are heading a campaign to fight back against cuts in school funding. Please use the interactive website below to identify an event near you that you can support.
You can also organise your own event by orde…Read more…
I don’t read much political theory, but am very interested in Chantal Mouffe so recently bought this. Just started reading it last night and great to find that someone has properly theorised some issues where I’ve had my own half-baked thoughts. This s…Read more…
Dear John
Labour has set out it’s manifesto for the many; now we have 3 weeks left to tell people about it. Join us and Lyn Brown talking to voters here in West Ham and in two key marginals: Ilford North and Westminster North.
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Today is the opening day of the TUC’s two day Disabled Worker’s Conference. And last week was the Mental Health Awareness Week, with the theme of Surviving or Thriving? While the employment rate of disabled people has increased in the last few years there is still a large disability employment gap…Read more…
A great collage of photos from recent campaigning. Custom House canvass on Sunday morning with Lyn Brown (and Cara) as well as local Newham Councillors, Rokhsana Fiaz and Pat Holland. Lyn had also been that morning to Ilford North with West Ham a…Read more…
Parents, school children and teachers along with various political leaders have waged a large demonstration outside of Sandown Bay Academy. Many of the placards denounced Academies and in particular,…Read more…
Unite suspends planned BMW strikes after new offer BBC Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionWorkers at the Cowley plant, where BMW makes Minis, took part in the strike Planned strikes at BMW car…Read more…
Unions and grassroots activists must push government harder…Read more…
Tata Steel announced yesterday (May 16) an outline agreement on how it would restructure its pension scheme. It pledged to pump £550m into the British Steel pension scheme and would also give…Read more…
Controversial energy firm INEOS refused to pay for terrorism prevention measures at its Grangemouth plants because they were too expensive, according to reports. An investigation by the Sunday…Read more…
Belonging: the Truth Behind the Headlines is an explosive new documentary investigating where real power lies in this country – and never has a release been more timely than now. The film,…Read more…
Consultation backs strategy to maximise earnings now, and build confidence and capacity among members for successful future industrial action
The article UNISON will ‘ramp up’ campaign…Read more…
Brussels, 17/05/2017. According to the paper’s journalists, the Flemish government has announced that it will not continue to publish Flanders Today, meaning this English-language newspaper –…Read more…
Unite announced that it would be suspending further industrial action at the carmaker BMW today (May 17) while members considered an offer from the company in a dispute over the closure of the final…Read more…
There For You are now accepting applications for help with school uniform costs. How much are the Grants? They are one-off grants of £40 per school age child, up to a total of £120 Am I eligible? To be eligible … Continue reading →Read more…
Unions meet Association of Colleges for discussions over claim for ‘inflation plus 3%’ pay rise from September
The article Pay talks start today for English further education workers first appeared…Read more…
Today’s labour market figures presented yet another iteration of the puzzle of the UK labour market in recent years: why are higher employment rates not pushing up wages? Traditional labour market theory tells us that as unemployment falls, workers feel more secure in their jobs and more able to…Read more…
In an exclusive interview, filmmaker Morag Livingstone speaks to UniteLive about what inspired her to make an explosive new investigative feature documentary film about where real power lies…Read more…
I am so proud that UNISON has its own Charity fund for members on low income or facing financial or other hardship. Working class trade unionists banding together to help each over in times of difficulty or crisis is pretty much what we should be all a…Read more…
I know I said I wouldn’t blog much during the campaign.
But this rubbish does warrant some comment.
Really TUC?
A “cautious welcome” to proposals from the authors of the latest Trade Union Act?
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