Adolf Berle, of Berle and Means fame, continued to write interesting things about corporate power and control long after The Modern Corporation and Private Property. The excerpt below is from Power Without Property: A New Development in American Politi…Read more…
Welcoming TUC delegates to Brighton – what about the workers?
Brighton is welcoming delegates to the annual Trades Union Congress, which convenes here this afternoon (read more here).
I hope that friends and comrades in the UNISON delegation (and other delegations) will take the opportunity to network between activists in different trade unions – because…Read more…
UNISON Motion on low pay for Labour Conference
I have submitted this motion from my UNISON branch to West Ham Labour Party GC for this years conference.
“Conference notes that CPIH inflation stands at 2.6%, according to ONS data released on August 15th.
Conference notes that this means publi…Read more…
Mentioned in Parliament – Cllr Seyi Akiwowo …fighting back against online abuse
A lovely tribute in a maiden speech to Parliament by new Labour MP, Rosie Duffield, to Newham’s youngest Councillor, Seyi Akiwowo, “who has endured, fought back against and now campaigns against the lowest form of racial abuse…”
UNISON welcomes government U-turn on selling NHS staffing agency
Selling off NHS Professionals would have been ‘completely counterproductive and bad for patients and staff,’ union says
The article UNISON welcomes government U-turn on selling NHS staffing agency…Read more…
Retirement uncertainty
Unite has demanded urgent talks after it was revealed yesterday (September 7) that British Airways intends to close its main pension scheme. Blaming low interest rates and rising life…Read more…
‘Fight together, rise together’
For the first time ever, UK workers at the global fast food chain restaurant McDonald’s went on strike this week (September 4) in their fight against low pay and zero hours contracts. Taking a…Read more…
Canteen staff strike
One of the biggest training days for employees at the Fawley oil refinery in Hampshire on Monday, September 25, is set to be disrupted by a strike of ‘pitifully’ low paid canteen staff. Staff…Read more…
Labour’s clear strategy
When I worked for ITN during the eighties I would find myself throwing questions at Premier Thatcher and various cabinet members usually outside in Downing Street – decamping to the seaside…Read more…
Worker directors via the UK Corporate Governance Code
As anyone who reads this blog will probably be aware, the Conservative government bottled its commitment to put workers on boards. Instead it has asked the FRC to amend the UK Corporate Governance Code to give companies three options, one of which is a…Read more…
Seeing red
Unite has helped to launch the third edition of Show Racism the Red Card’s (SRtRC) ‘Wear Red’ day (WRD) – by hosting an event in a packed room at their HQ in Holborn (September 4). This year,…Read more…
Bank of England win
Unite declared victory after it announced an end to its pay dispute at the Bank of England earlier this week (September 5). In a victory for the workforce, Unite members at the bank have voted…Read more…
‘Landmark day’
Today’s (September 8) naming ceremony of the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier, Prince of Wales, is a landmark in the history of UK shipbuilding that risks being the last unless the government widens…Read more…
How big is your union website in 2017?
A couple of years ago, I looked at the sizes of the websites of all the TUC affiliated unions, to see how they compared. I’ve found myself coming back to this analysis quite often. Various unions…Read more…
Fair testing plea
Attempts to force paramedics in Yorkshire to undergo random drug and alcohol tests are being questioned by Unite. The Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) is deliberating on whether to change…Read more…
State-run Postbank welcome
The creation of a state-run Postbank would help the flow of finance for small businesses and promote social inclusion as traditional bank branches close, Unite said on Thursday (September 7). …Read more…
Accept gov’t help call
Unite has expressed alarm that the management at Witter Towbars in Deeside is reluctant to receive assistance from the Welsh government in order to save jobs. The company is currently consulting on…Read more…
“We can’t feed the poor but we can fund a war”
Hat tip Banksy
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Why UNISON is signing the Anti-Slavery Charter
Slavery not only persists, it’s on the rise. It’s estimated that 10-13,000 people are enslaved across the UK which, according the National Crime Agency is just “the tip of the iceberg”.
The article…Read more…
Don’t ‘pit workers against workers’
Leaked government proposals to radically curb EU migration after Brexit ‘pits workers against workers’ and risks the country’s food security, Unite has said. A home office document leaked to…Read more…