“This Council expresses alarm at the rise in antisemitism in recent years across the UK. This includes incidents when criticism of Israel has been expressed using anti-Semitic tropes. Criticism of Israel can be legitimate, but not if it employs the tro…Read more…
UNISON cautiously welcomes government’s school funding rethink
Union welcomes rethink from original proposal but warns that many schools will still struggle
The article UNISON cautiously welcomes government’s school funding rethink first appeared on the…Read more…
Unite solidarity pledge
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has pledged to raise the issue of Boeing’s failure to engage the Canadian government with Unite’s sister unions in Canada. McCluskey’s pledge comes…Read more…
BMW steps up warning on threat to UK Mini production
Alan Tovey, industry editor , Telegraph 11 MAY 2017 • 4:29PM Production of Minis could be moved out of Britain if Brexit talks do not deliver a favourable result, the boss of the German car giant…Read more…
Stuart Monro: Video tribute
Video titled Dawn in honour of Stuart Monro:Read more…
Skills and pay ‘attack’
Unite has warned that a proposed new scaffolding card scheme will decrease standards and lead to scaffolders having different skills cards for different projects. Unite has been informed by…Read more…
‘Safety first’ call
Unite, today (September 18) called on the whole of the airline industry to follow the lead of easyJet and take a ‘safety first’ approach in fitting air filtration units on board aircraft…Read more…
Remembering the first Georgian republic
This is the talk I gave on Thursday, 14 September 2017 at Prospero’s Bookshop in Tbilisi. I want to start by thanking Peter Nasmyth and Prospero’s Books for hosting us this evening. I…Read more…
Trade union independence and the Georgian republic
Presentation to the Georgian Trade Union Confederation’s congress, Tbilisi – 15 September 2017 I want to begin by thanking the Georgian Trade Union Confederation and your president,…Read more…
“The Stadium Loan” and Questions to Council Meeting
See below today’s blog post by Newham Council Cabinet member, Cllr Rachel Tripp, on the controversy regarding the “The Stadium loan”. Also, my questions on this subject that have been sent to the Newham Full Council meeting being held tomorrow.
“Rachel writes…Introduction
I want to write a…Read more…
To Terror From London
nuf said. h/t Franzi & Lily AllenRead more…
Levada bashing in Madeira – Ribeiro Frio to Portela
Off message but recommend this marvellous recent summer holiday walk, 11k (4 hours-ish) alongside Madeiran Levadas (irrigation water channels) in stunning mountain countryside.
Madeira is an Atlantic Portuguese Island off the coast of Africa and a li…Read more…
In Memoriam, Stuart Monro.
Stuart Monro June 15, 1938 – September 7, 2017 Stuart Monro passed away on the evening of Thursday, September 7. He collapsed suddenly after having suffered from heart problems.His passing came as a…Read more…
‘Compassionate country’
Toffee-nosed Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg ignited outrage yesterday (September 14) after describing rocketing food bank usage as “uplifting”. The multimillionaire MP – tipped as a potential…Read more…
‘Strike ahoy’
The Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier, Queen Elizabeth, may not be able to leave its home port of Portsmouth, if a national pay dispute involving tug boat crew steams ahead. Unite today…Read more…
Open University should not be closed to Cubans
UNISON has issued a statement criticising the Open University for banning students from Cuba.
The article Open University should not be closed to Cubans first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
No to ‘de facto’ blacklist
Birmingham’s refuse workers will be rallying outside the council offices in Victoria Square on Sunday (September 17) calling on Birmingham city council to honour the Acas agreement and resolve the…Read more…
Online tax cheats
Online retail giants such as Amazon and eBay are turning a blind eye to massive tax fraud happening under their watch – to the tune of more than £1bn a year. Foreign retailers selling their…Read more…
UNISON Housing Associations Labour Link AGM with John Healey MP
I am very pleased that John Healey MP, the Labour Party Shadow Minister for Housing & Planning has agreed to be our guest speaker at our branch Labour Link AGM at House of Commons on Wednesday 26 October 2017.
Due to limited space invite &…Read more…
Mental health care plea
This year Prime Minister’s questions fell on the day the NHS turned 69. It was July 5 and Theresa May told MPs that the country has “more nurses in our hospitals than we had in 2010”. At the…Read more…