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Piano simulator app for smartphone and tablet PC users launched in DPRK.

Dec 20, 2017By Rtuc's Blog

Piano simulator app for smartphone and tablet PC users launched in North Korea Kim Il Sung University also released e-book app enabling users to read books published in 2017 A piano simulator…Read more…

Dec 20, 2017Rtuc's Blog

Profits at what cost?

Dec 20, 2017By UNITElive

The return to profitability by the Post Office has been underpinned by ‘slash and burn’ polices which have diminished the organisation, Unite said today (Wednesday December 20).   Unite, which…Read more…

Dec 20, 2017UNITElive

‘Homelessness is a national crisis’

Dec 20, 2017By UNITElive

Homelessness is a “national crisis” and the Tories are “unacceptably complacent” about tackling it, a cross-party committee of MPs said today (December 20).   A public accounts committee (PAC)…Read more…

Dec 20, 2017UNITElive

Where another world is possible

Dec 20, 2017By UNITElive

It’s not very often that a suit and tie from management speaks of his indebtedness to the union.   But that’s exactly what happened when in October Rolls-Royce celebrated the contribution of…Read more…

Dec 20, 2017UNITElive

‘Try your best to enjoy Christmas Day’

Dec 20, 2017By UNITElive

In part 3 of our series on working over Christmas, we speak to Paul McQuade, a dedicated ambulance worker who’s worked for the ambulance service for nearly three decades, and as a paramedic for the…Read more…

Dec 20, 2017UNITElive

Workers’ rights and Brexit

Dec 20, 2017By UNITElive

After failing miserably on Monday to reassure millions of workers that their basic rights at work won’t be scrapped, Theresa May has another opportunity when she stands up at the last PMQs of the…Read more…

Dec 20, 2017UNITElive

Cliff Williams – we have lost one of our union’s best

Dec 20, 2017By Dave Prentis blog

Everyone who worked closely with Cliff will miss his counsel, his support and his commitment – and I know his words “leave it with me, I’ll sort it”, will echo around our union for years to come. All…Read more…

Dec 20, 2017Dave Prentis blog

In 2016, London growth was nearly double the UK average

Dec 20, 2017By TUC blogs

The story of London moving further away from the rest of the UK continues.Read more…

Dec 20, 2017TUC blogs

Working in a winter wonderland?

Dec 20, 2017By TUC blogs

Christmas workers are poorer today than they were a decade ago.Read more…

Dec 20, 2017TUC blogs

Respect

Dec 19, 2017By UNITElive

There’s an unmistakable look that night workers have after a long shift – pink-eyed and delirious.   As the rest of the world starts their day, they carry on just a bit longer, maybe to grab a…Read more…

Dec 19, 2017UNITElive

‘Let’s stick together’

Dec 19, 2017By UNITElive

When we think of workers who must give up time with their families over Christmas, we often think of public sector workers such as ambulance crew, nurses and police.   But there are many other…Read more…

Dec 19, 2017UNITElive

Kind-hearted cabbies shell out for kids

Dec 19, 2017By UNITElive

‘Tis the season for giving – and Nottingham’s big-hearted hackney cab drivers are donating £2,750 to the children’s ward at the city’s Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) tomorrow (Wednesday December 20)….Read more…

Dec 19, 2017UNITElive

Shaming of the fat cats?

Dec 19, 2017By UNITElive

Britain’s fat cat bosses have been named and shamed on a government-ordered list representing the “unacceptable face of capitalism”.   However Unite warned the list will have little effect on…Read more…

Dec 19, 2017UNITElive

Local housing companies: Good, bad or ugly?

Dec 19, 2017By John's Labour blog

This is a fair and balanced post on Local Housing Companies reposted below and here on Redbrick blog. 

While I understand that Councils have to make up somehow the reduction in Central Government grant by making money my concerns are :-…Read more…

Dec 19, 2017John's Labour blog

Pension reform cliff-edge will hit low earners in retirement

Dec 19, 2017By TUC blogs

The government’s mixed bag of pension reforms risks leaving some low-paid workers hundreds of pounds worse off than their colleagues.Read more…

Dec 19, 2017TUC blogs

Just not taking it

Dec 18, 2017By UNITElive

Paramedic Debbie Wilkinson (pictured) is facing a heart-breaking decision. After dedicating 26 years of her life to responding to accidents and emergencies in Leeds, she can barely afford to get by…Read more…

Dec 18, 2017UNITElive

‘Accidents don’t stop for Christmas’

Dec 18, 2017By UNITElive

  More than a million workers in the UK each year must forgo time with their families over the holiday season because of work. In our series on working over Christmas, UNITElive pays tribute to…Read more…

Dec 18, 2017UNITElive

Then and now

Dec 18, 2017By UNITElive

Preparing a speech to mark the 45 years since the release of the Pentonville Five, I was struck by what the case of the dockers imprisoned in the cause of trade union freedom then tells us about…Read more…

Dec 18, 2017UNITElive

Turning it round

Dec 18, 2017By UNITElive

Nothing remains of the old Shirebrook colliery in north-east Derbyshire. The coal mine closed in 1993 and 12 years later the site became the central hub of leisurewear retailer Sports Direct.  …Read more…

Dec 18, 2017UNITElive

When not even dignity remains

Dec 18, 2017By UNITElive

Bob Evans* wasn’t the only one feeling frustrated with the staff at his local Jobcentre.   A fellow claimant wrenched a computer screen off a desk, hurled it across the office smashing a window….Read more…

Dec 18, 2017UNITElive
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