Photo collage of a busy weekend for West Ham Labour. Our MP Lyn Brown & Newham Labour Mayoral candidate, Rokhsana Fiaz, were out with local activists across West Ham talking to residents about any concerns and issues. We held stalls and sent door k…Read more…
Crisis in the Pension Regime
Fight for Security in Retirement! – K.C. Adams – Private enterprise is incompatible with the functioning of the basic sectors of the modern socialized economy The crisis of pensions…Read more…
Elliott’s support for Melrose shows why GKN must not be taken over
Yesterday afternoon, Elliott Advisers announced that it plans to support the Melrose bid for GKN. This was duly reported, without much scrutiny, as support for Melrose from GKN’s second largest shareholder.
Actually it’s more complicated than that. In…Read more…
Brexit ?!:
What Is the Way Out of the Brexit Crisis? On February 28, the European Commission published a 119-page draft Withdrawal Agreement, setting out in legal language the conclusions of the negotiations…Read more…
Investigating the Scale of Military Production in Britain
People should resolutely oppose a military direction for Britain. Militarisation of the British economy undermines peace in the world and needs to be brought to an end as part of the aim of an…Read more…
Looking Back on the Lucas Workers’ Plan against Militarisation of the Economy:
The Lucas Aerospace Shop Stewards in 1977 This January marked the 42nd anniversary of the Lucas Workers’ Plan, still famous in many quarters. In opposition to militarisation of the economy, a…Read more…
Paul Finch – Canadian Pension Funds Investments In UK infrastructure – privatisation or nationalisation?
Picture of Paul Finch, Treasurer of British Columbia Public Service Union with London UNISON Local Government Pension Scheme reps (Paul centre in black suit) & our Regional UNISON manager, Helen Reynolds last week.
Paul gave a well recei…Read more…
‘Into a sea of uncertainty’
In the latest twist in the attempt to take over the world class GKN, Unite has accused turnaround firm Melrose of asking GKN shareholders to take ‘a leap in the dark into a sea of uncertainty’….Read more…
Delphi Diesel taskforce quizzed
Serious questions are being asked about what steps a taskforce has taken to safeguard manufacturing and employment at Suffolk-based Delphi Diesel Systems where more than 500 jobs are under threat…Read more…
Not out of the woods
The EU, including the UK, and six other countries have secured an exemption against punitive steel and aluminium tariffs on imports to the US. First announced by the Trump Administration…Read more…
Police spy blacklisting scandal
Scotland Yard has today (March 23) admitted police officers sent to spy on trade unionists passed information to construction industry blacklisters – prompting a crescendo of demands for a full…Read more…
‘Casino style’ takeovers threat
The UK is lagging behind other advanced economies with measures to protect against ‘casino style’ hostile takeovers, according to a report for Unite, which calls for a strengthening of UK takeover…Read more…
‘It wouldn’t happen in France’
Britain’s new blue passports – a reversion to the iconic passports issued before the UK conformed to EU standards – are to be made in France. British firm De La Rue, which now produces the…Read more…
University members asked to strike to defend USS pension scheme
Industrial action ballot follows 91% rejection of proposed move to ‘defined contribution’ scheme in consultation of affected members
The article University members asked to strike to defend USS…Read more…
A new exhibition makes the case against the Private Finance Initiatives
Private Finance Initiatives have received a bad rap recently. And rightly so.Read more…
Barriers young BME workers face in the labour market
Young BME workers face multiple barriers in the labour marketRead more…
Boosting workers’ voice can make the everyday economy work better for everyone
700,000 reasons to keep the state pension triple lock
So this is Brexit: passports contract taken off unionised British firm
This is exactly the sort of Brexit that some hard-right politicians have been after all along.Read more…
Newham Labour Mayoral Candidate Rokhsana Fiaz at West Ham GC
Hat tip picture @mhmdrvt from tonight’s Labour Party committee meeting, where Rokhsana spoke to delegates about the frantic time she has had since being selected on Friday, the hundreds of emails and texts congratulating her that she is still trying to…Read more…