Home NHS staff pay rise isn’t a good deal The news today that nurses, paramedics and pharmacists will start to take on some of the jobs of junior doctors is no surprise. Down-skilling staff is part…Read more…
Welsh Government cracks down on zero-hour contracts in homecare
UNISON praises ‘one step forward in dealing with the complex issue of precarious employment’
The article Welsh Government cracks down on zero-hour contracts in homecare first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Why Brazil’s trade unionists are on the streets when President Lula can’t be
This weekend, thousands of trade unionists gathered outside the metalworkers’ union building in the town of Sao Bernardo do Campo, outside Brazil’s industrial capital of Sao Paolo.Read more…
Register to Vote & for a Postal Vole – online (by 18 April)
(Hat tip Labour Party. Register to vote by April 17.Register for a postal vote by April 18)
“John, in just a couple of weeks thousands of us will vote in local elections.
When we vote we can can transform this country. When we vote we can send …Read more…
Necessity for a New Direction for International Trade
International Trade as a Weapon of Exploitation, Chauvinism and War – K.C. Adams – In March, the U.S. government suddenly announced tariffs on $60 billion worth of Chinese exports to the…Read more…
Working Together: Trade Union and Co-operative Innovations for Precarious Work
Dear Colleagues,I am very pleased to report that I’ll be attending (representing Equity) a conference on 18th April in Manchester with the critically important theme of exploring ways in which the labour and co-operative movements can better collaborat…Read more…
Artists Force Arms Monopoly to Withdraw from the “Great Exhibition of the North 2018”
On March 7, musicians, artists and the Arts Not Arms campaign forced the “Great Exhibition of the North 2018” to end its partnership with weapons manufacturer BAE Systems. The Exhibition,…Read more…
Workers Memorial Day at 3 Mills Green E3 – 11am Saturday 28 April 2018
“The purpose behind Workers’ Memorial Day has always been to “remember the dead: fight for the living” and unions are asked to focus on both areas, by considering events or memorial to remember all those killed through work but at the same time ensurin…Read more…
Condemn Crime by Zionist Occupiers of Palestine:
ThCondemn the Israeli Killings of Palestinian People on Palestinian Land Day! Workers’ Weekly Mass March of Return 2018 Israeli army forces on March 30 shot and killed 17 Palestinians,…Read more…
Significance of University Lecturers Strike:
University Lecturers Strike to Defend their Pension Rights and Safeguard Higher Education March for Education passing through Whitehall en route to Parliament, March 14, 2018 Lecturers at 64…Read more…
Some reasons centrists continue to fail
Simon Wren-Lewis has a good blog up on Social Europe on the mistakes that centrists make. I’ve been thinking along similar lines, albeit with the aid of other people…!
1. Centrism is failing because is attacking its opponents morally rather than pol…Read more…
One last attempt to save NHS bursaries, says UNISON
Scrapping the bursary is deterring a whole generation of nurses
The article One last attempt to save NHS bursaries, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
West Ham Labour Grid: Only 27 days to go before the 2018 Newham local elections
“Only 27 days to go before the 2018 local elections… in which all 60 Newham Councillors will be elected as well as the directly elected mayor.Please join us in the next week to campaign, leaflet and canvass for your fantastic Labour council candidate…Read more…
Stop UK plc fire sale now call
Concerns over Melrose’s recent hostile takeover of GKN were highlighted this week (April 4) when financial analysts Moody’s said it would review GKN’s credit rating for a possible downgrade. …Read more…
Unite goes to school
It is now recess, which means MPs have packed up and returned to their constituencies, and it’s school’s out for the academic term too. That means a welcome break for Unite’s activists, who have…Read more…
‘Postcode lottery’
The first five years after birth are often considered the most important developmental stage in childhood and can strongly influence a person’s social mobility as an adult. It was under this widely…Read more…
‘Big brother’ bin strike off
Strikes by Thurrock council’s waste collection workers due to be begin next week (April 12) have been suspended following lengthy negotiations. The strikes involving 65 members of Unite…Read more…
Training overhaul call
Unite is calling for a radical overhaul in how construction training is undertaken, after unearthing a large increase in so called ‘dead end construction courses. A freedom of information…Read more…
France: Tens of thousands of public sector workers strike across France
Train drivers, teachers, nurses and air traffic controllers take to the streets to protest against Macron’s changes Angelique Chrisafis in Paris @achrisafis Thu 22 Mar 2018 17.47 GMTFirst published…Read more…
Just how powerful are France’s labour unions?
A view from Al jazeera Their capacity to organise paralysing strikes sets them apart from unions elsewhere, but is their influence declining? by Paul Fargues 1 Aug 2016 Demonstrators march in Paris…Read more…