April 28, 2018 is the 34th annual Day of International Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job. It is a day when workers across the world participate in ceremonies and meetings and observe…Read more…
Summer stench?
Unite is preparing to ballot its refuse collection workers in Slough for strike action after a senior steward was suspended and faces dismissal on ‘trumped up charges’ in a row over lunch breaks….Read more…
EU nurse ‘exodus’
The Tories’ use of EU nationals as “bargaining chips” in the Brexit negotiations caused 10 per cent of European NHS nurses to resign last year, meaning attempts to reverse nursing staff…Read more…
What ‘Northern Powerhouse’?
Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey savaged the Tories’ much ridiculed Northern Powerhouse initiative at the northern TUC conference on Saturday (April 21). The Labour MP blasted the…Read more…
Nurse and midwife numbers dragged down by Brexit effect
Brexit has made many European nationals feel decidedly unwelcome
The article Nurse and midwife numbers dragged down by Brexit effect first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Automation and the case for government intervention
The robots are coming to take your job – or maybe not quite yet.
As the recent ScotGov/ STUC paper puts it, there are two schools of thought. Those who believe we stand on the cusp of widespread…Read more…
What has history taught us about BME communities in Britain?
This year we are recalling several anniversaries that are important to Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in Britain. Read more…
Closing the housing gender pay gap in a “mans world”.
Check out this article in last Friday’s Inside Housing on the recent compulsory disclosure on gender pay in the sector. I made some points on behalf of my UNISON branch.
“Last April, the middle-earning woman at Genesis earned 71 pence for …Read more…
Unite calls for tougher takeover laws as GKN bid gets government go-ahead
Unite calls for tougher takeover laws as GKN bid gets government go-ahead24 April 2018The whims of short-term speculators and hedge funds will ‘drive a coach and horses’ through the UK’s industrial strategy unless the government toughens up the UK’s ta…Read more…
Blog: The future of our country depends on it
This Tory government have sought to trash early-years support by failing to support them nationally or provide the necessary resources to local authorities. Now they need to hear the message loud and…Read more…
Construction skills threat
Unite has warned that the Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) restructuring plans are mired in confusion and the organisation is guilty of failing to properly consult the industry on its…Read more…
GKN takeover decision slammed
Business secretary Greg Clark waved through the Melrose takeover of GKN in a statement today (April 24) in Parliament – a move which Unite has slammed. Clark said that “on the basis of…Read more…
University of Bath agrees to reinstate living wage
UNISON welcomes ‘urgently needed first step’ but says more must be done to tackle pay inequality
The article University of Bath agrees to reinstate living wage first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Honouring Mary Seacole
Amid the Windrush immigration scandal, it’s never been more important to celebrate our Commonwealth brothers and sisters and their present and historic contributions. Mary Seacole, a…Read more…
Zero-hours contracts up
Zero-hours contracts are again on the rise, according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) published yesterday (April 23). The contracts, which offer no guaranteed…Read more…
How dare ministers try to blame the Windrush fiasco on Home Office staff | Mark Serwotka
It’s shameless of Theresa May and Amber Rudd to try to shift the blame on to people who have a difficult enough job as it is
The escalating Windrush scandal has rightly caused national outrage….Read more…
Ministers blaming Home Office staff is a perverse twist in the Windrush scandal | Mark Serwotka
It’s shameless of Theresa May and Amber Rudd to try to shift the blame on to people who have a difficult enough job as it is
The escalating Windrush scandal has rightly caused national outrage….Read more…
Review: A Higher Loyalty – Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey
In this 290 page book, Donald Trump does not make an appearance until page 210. This is not what you’d have expected, given the media focus on the sacked FBI director’s account of his…Read more…
Five years on from the Rana Plaza tragedy. Has anything changed?
Five years on from the Rana Plaza tragedy that claimed over 1,100 lives, Bangladesh is still caught between a safer future and dangerous old habits.Read more…
Merger arbitrage in practice: Sand Grove Capital
Given the renewed interest in financial market activity around mergers and acquisitions, I thought it might be interesting to have a look at the regulatory disclosures for one of the funds that has caught my eye lately.
I hadn’t heard of Sand Grove Ca…Read more…