Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell asserted that it was “time to shift the balance of power in our country” and “give people back control over their lives” as he addressed the Labour Party…Read more…
Core to future democracy
Yesterday (Sunday September 23) James Mitchell, on behalf of Unite, spoke to a packed Labour Party conference in Liverpool in favour of BAME proposals in Democracy Review. “31 years ago in 1987…Read more…
Changing the narrative
Labour has said it could scrap the Tories’ disastrous Universal Credit (UC) welfare reform as the party launches a year-long review of the benefits system.
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A right, not a luxury
Unite officially launched its Period Dignity campaign at the Labour Party conference this afternoon (September 24) to give free access to tampons and pads in workplaces across the UK. Today’s…Read more…
Justice for Marcia
Unite will launch a major campaign in support of bus driver Marcia Carty who is suffering religious discrimination by her employer Metroline Travel. Marcia Carty is a life-long…Read more…
UNISON welcomes Labour’s radical, inspiring and achievable economic alternative
Working people need a Labour government and an end to Tory austerity rule.
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‘Unite and promote our alternative’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey gave a rousing speech that prompted a standing ovation on Monday (September 24) at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. Moving a composite on…Read more…
‘Jewel in the crown’
Moving an emergency motion on the crisis in the automotive industry at Labour Party conference today (September 24), Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke explained how the industry became the…Read more…
Birmingham City Council is cutting care workers’ hours at the expense of local people
Dozens of Birmingham care workers are planning to travel to Liverpool today (Monday) to lobby delegates attending the Labour Party Conference over the City Council’s plans to cut their hours.
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Tackling austerity
The Autumn 2018 UK Budget will set the spending envelope for public services for the coming years, although Scotland has some flexibility with half the budget now decided by the Scottish…Read more…
Public service staff at ‘tipping point’ over unpaid overtime and low pay, says UNISON
Public services support staff – including teaching assistants, hospital porters and police community support offers (PCSOs) – are doing more than 40 million hours of unpaid overtime a year*, says a…Read more…
An historic two days
Unite’s Sarah Hacker a delegate from the National Women’s Committee and a councillor in Reading made history yesterday (September 22) when she moved the motion on Women and the Economy at the…Read more…
The representation we deserve
Unite AGS Howard Beckett joined the debate today (September 23) supporting all eight democracy rule packages.
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Organise, grow and win
Unite member Labour GS Jennie Formby addresses Labour 2018
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Ryanair AGM in charts…
Just a bit of fun, but I’ve put together a few bits and pieces that put the vote on David Bonderman’s re-election of chair of Ryanair in context.
To calculate the stats I’ve used the full AGM results distributed by the company, and stripped out Bonder…Read more…
Labour Party Conference 2018 – Liverpool
At Party conference and on route to London Labour regional reception (then the Welsh)
I am attending as a Newham Councillor (self funding) and looking forward to the speeches, stalls and fringes.
There is a stack of housing fringes thi…Read more…
‘Dehumanising’ benefits system must be reformed, says UNISON
Women, working families, disabled people and ethnic minorities are being penalised by unjust policies which undermine their financial independence and leave some destitute, says UNISON. The union…Read more…
Three Cliff Bay Walk (The stunning and beautiful Gower Peninsula)
Off message but last month Gill and I spent a week on holiday in the Mumbles, South Wales. This walk was magnificent. I have heard over the years many people praise the Gower Peninsula as a top holiday destination but have never been until now.
This w…Read more…
Review: Fear – Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward
You know how you go to see a movie and all the best parts were already in the preview? That’s a bit like what happened to Bob Woodward’s 360 page book about the Trump White…Read more…
Probation rescue plans will be disastrous
This is the last chance saloon for the probation service and rescue plans proposed by the MoJ just don’t cut the mustard.
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