Labour will work with trade unions to ensure the UK is carbon neutral by the 2030s, shadow business and energy secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey said as the party launched its fast track climate strategy…Read more…
‘Sorely disappointed’
The vital role health visitors play at a time when their numbers are dangerously plummeting was highlighted at a Westminster Hall debate on Wednesday (October 24). That a child’s first months…Read more…
Five new Mary Seacole scholars are unveiled
Recipients of UNISON-backed awards are honoured
The article Five new Mary Seacole scholars are unveiled first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Members travel to Downing Street to demand living wage
Birmingham unions and council join forces to demand funding for 10% pay rise and £10 an hour minimum
The article Members travel to Downing Street to demand living wage first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Time to rebuild collective bargaining in Europe
Collective bargaining is under attack by employers and some governments in Europe. The European trade union federation IndustriAll Europe has launched a campaign to show the power of collective…Read more…
Review: Agent Running in the Field, by John le Carré
When I learned that John le Carré had a new book coming out, I ordered it in advance and began reading it the day it arrived. I did so because his last book, A Legacy…Read more…
Honour & Remember PC Nina McKay in Arthingworth Street, E15 tomorrow at 11am (24 October)
Tomorrow morning (Thursday 24 October at 11am) there is a memorial event to remember PC Nina McKay in Arthingworth Street, West Ham, E15 4PW, who lost her life while serving & protecting our community in 1997Read more…
Frank Bailey – Britain’s First Black Firefighter (West Ham CLP BAME Group)
West Ham Labour BAME and TULO invite members and supporters to a Black History Month Talk on Frank Bailey – Britain’s First Black Firefighter.
East London Rugby Club next Tuesday 29 October 2019 at 7pmRead more…
‘Total failure’
The government’s inaction and its failure to intervene and save some or all of collapsed travel company Thomas Cook was further exposed at the Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy select…Read more…
‘Stand behind British Steel’ call
Unite called on the business secretary Andrea Leadsom to guarantee the government’s continued support for British Steel and honour previous commitments on research and investment necessary to…Read more…
‘Huge vote of confidence’
The purchase of Wrightbus by industrialist Jo Bamford must lead to the greatest number of staff returning to work, Unite said after the sale of the bus manufacturer was confirmed yesterday (October…Read more…
Health visiting ‘in crisis’
MPs will shine a spotlight on the massive drop in health visitor numbers in a Westminster Hall debate on Wednesday (October 24). The Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association…Read more…
Universities must do more to tackle shocking levels of racism, says UNISON
New report shows horrific examples
The article Universities must do more to tackle shocking levels of racism, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Bristol NUJ 2019-10-23 11:54:36
NO STONE UNTURNED The story of two journalists who named suspects in the killing of six people. But the killers weren’t arrested – the journalists were. Watershed, 6.30pm, November 18, 2019…Read more…
Bernie Sanders: The road to Iowa
This article appears in the current issue of Solidarity (23 October 2019). Click here to see the whole issue (PDF). Bernie Sanders has 100 days to change American politics forever. In a little more…Read more…
Margaret Greer for Enfield North 2019
“Hi, honoured to have been shortlisted for Enfield North Parliamentary Seat today. Here is a short video that I would like to share with you on some of my values and priorities.
More details about the hustings and campaign to follow”
(Margaret h…Read more…
‘Intransigent management’
About 120 housing repair workers at Greenwich council are to strike for five days in disgust over the way they have been treated, Unite said today (October 22). Unite said its members had…Read more…
Abandoned and betrayed
Two weeks before the recent Turkish invasion of North and East Syria, where 11,000 men and women from the UK-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) died defeating ISIS, a Unite delegation toured the…Read more…
Reform ‘long overdue’
Thousands of job losses could have been prevented if the government had taken action, MPs heard in the latest hearing of an inquiry investigating Thomas Cook’s collapse. Trade union leaders…Read more…
Compass hospital workers take fair pay protest to company’s Surrey HQ, says UNISON
Most Compass employees earn minimum wage, yet work with NHS colleagues paid more for same jobs
The article Compass hospital workers take fair pay protest to company’s Surrey HQ, says UNISON first…Read more…