Blue Monday may be a marketing ploy, but the start of a new year can be a hard time for many workers.Read more…
End-of-year accounts for 2019 – branch audits
Information for honorary branch auditors from UNISON head of audit John Nagle
The article End-of-year accounts for 2019 – branch audits first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Divergence disaster
Unite, along with major manufacturers, have warned that government plans to diverge from EU regulations could seriously harm automotive, aerospace and food and drink firms across the supply…Read more…
The “Bernie Blackout” is now over
This article appeared on the website of Workers Liberty. A few weeks ago, the mainstream media narrative about Bernie Sanders ran like this: Sanders appeals to a very limited audience in the…Read more…
Rump placings
A very quick one. I’ve updated the graph a did a year or so back on the amount of stock shifted via rump placings (essentially the leftovers that aren’t taken up in a rights issue). I got into this one because of Kier Group, which had a rights issue to…Read more…
Little Hallingbury Walk
Off message but Gill and I went on a perfect little walk today around Little Hallingbury, which is near Harlow, courtesy of Essexwalks.com. The bright winter sunshine and blue skies helped make it special.
The start of the walk is in the hamlet of Gas…Read more…
It’s The Media, Stupid! Policies For Media Reform Conference
It’s The Media, Stupid! Post Election Policies For Media Reform Henry Moore Room, Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AA Saturday 8 February, 11.00am – 5.00pm PROGRAMME…Read more…
Being on Mike Ashley’s Naughty List
Now the season of good will is well and truly over, I can confirm that I did not receive a Christmas card from Sports Direct Mike Ashley.
I am of course – gutted.
Hat tip Daily Telegraph
“The rant before Christmas: five people on Mike Ashley’s naugh…Read more…
Stand Together – Holocaust Memorial Day – Monday 27 January 2020. Stratford Town Hall 9.30-12pm
“Stand Together is the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2020. It explores how genocidal regimes throughout history have deliberately fractured societies by marginalising certain groups, and how these tactics can be challenged by individuals standing to…Read more…
Labour should reject the McCarthyite 10 Pledges – defend freedom of speech on Israeli
In a video of the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism, an ecstatic Joe Glassman, drunk on his ‘victory’ in the General Election, … MoreRead more…
Strike action taking off at Heathrow?
Scores of Heathrow baggage handlers from two separate companies are gearing up for strike action mainly over pay. Specialist baggage handlers at Global Baggage Solutions Ltd, who are…Read more…
Flybe latest: regional airlines play crucial role
Unite, which represents 500 workers at airliner Flybe is urging the government to develop a coherent regional transport strategy, which includes long-term support for regional airports. The…Read more…
UNISON welcomes probation report
Report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation bears out what the union has said
The article UNISON welcomes probation report first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Birkbeck cleaners win fight to be directly employed
Successful campaign follows others at universities in London
The article Birkbeck cleaners win fight to be directly employed first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Grim reading’
Unite has described the National Audit office report that has been published today (January 17) as highlighting the government failures to get the two flagship Carillion hospitals built, creating…Read more…
Passing on the Scottish healthcare experience
I am in Stockholm this week talking about health and care systems. Sweden has a healthcare system which is generally free at the point of use. However, there is greater local autonomy at the regional…Read more…
Post-democratic pensions
“[T]raditional politics in seen less and less as something that belongs to the citizens or to the society, and more and more as something done by politicians. There is a world of citizens – or a host of particular worlds of them – and a world of politi…Read more…
Community Wealth Building Launch in Newham Council
This morning we finally had the launch of the Newham Council Community Wealth Building (CWB) programme at The Crystal, Royal Docks. We had to postpone it twice due to Brexit debate clashes and the General election.
Newham directly elected M…Read more…
‘Every higher education worker should get the pay they deserve’
Pay, pensions, equality and climate dominate discussion at UNISON higher education conference
The article ‘Every higher education worker should get the pay they deserve’ first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Unions state concern for health and safety of prison staff
UNISON signs joint letter to prisons minister
The article Unions state concern for health and safety of prison staff first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…