First of all, that’s a great title for a book. And this is a very good book. Veteran journalist David Satter explores the difficult terrain of historical memory in post-Communist Russia. He…Read more…
UNISON backs Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner as Labour Leadership dream team
This morning I chaired a regular quarterly meeting of Greater London UNISON Regional Labour Link committee. Labour Link is the voluntary political fund for UNISON members who support the Labour Party.
At this meeting of elected lay members of UNISON L…Read more…
Red Tories
One of the most interesting things I read over the holidays was Little Platoons by David Skelton. If you don’t know him, he’s a Conservative policy wonk who has spent several years looking at ways to broaden his party’s appeal beyond its traditional el…Read more…
Northumbria Police sign Dying to Work charter to protect terminally ill staff
‘Our officers and staff help so many people in their times of need – it’s only right that our organisations do the same’
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Wage theft scandal
As the government’s mandatory minimum wage is set to rise to just £8.72 an hour in April, new research reveals that an astounding 25 per cent of minimum wage workers are being underpaid illegally….Read more…
School bus pay victory
A long running dispute between Hackney council and school bus staff has been brought to an end after workers secured increased pay and a commitment to make agency roles permanent. The pay deal…Read more…
UNISON backs Angela Rayner for deputy leader of the Labour Party
UNISON member and former union rep understands working people
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UNISON backs Keir Starmer to be the next leader of the Labour Party
MP is best placed to unite party and win power
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‘I don’t want bailiffs to come to the door’ – how debt affects us and how UNISON can help
“No matter what the circumstances are, we can always do something to help.”
The article ‘I don’t want bailiffs to come to the door’ – how debt affects us and how UNISON can help first appeared on…Read more…
‘Cautious welcome’
Members of Unite employed in Bradford council’s library and museum service, who took 14 days of strike action last year, have given a cautious welcome to the local authority’s commitment to find…Read more…
We must pull together and fight for working people
As we face the challenges of the 2020s, all parts of the labour and trade union movement must pull together. We need to listen to the working-class communities we exist to serve. We need to show…Read more…
Rent increase: tenants should not pay the cost of government underfunding of council housing
Swindon council will argue that their proposed above inflation 2.7% rent increase for council tenants in 2020-21 is acceptable because … MoreRead more…
Shadow Commander: Iran’s Military Mastermind
Check out this BBC documentary from February last year (on BBC iPlayer for 26 days). I suggest you watch if interested in the current crisis (and history of region) following the killing of General Qassem Suleimani by the Americans last week.
If the p…Read more…
Sanders and Soleimani
This article appears in the current issue of Solidarity. The drone attack ordered by US President Donald Trump has shaken up the entire Middle East, raising fears of a regional conflict – or worse,…Read more…
Angela Rayner says Labour ‘must win or die’ as she enters deputy leadership race
Hat tip BBC News about my UNISON comrade. “Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has announced she is joining the contest to replace Tom Watson as Labour’s deputy leader.She is the fourth Labour MP to declare her intention to run, alongside Richard …Read more…
New Year, new fare hike
Rail travellers have yet again been hit by fare increases, up 2.7 per cent, which came into effect just after New Year’s Day on January 2. New research from the TUC has found that since 2009,…Read more…
‘Enough is enough’
Exhausted London bus drivers, many of whom are suffering from chronic fatigue, are gearing up to vote for strike action in defence of health and safety. Unite announced that it will begin a…Read more…
New year’s manufacturing resolution needed
Unite is insisting that government must take action if the gloomy start to the new year for UK manufacturing is not to spiral downward further into a gloomy decade.
The post New year’s manufacturing…Read more…
Fat cat Monday
Only three working days into the new year, fat cat bosses will have earned by 5pm on Monday (January 6) what the average worker earns in an entire year. Figures published today (January 6)…Read more…
Angel Pond: Then and Now
This morning I started yet another New Year’s Resolution to get fit by going for a jog around nearby Wanstead Flats. Less than 50m from the start of my run is “Angel Pond” seen then (early 20th century) and now in collage above.
It was named after the…Read more…