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1933 Labour Party Membership

Oct 21, 2020By Hayes People's History

 Labour Party Membership 1933Largest Labour Party membership by Constituencies
Woolwich 5,503
Romford 3,806
Carlisle 3,589
Newport (Wales) 3,356
Reading 3,327
Nelson & Colne 3,000
Deptford…Read more…

Oct 21, 2020Hayes People's History

Florence Saward – Workers Union Organiser

Oct 21, 2020By Country Standard

 County Councillor Florence (Saward) Balaam famous Workers Union Organiser
Led the Braintree Silk Mill Girls Strike (and Bocking) Courtaulds strike in November 1913

and Witham silk Glove strike of 1919

Victor in elections over the Duchess of G…Read more…

Oct 21, 2020Country Standard

Why American unions are backing Biden

Oct 21, 2020By Eric Lee

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is “lamentable”, “utterly useless”, a “creep” and a “shit”. Those are not the words of Donald Trump, but they are all used in an article in this newspaper…Read more…

Oct 21, 2020Eric Lee

More PCSOs would be best way to ensure public comply with Covid rules

Oct 21, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

Force must be rebuilt after 46% cuts in a decade

The article More PCSOs would be best way to ensure public comply with Covid rules first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Oct 21, 2020Dave Prentis blog

Overhauling care sector is the answer to staff shortages

Oct 21, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

High vacancy rates show system is broken

The article Overhauling care sector is the answer to staff shortages first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Oct 21, 2020Dave Prentis blog

“End our Cladding Scandal: Developers make £5.2 billion in profits while leaseholders face huge bills for safety works”

Oct 20, 2020By John's Labour blog

Need I say any more? Except many leaseholders are not only facing massive bills for the removal of dangerous cladding but also to make good other shoddy and incomplete safety work. While the government as the ultimate regulator of building standards sh…Read more…

Oct 20, 2020John's Labour blog

Extra support for NHS staff welcome but high vacancy levels don’t help, says UNISON

Oct 20, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

Allowing proper recovery time important too

The article Extra support for NHS staff welcome but high vacancy levels don’t help, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Oct 20, 2020Dave Prentis blog

Review: The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination, by Richard J. Evans

Oct 20, 2020By Eric Lee

The German army would have won the First World War, except that it was “stabbed in the back” by Socialists and Communists. Hitler was convinced by the Protocols of the Elders of Zion,…Read more…

Oct 20, 2020Eric Lee

‘This is not going away anytime soon’

Oct 20, 2020By UNITElive

The government faces mounting pressure from professional footballer Marcus Rashford, now with the backing of the Labour party, to extend free school meals into the Christmas holidays and beyond. Amid…Read more…

Oct 20, 2020UNITElive

‘Epidemic of ill health’ at Heathrow

Oct 20, 2020By UNITElive

A confidential survey of workers at Heathrow Airport has revealed an epidemic of mental and physical ill health, linked to working at the airport. The findings of the survey, which was compiled by…Read more…

Oct 20, 2020UNITElive

The exit payment cap in local government – it gets worse

Oct 20, 2020By Jon's union blog

The long-awaited exit payment cap is now upon us, undoing the automatic right of local government workers made redundant above the age of 55 to an unreduced pension. Under cover of a hue and cry about large pay-offs to senior officers, the Governme…Read more…

Oct 20, 2020Jon's union blog

UNISON calls on government to pull back from scrapping Union Learning Fund

Oct 20, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

Union says the move to scrap the Union Learning Fund in England makes ‘no sense’

The article UNISON calls on government to pull back from scrapping Union Learning Fund first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…

Oct 20, 2020Dave Prentis blog

Blog: We must save union learning

Oct 20, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

Decision to scrap the Union Learning Fund in England is all about an ‘ideological distaste for trade unions’

The article Blog: We must save union learning first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Oct 20, 2020Dave Prentis blog

Christina McAnea for UNISON General Secretary: “A great result for Jacinda and New Zealand’s Labour Party”

Oct 19, 2020By John's Labour blog

 “A great result for Jacinda and New Zealand’s Labour Party. Her brilliant leadership has shown how important it is to have women in power”

Christina…Read more…

Oct 19, 2020John's Labour blog

THE NORWICH WEAVERS REVOLT OF 1826

Oct 19, 2020By Country Standard

 THE NORWICH WEAVERS REVOLT OF 1826The Little Norwich Shawl Workerby Joseph Clover and engraved by T Overton, (below) This sketch illustrates an idyllic scene of a Norwich child weaver, of course nothing could be further from the truth.In the same…Read more…

Oct 19, 2020Country Standard

‘Shocked and angry’

Oct 19, 2020By UNITElive

Unite is warning that the prospect of industrial discontent on construction sites across the UK in the coming months has greatly increased, as a result of employers blocking a pay increase. The…Read more…

Oct 19, 2020UNITElive

‘Short-sighted and self-defeating’

Oct 19, 2020By UNITElive

Plans to axe the Union Learning Fund, which has helped thousands of people to gain new skills for the workplace, has been branded as ‘short-sighted and self-defeating’ by Unite today (October 19)….Read more…

Oct 19, 2020UNITElive

‘The most visible, tangible benefit’

Oct 19, 2020By UNITElive

Unite has joined the TUC, other trade unions and several major employers in a new campaign to save the Union Learning Fund (ULF), which was suddenly scrapped by the government without any…Read more…

Oct 19, 2020UNITElive

Let’s make future Black history a positive one

Oct 19, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

This year, more than any other, shows that Black history should be taught and discussed all year round, not just for one month

The article Let’s make future Black history a positive one first…Read more…

Oct 19, 2020Dave Prentis blog

The ballot to elect UNISON’s general secretary

Oct 19, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

UNISON is in the process of electing a successor to Dave Prentis who retires as the union’s general secretary on 31 December 2020. Details of the election, including candidates, relevant dates…Read more…

Oct 19, 2020Dave Prentis blog
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