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
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Florence Saward – Workers Union Organiser
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…
Why American unions are backing Biden
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…
More PCSOs would be best way to ensure public comply with Covid rules
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…
Overhauling care sector is the answer to staff shortages
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…
“End our Cladding Scandal: Developers make £5.2 billion in profits while leaseholders face huge bills for safety works”
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…
Extra support for NHS staff welcome but high vacancy levels don’t help, says UNISON
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…
Review: The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination, by Richard J. Evans
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…
‘This is not going away anytime soon’
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…
‘Epidemic of ill health’ at Heathrow
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…
The exit payment cap in local government – it gets worse
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…
UNISON calls on government to pull back from scrapping Union Learning Fund
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…
Blog: We must save union learning
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…
Christina McAnea for UNISON General Secretary: “A great result for Jacinda and New Zealand’s Labour Party”
“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…
THE NORWICH WEAVERS REVOLT OF 1826
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…
‘Shocked and angry’
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…
‘Short-sighted and self-defeating’
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…
‘The most visible, tangible benefit’
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…
Let’s make future Black history a positive one
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…
The ballot to elect UNISON’s general secretary
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…