The Dockers union was founded in London in July 1887 as the Tea Operatives & General Labourers’ AssociationThe first meeting held at the Royal Oak, Hackney Road The union was central to the…Read more…
Is Putin going to launch his own false flag “Operation Himmler”?
In 1939 we had a murderous dictatorship massing troops near the boarder of a independant sovereign country, Poland, which it wanted to take over and rule. In order to try and justify an invasion, Nazi Germany, carried out a secret raid on one of its ow…Read more…
Socialist MPs defend the NHS
Back in August 2018 I blogged here about my prostate cancer diagnosis. In April 2020 I noted that my cancer had progressed and was no longer curable. Since then excellent treatment by our National Health Service (NHS) has kept me alive and, until recen…Read more…
Women’s work is “undervalued, invisible and ignored”, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says in speech to national women’s conference that battle continues for fair and equal pay
The article Women’s work is “undervalued, invisible and ignored”, says UNISON first…Read more…
Women back call to build campaign against sexual harassment
Delegates hear that, after promising last July to introduce protections against harassment in the workplace, there has been no progress from the UK government
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Coventry council leadership ‘showing nothing but disrespect’ in bin dispute
Coventry bin lorry drivers will march on the city’s Council House after Unite revealed that not one Coventry councillor has been in attendance during more than 25 hours of negotiations. The…Read more…
UNISON general secretary calls on men to stand ‘beside’ women
Christina McAnea addresses women’s conference and stresses the need for the union to be more representative of its million female members
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‘Workers’ safety must always come first’
Millions of people were told to stay home on Friday (February 18) as Storm Eunice battered large swathes of the UK, with record-breaking 122mph gusts recorded on the Isle of Wight this morning. Storm…Read more…
Safe nuclear waste disposal
Unite has welcomed the publication of the annual Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) report. Scientists around the world agree that a GDF – which will contain nuclear waste deep underground in…Read more…
Ministers need to get tough with employers over sexual harassment, says UNISON
Christina McAnea will tell Women’s National Conference that new laws needed to tackle bosses who don’t protect staff
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When the cupboard is bare: Impact of low pay revealed by conference
Delegates describe struggling to survive on a low income as being ‘on the hamster wheel of life’ and ‘trying to glue our families together with Pritt Stick and a pair of old shoelaces’
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Heart Unions week: ‘Being in a union made the difference’
In the last part of our Heart Unions week series, we look at why being part of a trade union has never been more important than now amid an unprecedented cost of living crisis. While working people’s…Read more…
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM TOZER – VENTNOR WW1 – BASRA
LIEUTENANTWILLIAM TOZERClerk Ventnor District Council – Isle of WeightNALGO (now Unison) memberRoyal Field Artillery1st/5th Hants Bty.Died 5 May 1916Kut-el-Amara – Prisoner of WarBuried
BASRA MEMORIAL IRAQWW1
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National Union of Public Employees – NUPE Southall
NUPE branches at Southall and Ealing established in 1936Read more…
NUPE Officers 1936 – National Union of Public Employees
London County Council 1934 – Where Labour Rule – Herbert Morrison LCC
Wabtec engineering staff in strike vote
An industrial action ballot is on the cards after bosses at Wabtec in Birkenhead unveiled plans to ‘fire and rehire’ 130 workers on inferior pay and conditions. Unite the union said today (February…Read more…
COVID-19 dominates as women share their pandemic experiences
‘And remembering to breathe’ – delegates detail the added burdens that the health crisis has placed on women workers
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Tug boat crews to strike
Tug boats crews employed by Svitzer Marine at Teesport, the UK’s fifth largest container port, will begin strike action early next month in a dispute over pay. The company has attempted to impose a…Read more…
UNISON women convene for annual conference
Opening debates see delegates discuss how to increase proportionality within the union, particularly for part-time women workers, who represent a large part of the membership
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