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We will not forget them
Today, August 23, is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its abolition. The horrors of the evil slave trade may have taken place two hundred years ago but the echoes of its inhumanity and terror still resound with millions of people today. From 1562 when slavery began with the first […]
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TUC – the triumph of hopelessness over experience
I really should have known better.After several years of advising Labour Party comrades to be careful what they share on Facebook, I fell, hook, line and sinker, for something of a scam yesterday.During the day, I noticed that the TUC were advertising,…Read more…
We need a £15 minimum wage. This is how to get there
As workers struggle to stay afloat, it is clear that higher wages have to be at the heart of the UK’s economic strategy. We need to transition the economy to high-wage, high-skilled and secure jobs. And shift our economic model away from a reliance on …Read more…
“Topping out” at Leather Gardens, West Ham
I know Councillors love having their picture taken in hard hats and hi-vis (even if they don’t always fit that well) but I really enjoyed this “topping out” the other week with the Mayor laying the final brick.But the main reason for my plea…Read more…
Exam board staff will strike this week on GCSE results day
Fourth round of action in pay dispute
The article Exam board staff will strike this week on GCSE results day first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Wedding of Anika with Naim
I was honoured to be a guest this evening at the wedding of the eldest daughter Anika of my Newham colleague, Cllr Abul Bashar Syed (also a fellow Union activist with the CWU) and Mrs Niheli Syeda (Shemoli). It was a lovely meal and great to meet …Read more…
Pledge Yes for the NHS
UNISON launches next stage of its NHS pay campaign, in lead up to industrial action ballot
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How would Labour’s energy plan help you?
No tax breaks for millionaire and instead help everyone? Read more…
Review: The Price of Immortality: The Race to Live Forever, by Peter Ward
Most books I’ve seen about “life extension” and immortality are written by advocates of various ways of living much longer, or even forever. These include Ray Kurzweil, the noted tech guru, and Dave Asprey, the…Read more…
Review: The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky, by V.I. Lenin
It’s said that when he died, Lenin left behind a library in which the largest number of books were written by himself — but the second largest group were books written by Karl Kautsky. Kautsky…Read more…
Huffington Post misleading on UNISON membership
I was struck by a report in the Huffington Post about falling membership of GMB and UNISON. The report was clearly based on the annual returns submitted by each trade union to the Certification Officer, but had used the total membership figures rather …Read more…
Pledge yes to the nhs
The government won’t move on NHS pay, from Thursday, tell your NHS staff in England to pledge yes and show them we’re serious. www.NHSpay.orgRead more…
What should socialists do in response to the decline in Labour Party membership?
As I blogged on Wednesday, I have been thinking about the massive loss of membership experienced by the Labour Party in the period since Kier Starmer has been our Leader. Serendipitously, I have also been reading Mike Phipps’ excellent new book “…Read more…
Stagecoach bus drivers in latest pay win
Bus drivers employed by Stagecoach working from depots in Aldershot and Guildford have agreed substantial pay increases following extensive negotiations. The drivers at the Aldershot bus depot will receive a 13 per cent pay increase while those at the Guildford depot will receive 12.57 per cent. The deal covers a total of 170 members of […]
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Edinburgh bin workers on strike
Edinburgh waste workers, members of Unite, began strike action over pay on Thursday (August 18) after Unite formally rejected the latest pay offer. Unite said that the 3.5 per cent offer announced by COSLA last week was ‘nowhere near good enough’ which is also a position supported by several council leaders including those in Edinburgh […]
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Sick pay win for construction workers
Following a campaign by Unite, the union for construction workers, construction giant the Keir Group has agreed to implement sick pay across the company. 19,000 workers working for the Keir Group on highways and construction will now receive sick pay of up to £100 per day from day one of their illness, a vast improvement […]
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Unite chief slams government competition to attack workers
Responding to the latest threats to workers and their unions from the government, this time made by foreign secretary and leadership contender Liz Truss, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “It looks like a competition about who can be the most belligerent about implementing more anti-trade union laws. Truss one day, Shapps another. “This government […]
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‘Magnificent win’ at Arriva North West
After 29 days of all-out industrial action, Unite the union has today (August 19) declared the strike at Arriva North West over having securing a magnificent pay deal for its members. Unite’s 2043 members across 11 Merseyside garages have voted overwhelmingly (by nearly 10 to one) to accept the 11.1 per cent offer, worth an […]
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¡Viva La Educación!
British and Cuban trade unions enjoy a long history of warm relations and solidarity. In the education sector inter-union contact is especially fruitful.
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