I grew up with bialys in New York City. Places that sold bagels sold bialys. When you got bored of bagels, you had a bialy. But fast forward several decades, and I can barely remember…Read more…
Heathrow ground handlers in strike action
Heathrow Airport braced for major disruption today as ground handlers employed by Menzies take strike action. The 350 workers, who are members of Unite began a 72 hour stoppage at 4am on Friday, November 18. The dispute will lead to disruption, delays and cancellation for flights leaving Heathrow Terminals 2, 3 and 4. The strike […]
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Bakkavor food manufacturing workers to strike
More than 700 workers at Bakkavor’s food manufacturing factory in Spalding, Lincolnshire, will strike from late November until the New Year over poverty pay, Unite said this week. Many of the workers earn just 1p over the national minimum wage with some being forced to use food banks. In March, Bakkavor announced that its adjusted […]
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Unite to protest on World Toilet Day
Members of Unite will mark World Toilet Day (November 19) with a protest outside RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire, due to the Ministry of Defence’s failure to provide decent toilets for workers. The protest will take place Saturday, November 19 from 9.30am at RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 8HB. For eight years firefighters at the base […]
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Harrods can ‘absolutely afford’ pay rise for security staff
More than 50 Harrods uniformed security guards and CCTV operators will strike during November and December over a ‘pay cut dressed up as rise’, Unite said today (November 18). The workers will strike over a seven per cent pay offer on 25, 26 and 27 November and 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, 24 […]
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“If we don’t fight, there will be no NHS’
Ambulance workers are among the many thousands of NHS staff who are now in a fight to save the health service – and protect their livelihoods – amid an unprecedented cost of living and NHS funding crisis. The ambulance workers, which include call handlers and paramedics, are furious over the 4 per cent Agenda for […]
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“An Avoidable Death”
The death of this tiny toddler is shocking but this account by housing lawyer, Giles Peaker, should make very uncomfortable reading for all housing staff and Councillors. “Every death was avoidable” said Richard Millett KC at the closi…Read more…
Nothing in statement to halt pay crisis across public services
Essential workers need to hear about pay as inflation outstrips funding
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Chancellor’s Autumn Statement is ‘new austerity budget’
The chancellor’s Autumn Statement is a new austerity budget, hitting ordinary working people with stealth taxes and public service freezes, while protecting the profits of big corporations and the wealth of the one per cent. The chancellor is making clear choices. He is pursuing an arbitrary “fiscal hole” – not an economic law, but a […]
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Disability History Month 2022
16 November marks the start of Disability History Month. The month is an opportunity to focus in on the disabled people’s history and struggle for equality and human rights and to recommit ourselves to fight for the rights of disabled people across our…Read more…
This government does not care about child poverty
The cost of living emergency is causing severe hardship for low-income families across the UK.
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Blog: Austerity only points to failure
Twelve years of the Tory ‘experiment’ of austerity have only seen sluggish growth and damaged public services – more of the same won’t suddenly produce better results
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Review: The Science of Self-Discipline: The Willpower, Mental Toughness, and Self-Control to Resist Temptation and Achieve Your Goals, by Peter Hollins
Peter Hollins has written a good, short, clear book explaining how all us can learn to be more self-disciplined (and get things done). He’s not the first to have done so, but I liked his…Read more…
Workforce plan and proper pay rise vital to secure NHS future, says UNISON
Government must stop talent and experience slipping away
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Government must focus on sorting NHS pay now, says UNISON
Staff can’t wait until next year for a wage boost
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Last chance to save the NHS
Ahead of tomorrow’s (November 17) Autumn Statement, the leader of Unite has warned that a failure by the Chancellor to fund the NHS properly will leave the UK’s proudest achievement “on its knees”. With inflation at a 41 year high, the rising costs of living measured by the RPI this week is 7 times higher […]
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Protect triple lock call
Pensioners across the UK – more than 2m of whom are already living in poverty – face the chancellor’s Autumn Statement tomorrow (November 17) with dread, as the triple lock pension protection hangs in the balance. The triple lock guarantee ensures that the state pension increases each year in line with whichever is highest – […]
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Review: Assassination of the First Prime Minister of Georgia Noe Ramishvili, by Gela Suladze
The murder of the former Georgian Interior Minister Noe Ramishvili on a Paris street in 1930 would make a great thriller. It’s an incredible story and it involves a true villain, Lavrenty Beria, who publicly…Read more…
Chancellor must not cut public services to fix economy, says UNISON
Widening gap between pay and prices is leaving services on verge of collapse
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Mining and Human Rights: LAPFF Chair Returns from Brazil Tailings Dam Trip
Check out this press release by the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (I am Joint Vice Chair) on the recent visit by our Chair to Brazil. Many thanks to Doug and our engagement partners, PIRC, for all their work during this important visit. Some …Read more…