For all my Boiler Makers friends and comrades. The predecessor to the GMB Union was formed on this day in Beckton Gas works, what is now in Newham, London by future West Ham Mayor and MP, Will Thorne. Hat tip @englishradical Read more…
EA members announce new strike dates as pay falls below minimum wage
With no signs of negotiation from EA management, workers have been forced to escalate their protest
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Review: Character in Georgia, by Aka Morchiladze with Peter Nasmyth
This short book feels like a much longer one, as it covers some of the long history of Georgian culture, focussing on the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It’s a book about poets and…Read more…
Government inaction means NI health strikes continue
Thousands of health workers Northern Ireland will walk out on Friday 31 March and 3 April after talks failed to progress dispute
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Understanding Pensions: TUC Union Course
I can remember my first ever TUC pensions course held many, many moons ago at Congress House. Jonathan Jefferies has also been my tutor on other TUC courses. Next to pay, pensions are probably the most important of your terms and conditions …Read more…
NO PAY OFFER for NHS staff in Northern Ireland! Strike Actionfor 24 hrs on Friday the 31st and Monday the 3rd of April.
“NO PAY OFFER for NHS staff in Northern Ireland! NHS staff in Northern Ireland will NOT be getting offered any pay rise . UNISON will be taking all out strike action for 24hrs on Friday the 31st and Monday the 3rd of April”.Let us all support thi…Read more…
Another electrician fired after raising site safety concerns
Blacklist Support Group statement Solidarity with Lee Fowler, who has been dismissed by the electrical contractor Bilfinger after he raised safety issues at the Cargill’s Refinery site in Merseyside (next to the new Everton football stadium construction project). The experienced and highly qualified electrician made several complaints about unsafe working conditions and helped four …
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Ruthin 10k circular
Off message. Recently Gill and I took time out from family matters for this recent walk in Wales around the ancient hilltop market town of Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd. We found the walk on the Ordnance Survey app. Starting from the town centre going nor…Read more…
Harlow council strikes intensify
Pay strikes by over 300 staff responsible for Harlow council’s housing stock and the cleaning and maintenance of council grounds and buildings are to intensify, Unite said on Tuesday (March 28). The workers, who are employed by HTS, which is wholly owned by Harlow district council, began strike action in late February. New strike dates […]
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Unite to fight pension age rises
The state pension age is already too high – it’s due to rise to 67 by 2028 and 68 by 2046. The government must rule out raising the state pension age further in the forthcoming Work and Pensions review. The state pension age is already too high and the government must clearly rule out plans […]
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DHL workers at JLR Halewood win
Fears that the JLR plant at Halewood on Merseyside could grind to a halt this spring have been averted after Unite agreed a deal with the company’s contractor DHL, following the withdrawal of shift premiums. The dispute arose as a result of the DHL workforce – who are employed on the logistics and dispatch contract […]
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Health workers to decide whether to take NHS wage offer or risk lengthy pay review body wait
Consultation on one-off payment plus pay rise begins today
The article Health workers to decide whether to take NHS wage offer or risk lengthy pay review body wait first appeared on the UNISON National site.
10th anniversary collapse of Rana Plaza garment factory Bangladesh: 1100 dead
Webinar on Global Company–Trade Union Agreements: A proxy for regulatory compliance & due diligenceAs someone who has worked on and off in the borough for 30 years (I was there today) and been a trade union representative for most of this time…Read more…
‘Profiteering epidemic’
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has finally acknowledged the role that rising prices is playing in soaring inflation — but Unite warned that Bailey is still failing to recognise the depth of the profiteering crisis. Last week, Bailey warned that businesses that set prices above inflation will risk embedding higher prices into the economy. […]
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Blog: Why it’s time to say YES to NHS pay
It’s important that as many health members as possible vote to have their say
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National Express West Mids pay win
West Midlands bus strikes have ended after a ballot of more 3,100 National Express drivers resulted in an improved offer being accepted, Unite announced on Saturday (March 25). The offer includes a one-year 16.2 per cent pay increase and improvements to the drivers’ accident pay and hourly rates for working over the Christmas holidays. National […]
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“Trouble in Mill” Clarion Housing Group Pay and Pensions Disputes
1. Update on Pay dispute and ballotFollowing the rejection of the UNISON pay claim for 2023/24 and the imposition of pay cuts by Clarion (resulting in pay being cut in real terms by somewhere between 5 to 8.2% below inflation during the worse cos…Read more…
NHS Pay offer – UNISON 2023 ballot : Gordon McKay
An intelligent and convincing guest post by UNISON Health NEC member (and real life NHS nurse) Gordon McKay on the latest NHS pay offer to settle the strikes. I am so proud of my UNISON NHS comrades such as Gordon and LAS Eddie Brand,, who have not onl…Read more…
Review: The Blind Spots, by Thomas Mullen
Thomas Mullen is an author I’d never come across before, but his other books have gotten rave reviews. And this one had an intriguing premise: imagine a world where in the course of a few…Read more…
The imperial roots of British racism
“Sydney Smith tells us that men seldom eulogize the wisdom and virtues of their fathers, but to excuse some folly … MoreRead more…