The TPA have been after the Unions for a long time. This and this (explained) has been brewing since before the General Election when the TPA were acting as the 'Storm-Troopers' of CaMorons Big Society reaction. There is one way for Reps to challenge this. If the Employers in Local Authorities and...

International backing grows for ‘Robin Hood tax’ on banks Larry Elliott reports in the Observer on a draft IMF paper which is much more positive about financial transactions taxes (FTTs), ahead of a meeting of European Union finance ministers which will consider an EU FTT. by...

The Taxpayers Alliance (the organisation that, let us not forget, is NOT an alliance of ordinary tax payers) report on union facility time at best displays a naivety about the nature of the...

Good post by Ian "I reckon the left groups are the worst here. How often do you hear left groups supporting this candidate for leader or that while at the same time championing rank and file power or lay member democracy?...." (I suppose I should ask you to ignore for the moment that most of my...

There are two central London based events this week to help fight back against the ConDem’s cuts agenda. Protest in Parliament Square, Tuesday 7th September, 12.00 – 13.30 Tuesday sees...

I've had my dad and his other half down to stay this weekend, and found out some fairly interesting family history. My Dad is a big advocate of the Co-op and basically does as much of his shopping through it as possible (including online) as well as banking with them. This is basically because a)...

Saturday was always going to be tricky for me. It is my normal “bacon buttie” day. I have already said I am a massive carnivore and bacon is probably the foodstuff I love more than anything else in...

 Congratulations then are in order to Lutfur Rahman who was clearly elected yesterday by Tower Hamlets Labour Party to be their candidate for Mayor. The election will take place on 21 October 2010. Commiserations of course to the other candidates (see my post on John Biggs). The local...

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In 2010 lazy journalism is to recycle Freedom of Information requests (garnered at great public expense) and dress them up as an investigation: ...

Good coverage on the TUC’s Touchstone blog of the controversy surrounding the attendance of BBC Director General Mark Thompson at a Downing street briefing on how to spin the Con Dem Government’s...

The Human Rights Watch report ‘ A Strange Case - Violations of Workers’ Freedom of Association in the United States by European Multinational Corporations’ opens the page on the monster coming over...

Older than time, migration is the story of survival. Change and betterment, desire and dreams put motion into feet. The first stirrings begin in the brain. Reason catalogues gains and losses,...

I reckon the left groups are the worst here. How often do you hear left groups supporting this candidate for leader or that while at the same time championing rank and file power or lay member democracy? Take Union General secretary elections for instance? Both in Unison and in Unite you have had...

I was beginning to think that maybe they had forgotten me  but I am pleased to  say that  fat envelope of  ballot papers and  candidates’ statements duly  popped through the...

At long last the cheap journalism of freedom of information requests made months ago by implausibly named Torygraph hack "Jasper Copping" has seen the light of day...

Extremists plan Roma concentration camps Friday 03 September 2010 Tom Mellen, Morning Star Opposition politicians have rounded on Hungary’s populist Jobbik party following its proposal to force...

Video – Pelosi: Transaction Tax Has “Great Deal Of Merit” Nancy Pelosi, leader of the Democrats in the US House of Representatives, indicates support for a financial transactions tax. by ToUChstoneblog on 04/09/2010

On his blog, Guild member Stephen Gallgher reflects on the differences in TV drama commissioning culture between the US and the UK. [In the US] There's no dithering, there are no hesitant toe-in-the-water strategies. Our own system may not have the critical mass to match that kind of performance,...

From the BBC Writersroom, two new initiatives including a sitcom competition. Called All Mixed-Up, the competition is looking for proposals which reflect diverse Britain. Writers who can demonstrate some professional achievement are being asked to submit the first ten pages of a script to the...