Episode 2: ‘We love foreigners ha ha’ follows tomorrow
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Organise and change lives
A Tale of Two Cities – is a powerful graphically illustrated novel about the plight of bullied and exploited hotel workers – and how by organising together change can be brought about. Unite…Read more…
Plunged into poverty
In his address to the Tory Party Conference on Wednesday (October 7), prime minister David Cameron insisted that in order “to make Britain greater”, social problems had to be tackled including the…Read more…
Taking their struggle to the White House
Unite deputy convenor for Bentley in Crewe, who was also part of an IndustriALL delegation to the US, shares his experience below. A year ago this week, a small delegation of trade unionists…Read more…
Traffic warden strike off
The five days of strike action by traffic wardens working for APCOA Parking in Hackney, east London in a bid to get a proper sick pay policy has been suspended to allow talks to take place. …Read more…
On the brink of crisis
Ambulance response times in England have reached record poor levels, with ambulances arriving late to more than 2,600 life-threatening emergencies every day, figures have revealed. In the last…Read more…
‘Unprecedented’ guilt admission
Over 260 blacklisted construction workers are on the verge of securing damages, which could total tens of millions, after Unite won an unprecedented admission of guilt from construction companies…Read more…
‘Woefully inadquate’
Foot dragging by APCOA Parking in Hackney, east London has driven the traffic wardens to take five days of strike action from Monday (October 12) in a bid to get a proper sick pay policy. The…Read more…
What lies beneath?
Prime minister David Cameron has again announced in his Tory Conference speech yesterday (October 7) that his is the party of working people. It’s his latest in a number of attempts to stretch the…Read more…
Dave down the rabbit hole
‘Call me Dave’ has had a dream which he shared with me. It was when we were walking through the sunlit uplands of his unexpected election victory waving the Union Jack. At this…Read more…
‘Hard times are everywhere’
The darkness of austerity gathers all across Britain like the clouds of night while the Tory Party conference in Manchester celebrates its victory in May’s general election behind barbed wire,…Read more…
All-island fair pay victory
Unite today (October 8) hailed an all-island fair pay victory, after Lidl caved to union and public pressure and agreed to include Northern Ireland as well as the Republic of Ireland in its pledge to…Read more…
‘Too clever’ Osborne vs ‘rooted in reality’ McDonnell
The approach could not be starker. Tory Chancellor George Osborne is going to hammer those on lower pay to close the budget deficit by 2020. He’ll then throw a few slogans at the economy, and…Read more…
En-tyre workforce slashed
Unite today (Wednesday October 7) accused Goodyear of a ‘sham consultation’ after the company confirmed it would be closing its only UK plant. The mixing and re-treading facility in…Read more…
Achievable as a trip to the moon
David Cameron’s legacy will be felt all too acutely by those workers earning a low wage or in insecure work who will be shut out from his housing promise Unite, said today (Wednesday October 7)….Read more…
Tighten process call
The new Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) revalidation process for nurses and midwives needs to be tightened in the interests of public safety, Unite has warned. The NMC is due to discuss…Read more…
Vindictive decision
As supermarket chain Lidl announced last month that it would be giving its staff in England, Wales and Scotland a significant pay rise, pledging to keep minimum rates in line with the Living Wage, it…Read more…
A very clear message
More than 60,000 people joined a TUC march on Sunday (October 4) during the Tory Party Conference in Manchester to demonstrate against government austerity and the trade union Bill. The march…Read more…
Another world is possible
As a Lambeth councillor I see at first hand the misery caused by the lack of council housing. We have over 20,000 people on our waiting list. This is replicated around London. Nationally there are…Read more…
A matter of political will
As the Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough with many, many thousands of constituents devastated by the SSI collapse, I plead with the government to consider my analysis. Now that the…Read more…