Mark Wright is the assistant director of AMiE (leadership and management). Politicians and practitioners ideally work together to take education on a shared journey so it doesn’t bode well that the…Read more…
Child benefit under attack
In the past five years Child Benefit has been frozen, capped and taken away from better off families. Eroding Child Benefit, a new TUC report out today reveals that a couple with two children are already £5.95 a week worse off as a result and by the time of the next election that loss…Read more…
Met tells union: “Our lips are sealed over spy cop”
UCATT renews call for public enquiry into blacklisting after FOR request is refusedRead more…
TUC to organise national demonstration during Conservative Party Conference
The TUC will organise a national demonstration in Manchester this autumn against the government’s austerity agenda and attacks on trade unions. It will take place on Sunday 4 October and will begin…Read more…
Reflections on UNISON National Delegate Conference 2015.
It’s now been over a week since the end of UNISON National Delegate Conference (NDC) in Glasgow and I have just about recovered from the traditional post conference lergy.
This is what happens after being locked up for 4 days in what is really a…Read more…
Hullabaloo About Magna Carta:
From the article by Pauline Easton, “Hullabaloo About Magna Carta and Denial of Modern Definitions of Equality and Rights”. http://www.cpcml.ca/Tmlw2015/W45026.HTM#2 …According to the pundits, three…Read more…
The Modern Demand for Equality:
– Hardial Bains – Excerpt from A Future to Face written during the Referendum on the Charlottetown Accord in 1992. *** The demand for a right is the expression of the extent to which the…Read more…
Magna Carta:
Background to Magna Carta The 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, meaning “Great Charter,” is being marked this year. In the Anglo-American world, Magna Carta is considered one of the…Read more…
Hame to Scotland’s Hot Summer
NO EASY BERTH for privateers
SCOTLAND’S First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was on bright and sparkling form when she visited the USA earlier this month. Appearing on the satirical news programme…Read more…
Leeds TUC Budget Day Protest – City Square – 08 July 2015 – 5pm
Leeds Trades Union Council is organising a protest in Leeds on the day George Osborne announces his emergency budget which is set to further austerity in the UK by slashing public services. This will…Read more…
Leeds Citizens Founding Assembly 07 July 2015 – The Centenary Pavilion, Elland Road
At our last Delegate Meeting Thomas Chigbo from Leeds Citizens was our guest speaker.
Thomas spoke to us about how Leeds Citizens was a new organisation in Leeds working to bring together different…Read more…
The Ross Pritchard Annual Essay Competition
The Ross Pritchard Annual Essay Competition, is open to all trade unionists. First prize £750, closing date Saturday 26th September. The RPMF was established to commemorate the life of one of the…Read more…
Bloggers anonymous…?
I blog in order to share my views and to let people know what I am doing. It’s part of accountability.I have little admiration for those who cloak the expression of their views in anonymity.Since the last General Secretary election we have been blessed with the online presence of a normally…Read more…
Hundreds expected to join today’s Plymouth #loveFE demo
Unions say adult learning has tangible social and economic benefits both for individuals and the taxpayerRead more…
NEST sings a sweeter song than Osborne’s Destination Anywhere
With the honourable exception of The Marvelettes, those embarking on a journey typically have an end point in mind. Yet, Destination Anywhere has been the soundtrack to the recent pension liberalisation changes. The publication by NEST, the state-backed pension provider, of a blueprint for…Read more…
Red Line Voting gets Green light to Save Planet, Respect Human Rights and Stop Fat Cats
I was really pleased to take part in the debate and vote in favour of the AMNT’s Red Lines initiative which was approved at our summer conference on Wednesday this week. They cover a wide range of environmental, social and corporate governance iss…Read more…
Government delivers triple blow to green economy… in just one week
The new government has been in office for just 6 weeks and in the last 7 days has already set alarm bells ringing on the UK’s energy policy. The Conservatives have followed through on their promise to withdraw state subsidies for on-shore wind farms, though a year early – and whilst Energy…Read more…
Secrets and Spies linked with blacklisting
WITH government ministers like Ian Duncan Smith anxiously insisting the results of their policies should be hidden behind secrecy, two stories illustrate the way police are guarding their right to…Read more…
Trucast Pay Deal?
June 26th, 2015. A pay dispute has caused unrest at Docasters Trucast in Ryde. Workers might have to take strike action if a resolution is not found. According to Unite union rep, Gerry Rawlinson,…Read more…
Austerity is not an isolated thing in itself.
The neo-liberal offensive includes Austerity but it is part of a capitalist offensive, ant-austerity is one means to block the offensive and turn things around to develop the counter-offensive, but…Read more…