Deflation, slow growth, pay in the doldrums, household debt on the rise, productivity stagnant. Can we survive more austerity? So prices in general have gone from not rising at all – zero…Read more…
The deflation debate and austerity – how policymakers may be severely misjudging capacity
There is a sense in the discussion surrounding the latest inflation figures that those who are less-than-sanguine about the threat of deflation are somehow ignorant or even reckless. Here’s Robert Peston yesterday: However many of those who define themselves as “serious economists”…Read more…
‘Totally unacceptable’
Unite is set to ballot its 6,000 members at Tata Steel UK for industrial action over its proposal to close the British Steel pension scheme (BSPS). Unite’s ballot for strike action and…Read more…
Lawyers consider further action against unjust legal aid cuts
Lawyers fear that further cuts to criminal legal aid under the new Conservative government will lead to a dramatic decline in the quality of legal representation as well as to miscarriages of justice. The Guardian reported last week that the Criminal B…Read more…
A Labour Party view of its General Election Failure given by the Morning Star:
DID PLAID, SNP AND GREENS’ VOTE SHARE COST LABOUR A VICTORY? May 2015 Wednesday 20th posted by Morning Star in Features JACK KIFFIN crunches the numbers and finds the range of alternative left…Read more…
Barnet UNISON – leading the way and needing your help
http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/?q=node/1549
The final speaker at this morning’s (inquorate) meeting of the Regional Council was John Burgess, Branch Secretary of Barnet UNISON.Barnet are in the front line of resisting privatisation – and are demonstrating how such resistance can sustain trade union…Read more…
Community HEART – make regular donations
http://www.community-heart.org.uk/
Dennis Goldberg, President of Community HEART, gave an encouraging and inspiring address to the (regrettably inquorate) meeting of the UNISON Greater London Regional this morning.
The Region is going to consider regular donations – and so should our…Read more…
Wake up UNISON Greater London!
This morning, at a meeting of UNISON’s Greater London Regional Council, I have listened to our Regional Secretary give a considered presentation about how UNISON should respond to the result of the General Election.
Although this presentation – in common with the contributions made this week by…Read more…
Mark Serwotka: we must unite like never before
http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/pcs_comment.cfm/mark-serwotka-we-must-unite-like-never-before
It’s apt that PCS – the largest of the civil service trade unions – which was in the front line of the assault on trade union organising …Read more…
Do you want to help pick the next Labour Leader (and Mayor of London Candidate)? Sign up as an Affiliated Supporter
“To UNISON Members,
Make sure you have your say in selecting Labour’s new leader and the Labour candidate for London Mayor.
Sign up now as an Affiliated Supporter of the Labour Party.
Any UNISON member who supports Labour’s aims and values is enti…Read more…
Post Election: Workers’ Weekly: Carry Forward the Struggle against Cameron!
Carry Forward the Struggle against Cameron! No to the Austerity Agenda! Defend the Rights of All! General disbelief followed the result of the General Election that the Conservative Party had won an…Read more…
Don’t Panic?
Our General Secretary has told the North West Regional Council that, had he been at the Development and Organisation (D&O) Committee of the UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) last week he would have advised us differently.
Seemingly he thinks our decision to crack on with transferring…Read more…
First among un-equals
Rising income inequality, in which a handful of people earn millions and the rest struggle just to get by, is often seen as a problem of developing countries – a symptom of a corrupt elite and the…Read more…
Brothers from the past, inspiration for today
If you were to imagine the typical Cotswold town, you might well come up with Burford. The steeply sloped High Street is lined by creamy yellow stone houses and shops. It’s a quiet town –…Read more…
Payday lenders circle afresh
As household debt is set to hit record levels, Wonga targets the market by slashing interest rates to 1,500 per cent a year and lend to those who can re-pay loans. Loans are big business, with…Read more…
June 4th : Rally For Venezuela
Ending global fossil fuel subsidies would cut carbon emissions by a fifth
Using new evidence of the damage to the environment and to human health, the IMF reports that the fossil fuel industries received $4.2 trillion in subsidies in 2011, the latest available figure. The subsidy represents 5.8% of global GDP – more than double the amount from previous reports….Read more…
Tories put your rights in peril
The Tories want to abolish the Human Rights Act and replace it with a watered down Bill of Rights. Their first try was attacked by former Tory attorney general Dominic Grieve who said it was…Read more…
How responsible is responsible investment?
Responsible investment is a nice title and a growing industry, but how much difference does it really make to the way our pension funds are invested?
Courtesy of the excellent Nordic Horizons…Read more…
NEW INFLATION RATES
Head Office Circular No. NP/089/15/MC To the Secretary all Branches,Council of Executive members,Regional Councils and Regional…Read more…