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This morning I received written confirmation that I have been accepted as an eligible candidate for the UNISON 2015 National Executive Council elections.
I have been nominated by 40 UNISON branches for the Community Service Group General Seat. Many t…Read more…
A quick plug for the annual proxy vote survey undertaken by SHARE plus the Columbia Institute and Fonds de Solidarite FTQ. This is one of several survey undertaken by labour-oriented groups worldwide to assist trustees in holding asset managers a…Read more…
Like many blog posts on this blog over the next few weeks this is one which has not been posted with any UNISON resources.
Voting in the elections for UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) opens on 7 April, but, the nomination period having drawn to a close, I can report that I am a candidate…Read more…
‘Blacklisted – The Secret War between Big Business and Union Activists’ by Dave Smith and Phil Chamberlin tells the story of the illegal strategies that transnational construction…Read more…
Apologies to those readers who noticed I had taken the blog offline for a couple of days.
I am trying to springclean the blog, which I hope to make a better and more effective vehicle with which to organise, comment, offend and outrage (as appropriate…Read more…
It’s often said, ‘all politicians are the same’, well in this UK General Election it simply isn’t true, at least for public services and those who deliver them.
Today is the pre-election Scottish…Read more…
A new book, ‘Blacklisted: the secret war between big business and trade union activists’, delivers a searing indictment of the collusion between the state and the construction industry that saw…Read more…
Thanks for the opportunity to address you. The old wisdom in the labour movement used to be that women would be expelled from work during recessions. We now know this to be untrue. Women’s…Read more…
TUC’s Women’s Equality Officer Scarlet Harris says IWD should be about seeking radical and progressive changes towards achieving gender equalityRead more…
China’s Premier Li Keqiang delivered his annual report on the work of the government this Thursday at the National People’s Congress. Although workers often deem this kind of high-level policy addresses as empty and meaningless, it might still be useful to take a brief look at what the government achieved last year and what it is planning to do to improve workers’ living condition this year:Read more…
Emma Reynolds MP has agreed to be our key note speaker at our Branch Labour Link AGM on Tuesday 17 March 2015. All Labour Link members welcome. Read more…
Union calls on company to prevent strike by entering meaningful negotiationsRead more…
Funny, isn’t it, how politics is so influential in our day to day lives. Everything from the amount we can expect as a minimum wage to whether we go to war, the decisions made in Parliament…Read more…
Friday 6 March 2015
UNISON welcomes interim report from the Scottish Government’s Taskforce for Sustainability and Seven Day Services. This taskforce is considering how we provide round the clock care for patients who need it the most, with a genuinely seven day service for acutely ill patients.
The taskforce met for the first time in April 2014 and this interim report (released today) providesRead more…
Steve Tombs
David Whyte
6 March 2015
By Professor Steve Tombs, Open University and Professor David Whyte, Liverpool University
Steve Tombs and David Whyte analyse Richard Baker MSP’s new draft…Read more…
Unite’s members working for Parcelforce overwhelmingly rejected a pay offer that management went ahead with, prompting the union today (March 6) to warn the courier company that it risks inciting industrial action. The bosses of Parcelforce, a subsidiary of the Royal Mail, implemented a paltry 2.8 per cent pay rise backdated to July 2014, […]
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Au pairs and domestic workers launch new Labour of Love campaign in DublinRead more…
The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs – six farm workers imprisoned and transported to Australia for their attempt to prevent falls in their wages by forming a “friendly society” in 1834 – is the story of trade unionism’s birth in this country. The six men who ignited a movement are remembered in books and […]
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South African local authority union IMATU praises the fire fighters who battled tirelessly to put out fires in Cape Town.Read more…
The construction of Britain’s first nuclear power plant in a generation may see delays as it faces continued legal challenges from European critics, including the Austrian government and a co-operative of energy suppliers in Germany. The construction of the Hinkley Point C plant – which will be a boon for the local and wider […]
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