On Saturday the Labour family in Wales will gather in Cardiff to decide how we elect the leader and deputy leader of Welsh Labour. This fundamental question is part one of the Welsh Labour democracy…Read more…
Liverpool hospital safety scandal
Unite is urging thorough across the board checks on workplaces which have cladding after it was revealed the unfinished Royal Liverpool Hospital has been encased in flammable material which does not…Read more…
‘Impressive mandate’
NHS staff in York will hold a 48-hour strike over a proposal to transfer them to a wholly owned subsidiary designed to avoid paying tax. Unite, with 100,000 members in the health service,…Read more…
Living wage win
Unite has notched up a further victory in its campaign to make London’s largest social enterprise leisure services’ provider Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) pay the London Living Wage (LLW) to those…Read more…
Congress 2018 digital hub – a snapshot of union digital
Just back from the TUC’s 150th anniversary Congress in Manchester, where we had a Digital Hub stall, helping delegates make the most of tech to follow the conference. In between charging up…Read more…
Review: Hiroshima, by John Hersey
John Hersey’s account of the lives of six survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was first published just a year after the events. Despite the passage of more than seventy years, the work…Read more…
UNISON is sending out HE ballot papers and calling for yes to strike action
UNISON is calling for members to back strike action, as some employers attempt to impose the below-inflation offer
The article UNISON is sending out HE ballot papers and calling for yes to strike…Read more…
Let's make our education system fairer and build a fairer society
NUS President Shakira Martin reflects on her speech to the TUC 150 Congress on Monday 10 September 2018Read more…
Right to compensation under attack
The government is trying to make it harder for workers to claim compensation if they are made ill or injured because of the negligence of their employerRead more…
Don’t listen to Branson – VTEC is to blame for the East Coast Mainline fiasco
Franchising has failed – only a publicly funded railway can deliver good service, fair terms and conditions and economic benefits for the whole countryRead more…
We still have a long way to go to achieve equality for all
The 2018 TUC Equality Audit shows that unions are making progress in the fight for equality – but there’s still more work to doRead more…
Let your voice be heard: Stratford & West Ham Citizen’s Assembly
Trade Union Congress finished a little early today (we worked through the lunch break to finish business.Not something that trade unionists would normally encourage in the workplace!). I will post further on the TUC.
So I was able to get a train home …Read more…
Mexico’s President-Elect Prepares Labor Overhaul to Empower Workers
No more secret agreements between union bosses and employers, future labour minister says By Juan Montes, The Wall Street Journal, September 11th Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador…Read more…
‘Double whammy’
Unite is calling for an immediate crackdown on a loophole being operated by unscrupulous employment agencies and umbrella companies, which results in workers having the apprentice levy deducted from…Read more…
‘Pay lottery’ misery
Unite is calling on XPO Logistics to get its house in order after workers have suffered over two months of ‘pay lottery’ misery, which has resulted in workers on occasion not being paid at all….Read more…
RBS – ‘Right Bloody Scandal’
Unite delegate Lindsey Adams moved an emergency motion on behalf of the 80,000 members of Unite’s finance sector at TUC conference on Wednesday (September 12). She slammed RBS for its…Read more…
No place in democracy
Unite delegate Claire Lees today (September 12) told a packed TUC conference how pleased she was to be able to second an emergency motion submitted by train drivers union ASLEF. “Congress, as…Read more…
‘We must do more’
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner gave a stirring speech in support of an emergency motion on tackling racism and the rise of the far right. He lauded the trade union movement for…Read more…
Defeating the austerity offensive
Seconding a motion on social security and austerity today (September 12), Unite delegate Anna Rothery urged the TUC conference to “look at the bigger picture.” “Cuts to social security, the…Read more…
Taking on automation
BAEM and women workers are often hardest hit by changes to the job market, Unite delegate Susan Matthews highlighted as she moved a motion on automation and how every worker must benefit equally from…Read more…