Unite young members met with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (pictured below) after his Unite policy conference address on Tuesday (July 3) to throw his support behind a new campaign for young people….Read more…
Hollywood star Michael Sheen surprises first person born in the NHS
At one minute past midnight on 5th July 1948, Aneira Thomas was born. She wasn’t just any new baby, she was the first baby to be born in the new NHS
The article Hollywood star Michael Sheen…Read more…
The EU & the Customs Union.
For your information The EU Customs Union and Single Market Background The Customs Union and Single Market go back to the earliest days of the EU’s history, when its forerunner, the European…Read more…
New strike dates announced in Wigan ‘subco‘ dispute
WWL strikers with general secretary Dave Prentis on the 30 June NHS march in London Hospital workers in Wigan will strike for another seven days in two weeks time, as their dispute over being…Read more…
Scrap outsourcing plans call
In the latest intervention in a Unite dispute against NHS outsourcing, Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham today (July 4) responded to Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust’s decision to…Read more…
Why every LGBT worker should join a union
Unions are powerful – they make sure LGBT people are treated fairly and with respect at workRead more…
Newham Council Cabinet Meeting 2 July 2018
A busy agenda but great news that we agreed at the cabinet meeting that the Champions Statute should remain in East Ham and also a programme to oppose further school academies in Newham.
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Green Point inspection and walkabout – the good, the not so good and art in tower blocks
Last week I went on an 8am “walkabout” in Green Point, Water Lane, E15 with local residents in response to complaints about the failure to repair the communal front entry door, which had led to strangers getting into the block to take drugs and causing…Read more…
‘You will not pass’
June 9th last month marked the largest mobilisation of the far right since the 1930s, when about 15,000 people gathered in a racist demonstration in London in support of former English Defence League…Read more…
Extend the vote call
2018 marks 100 years since many women and men workers, including farmworkers, first gained the vote. Unite delegates agreed on Monday (July 2) that now was the time for the franchise to again be…Read more…
Unite hope in the Brexit ‘nightmare’
Unite today (July 3) vowed to mobilise against the cliff-edge brought about by the Conservative government’s abysmal handling of the Brexit process. In a statement passed overwhelmingly…Read more…
Back UK manufacturing jobs call
A number of calls to ensure the future of UK manufacturing were made yesterday (July 2) by Unite policy conference delegates at the Manufacturing Matters fringe. Mick Joyce from Cone Lifts in…Read more…
St Helens and Warrington housing members win 3.1% pay rise
Pay increase at north-west England housing group follows rejection of 2% offer and a ballot for industrial action
The article St Helens and Warrington housing members win 3.1% pay rise first…Read more…
Ownership and control
Here’s something I wrote for work…
Ownership and control
If you’re a delivery driver whose movements are monitored remotely, or doing gig work through a platform like Uber or Deliveroo, you’re already seeing the impact of technology on work. Million…Read more…
TUC: 50,000 Jobs Axed in first half of 2018
‘Government needs to up its game,’ says union chief Frances O’Grady The Independent Alamy Around 50,000 jobs have been axed in the first half of this year as retail workers bore the…Read more…
English further education pay claim submitted
Claim is for 5% or £1,500, whichever is greater, and the living wage
The article English further education pay claim submitted first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
First he blocked a law against upskirting – now this Tory MP is coming for your rights at work
Sir Christopher Chope’s shameless and cynical use of bankbench legislation to attack workers’ rights cannot be allowed to succeedRead more…
More hedge fund shenanigans
1. I had a quick Google to see if there are any more funds that use the generic blurb I’ve found in dozens of cases to avoid compliance with the Stewardship Code. And… yes there are.
Curam Capital Management:
Curam Capital Management LLP (the “Firm…Read more…
‘Not on our watch’
Policy conference delegates debated the need to protect defence sector jobs and form a credible path forward for defence diversification today (July 2). Unite assistant general secretary Steve…Read more…
‘Harry Kane of the TUC’
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady hailed Unite in a speech today (July 2) on the first day of Unite’s policy conference and urged Unite, as the largest private sector union, to “lead from the…Read more…