Britain’s labour market needs a “fundamentally new approach” to tackle insecure work and stagnant pay amongst young people, according to a new report. The Resolution Foundation think tank said…Read more…
Blog: A union that goes out to our members, rather than expecting them to come to us
This year we celebrate 25 years of UNISON. It’ll be a time for great celebration, and an opportunity to look back on what we’ve achieved. But it’s also an opportunity to plan for the future. Lothian…Read more…
Freezing conditions – What should Employers do?
With snow and ice forecast around the UK this week, making that journey into work can be very dangerous. If employees can get into work safely then you should try their best to do so. But what if…Read more…
Rokhsana Fiaz Interview: On Newham’s ‘Unhealthy’ Mayoral Model, Dog Whistle Politics And Diversity
‘I’d be the first directly elected woman of colour’ in the UK (hat tip Huffington Post by Paul Waugh)
Rokhsana Fiaz is an EastEnder, through and through.
Born in Mile End Hospital, she grew up in Newham and has lived there for most of her life. She w…Read more…
Happy Birthday, Harry!
Second World War veteran, best-selling author and anti-austerity activist Harry Leslie Smith celebrated his 95th birthday on Sunday (February 25). Harry, who has worked with Unite and the…Read more…
Labour Brexit plan
The Labour Party is committed to a customs union with the EU and reform to prevent the exploitation of free movement by greedy bosses, Jeremy Corbyn said today (February 26). Unite welcomed…Read more…
Union-powered pay deal
Following a Unite organising campaign, 6000 workers at Western Power Distribution have secured an inflation beating pay deal of an extra £1260 a year on average for each worker, followed by another…Read more…
End debt-fuelled takeover call
GKN workers will be travelling from workplaces across England to the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday (February 28) to lobby MPs and demand Theresa May’s government stops Melrose’s debt-fuelled…Read more…
‘A clear choice’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey welcomed today’s (February 26) speech by Jeremy Corbyn on Brexit, saying it showed that people have a clear choice between a Labour Brexit putting people first,…Read more…
Forest Gate North Labour selects Sasha, Anamul & Rachel
A great picture from the end of last night’s Labour Party selection meeting, where local members voted overwhelmingly to return their existing Councillors, Rachel Tripp and Anamul Islam, as candidates for the local elections in May. The vacant position…Read more…
The Bitcoin Speculative Surge
The parasitism and decay within the economy is so pronounced, pay-the-rich schemes and scams have become normal and officially acceptable. In this regard, Bitcoin has begun trading on the…Read more…
Re-selected as West Ham Labour (& future Co-operative Party) Councillor Candidate 2018
I am very pleased that I was reselected today as a Labour Party candidate for the local elections in May 2018 for West Ham ward in Newham, London.
Both myself and my Councillor colleague, John Whitworth, were affirmed at the first ballot.
Many, man…Read more…
Probe call into ‘disappearing’ Carillion NHS pension contributions
22 February 2018 UNITE A top level probe into where the pension payments of NHS and other public sector workers, employed by Carillion, have ‘disappeared to’ was called for today (Thursday 22…Read more…
Who Should Decide the Working and Learning Conditions in Schools?
The people who do the work should decide their terms of employment, and, in consultation with those directly affected by the work, they should also decide the direction of the sector. Teachers,…Read more…
Carillion: A Criminally Corrupt Organisation Aided and Abetted by the Government
The recent collapse of Carillion is a vivid example of the ever-deepening crisis and criminally corrupt character of a system that is solely interested in paying the rich without regard for the needs…Read more…
Collapse of Carillion and the NHS:
Collapse of Carillion and the NHS Fight for the Alternative to this Profit-Making Racket of Finance Capital in the NHS The collapse of Carillion brought to the fore the scale of the involvement of…Read more…
South East London Campaign Stops Cuts In Children’s Mental Health:
The Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign (SLHC) recently led a successful fight to oppose proposed cuts to children’s mental health services in Lewisham Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service…Read more…
On the “dog & bone” 4 Rokhsana 4 Mayor
I love this picture from the telephone bank tonight of Newham Labour Party members supporting the selection of Councillor Rokhsana Fiaz as the Labour Party candidate to be our next Directly Elected Mayor.
As well as telephone canvassers, there were te…Read more…
Living Wage – public sector leadership
The living wage movement is an international one. There are differences in context and approach, but the underlying principles are the same.
I have spent the last two days in Ontario, Canada, as a…Read more…
Blow to East Antrim economy
Employees at tyre pressure firm Sensata Technologies were informed by management this morning (February 23) that there would be one hundred and twenty-five jobs going at the company’s Carrickfergus…Read more…