The watershed news came just before Christmas – the number of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars on the world’s roads has now passed the three million mark. The global growth rate now…Read more…
Carillion’s collapse is terrible for staff and the taxpayer, says UNISON
The government needs to safeguard services and protect staff
The article Carillion’s collapse is terrible for staff and the taxpayer, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Proposed pension changes will hit lowest paid university staff
In recent years they’ve seen the value of their pay fall, now the university wants to cut their income in retirement too
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Why investment in public services, skills and working conditions can restore public trust in immigration system
The Home Affairs select committee has released a report today with some good proposals for building a national consensus on immigration.Read more…
A London Living Wage for all in Newham Schools
I am a school governor in Newham and I am planning to go to the borough Governors’ Forum on Tuesday evening at the town hall. As a governor I have raised the following question :-
London Living Wage
How many Schools are London Living Wage employers (…Read more…
Review: Fire and Fury – Inside the Trump White House, by Michael Wolff
This book has been so hyped, so much written about it, that there are probably few surprises in it for the reader. However, there’s quite a difference between spending five minutes reading the…Read more…
#Labourdoorstep in Plaistow North
After my Councillor surgery this morning I went over to Plaistow North ward to help out knocking on doors and speaking to local residents about the forthcoming Council elections in May.
It was cold but thankfully it stayed dry. Plaistow North is next …Read more…
“Veteran Newham mayor faces deslection fight ahead of local election contest”
For once, a balanced article by the London Evening Standard about Labour Politics. I and many other Councillors and Party members support the call by Cllr Marriott, Charlene Mclean and West Ham Labour Party for an open selection to decide the next Labo…Read more…
FERRY Workers Campaign for Public Ownership and Control:
FERRY workers will step up their campaign to nationalise services to the Orkney and Shetland islands at a rally next month. Transport union RMT says outsourcing giant Serco has overseen a decline in…Read more…
Fresh hope
Disability rights campaigners are beginning 2018 with fresh hope following an end of year High Court victory against the government’s discriminatory welfare policies. At the end of December,…Read more…
London Brexit impact
Unite has praised the Mayor of London for carrying out the first taxpayer-funded Brexit impact studies, after it was revealed the government had neglected to do so. The research, commissioned…Read more…
Carillion ‘crisis’
Unite has called for Carillion not to keep its loyal workforce in the dark about the company’s future. There is increasing concern that the construction and outsourcing giant, which employs…Read more…
‘Massive’ strike vote
The workers at Cummins Generator Technologies in Stamford have voted by an overwhelming 93 per cent for strike action over the failure of management to negotiate constructively over plans to shed 300…Read more…
‘Free protesters and trade unionists,’ UNISON urges Iran
General secretary Dave Prentis writes to President Hassan Rouhani in wake of arrests following recent protests
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‘Predatory’ GKN bid
Unite today (January 12) urged the UK government to block a takeover bid of the engineering firm GKN by Melrose and for ministers to toughen up UK takeover rules so that national and social interests…Read more…
Reject pay offer call
Unite is to hold a consultative ballot of its members in local government covered by the “green book” with a recommendation that they reject the current pay offer. Members of Unite’s National…Read more…
Paying to work
In the latest example of shocking tipping practices at UK restaurants, it has been revealed that a chain of Italian restaurants operating in Bristol, Bath, Milton Keynes, Portishead, Worthing, and…Read more…
‘Brexatom’ threat
When British voters were asked in the EU referendum whether the UK should stay or leave, most didn’t know that they’d be voting on the future of the nuclear industry as well. But last…Read more…
LGA survey shows social workers are struggling to cope
The government must give councils the cash they need to recruit more child protection staff and keep all children safe
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Hidden from history: how trade unions championed LGBT+ equality
Unions stood against injustice even when it was unpopular.Read more…