Opening the debate on public sector pay today (Monday) at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “For millions of public service workers struggling to…Read more…
Colombia: New Political Party Formed
Support the Peace Process in Colombia! New Political Party Formed to Uphold the Peace Founding Congress of new FARC political party, Bogotá, Colombia, August 27-September 1, 2017. Banner reads:…Read more…
Local politics for local people…
My attempt to avoid being dragged into Labour Party Conference was today partly frustrated by having to carry the historic banner of Brighton Labour Party on a convoluted route from the Level to Regency Square by way of a circuit of the Old Steine as p…Read more…
#Lab17 Thank you Southern Rail
This is something you don’t hear that often. Or rather thank you to the Southern Rail workers in Brighton station who found my suitcase this morning that I had stupidly left behind on the train yesterday evening on route to Labour Party conference. Read more…
‘What our country needs’
In the first of Unite’s contributions to this year’s Labour Party conference in Brighton, Unite delegate Mike Hedges intervened in the discussions around transport. He said that, “getting our…Read more…
Labour Party Conference 2017 #Lab17
I arrived last night in Brighton for conference and started badly by managing to leave my suitcase on the train. By the time I realised and ran back to the station (apologies for ignoring colleagues on the way) the train was on its way back to Bedford….Read more…
‘Wicked cuts’
Local councils are being bled dry by the government’s manic devotion to austerity. On average councils receive 40 per cent less central funding than they did in 2010. The cuts have not been…Read more…
Isle of Wight NHS Demo:
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Sign. Share. Scrap. UNISON’s petition calling on the government to scrap the pay cap
UNISON’s petition calling on the government to scrap the pay cap is getting close to the 100,000-signature mark.Over 73,000 people have signed the petition on the government website in less than two weeks; if it reaches the 100,000-mark the government will be under significant pressure to…Read more…
Defend the rights of Labour Party members
Regular readers (Sid and Doris Blogger) may have been disappointed by my recent silence.
Or they may have been quite happy.
However, I’m not abandoning blogging just because I have stepped aside from a quarter century of defending workers’ rights at the front line.
This evening I enjoyed a drink…Read more…
Trade Unions in Trump’s America: Many Threats, Some Opportunities
Yesterday evening I attended a meeting of SERTUC International Committee at Congress House.
One of the guest speakers was Professor Iwan Morgan who gave an excellent presentation on Trumps America.
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Why Labour must win
A recent article in The House magazine caught my eye. Tory MP Robert Halfon, the former education minister, was reflecting on the general election outcome. You may remember Halfon as the Tory who…Read more…
Minister for youth?
A call has been made for a youth affairs minister to coordinate services for young people across government by Unite. The demand for a minister with a seat in the cabinet will come in a new…Read more…
‘What are they hiding?’
Unite has discovered the government is suppressing information on expected changes in food prices as a result of the UK leaving the European Union. The refusal to publish the report increases…Read more…
Borrowing to eat
Nearly half of all young people have to borrow money to make it to the end of the month, illuminating the plight of millennials struggling with shrinking wages, rising living costs and insecure work….Read more…
Cab trade’s ‘Wild West’ snubbed
Following concerted lobbying from Unite and other unions, Transport for London (TfL) today (September 22) announced Uber’s operating licence will not be renewed in a resounding victory for passenger…Read more…
Hinkley Point ballot
Construction workers employed at Hinkley Point have overwhelmingly rejected a pay offer in the longstanding dispute over pay and bonuses on the project. The unions concerned, Unite and the…Read more…
Sign. Share. Scrap.
UNISON’s petition calling to scrap the pay cap is getting close to the 100,000-signature mark.
The article Sign. Share. Scrap. first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Former Olympic Stadium Stratford report by Cllr Conor McAuley to his ward
Councillor’s Report to Custom House Branch Labour Party September 2017.
Former Olympic Stadium Stratford
I have been approached by a few Party members concerned about the stories they have seen in the local press about the apparent loss of the £40 million Newham Council investment in the stadium,…Read more…
‘Fourth emergency service’
A community support centre which has won £12m for disabled, sick and injured people with benefit and debt problems has launched an appeal to find £50,000 to remain open. Salford Unemployed…Read more…