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This will be a fun event taking place at the Vicarage Lane Community Centre, Govier Close, West Ham, E15 4HW.
Please RSVP to branch secretary John Whitworth if you are planning to come. All members and their guests welcome.
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The government must bring failing privatised probation services back under public control instead of leaving the taxpayer to bail them out, UNISON, NAPO and GMB said today (Wednesday). The three…Read more…
I blogged a little while ago about the disappointing official statistics which show the current decline in trade union membership. For some years I have been perplexed that the official leadership of the movement isn’t more alert to our plight. Perhaps it would be clearer if it were looked at from…Read more…
I have a clash but hope this important lobby in support of decent pay for all Council workers goes well! I will be submitting a motion on pay to the next Newham Labour Group and branch/CLP meeting. Read more…
An eviction company has been slammed by Unite after running an advert comparing domestic renters to vermin. The Facebook advert for the Remove a Tenant firm, which provides eviction services…Read more…
More older workers retiring today benefit from decent workplace pensions than ever before according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics. But changes to pension provision mean these gains are in danger of being reversed, and there…Read more…
Unite members at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant are set to hold an industrial action ballot over a ‘completely unacceptable’ 1.5 per cent pay offer that has been imposed by management….Read more…
There might be plenty of laughs each year at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival but for the hundreds of people behind the scenes who make the Festival possible – the bartenders, stagehands, venue…Read more…
Warning of more industrial action at Sheffield factory as steelworkers’ strike ends Workers on strike at Rom Ltd, Brightside Lane. Steelworkers who walked out on strike amid claims their…Read more…
On Friday the Jewish Chronicle published this article by my libel blogging mate David Osler (aka other names).
By coincidence that day I met with Dave and his partner Stroppy in a Hackney restaurant for a prearranged “put the world to rights” meal, go…Read more…
A little-known fact of the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), is that it has always included on its board a representative from the city’s trade unionists. Appointed by Edinburgh’s TUC, the…Read more…
“Huge gaps” remain between the living standards of different ethnic groups, new research shows. An average Bangladeshi household makes £8,900 less than a white British one, while a typical…Read more…
PCS has launched a campaign to halt the Conservative government’s latest attempt to privatise sensitive work in our justice system. On 1 August, civil servants employed as civilian enforcement officers (CEOs) were told that the work they do enforcing financial fines for the criminal courts, will…Read more…
If you are active in UNISON and the Labour Party and interested in helping make your community better through Parliament, UNISON Labour Link is interested in hearing from you
The article Interested…Read more…
Union’s campaign sees employer agree to bring all core support services back in house by September 2018
The article Higher education: UNISON wins SOAS commitment to end outsourcing first appeared on…Read more…
Hundreds of highly skilled manufacturing jobs are set to go after Delphi, a global car components supplier based in the US, announced on Friday (August 4) the closure of a plant in Sudbury, with some…Read more…
Government urged to stem the tide of ‘uncertainty and confusion’
The article EU citizens facing discrimination over jobs and housing first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
As part of our Pay Up Now! campaign calling for an end to the pay cap, members have been telling us their stories of living without enough money…
The article ‘I go without lunch and tell my…Read more…
Off message but Gill and I did a lovely rural circular 5.3 mile walk today around Matching in Essex (near Harlow). You start at the ancient village church and walk down the road to the most glorious english duck pond ever. You then cross lush meadows s…Read more…
I was a member of DSA’s parent organization, DSOC, from 1975 until 1981, served on its National Board and also worked as a staff member in its national office. I joined DSA after a lapse…Read more…