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Check out Mirror report “Lyn Brown has stepped in to replace Diane Abbott as acting Shadow Home Secretary – here’s what she thinks of Theresa May’s record on policing
The past two weeks have been traumatic, and the nation mourns for the victims …Read more…
Over the past week, the TUC has been out across the country with one simple message – Britain Still Needs A Pay Rise. We’ve been driving around constituencies and stopping in town centres to…Read more…
In today’s Economic Outlook the OECD show UK real wages falling by 1.1% in 2018, with nominal earnings growth of 1.5% outstripped by inflation of 2.7%. This is a big change of view on nominal earnings, which were previously expected to rise by 2.5% (in their March interim forecast). This revision…Read more…
My colleague Mehdi Kouhestani, who now works for the Canadian trade union movement, has provided this update on a three day long strike in Iran which demonstrates the struggles trade unionists in…Read more…
My colleague Mehdi Kouhestani, who now works for the Canadian trade union movement, has provided this update on a three day long strike in Iran which demonstrates the struggles trade unionists in…Read more…
Constructive discussions between employers at Hinkley Point C and Unite have resulted in a temporary agreement over the payment of bonuses during the construction of the power station. All…Read more…
07 June 2017
Sonia McKay, Professor of European Socio-Legal Studies at the Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University
Universality of rights ought to be a fundamental…Read more…
Six weeks ago when Theresa May called her opportunistic election it was understandable that there was a sharp intake of labour movement breath. Could we really mount a decent challenge to a prime…Read more…
Today the OECD issue their twice yearly Economic Outlook, setting out their view of how the economy will develop, and how governments should respond. Their message for the UK government is clear: they need to invest. The headline on their economic comm…Read more…
It was whilst working at Royal Mail at the central Tomb Street sorting office in Belfast in 2002 that I first truly fathomed the transformational power of the trade union movement. A 20-year-old…Read more…
Looking close. The real poll is tomorrow. Need to Get Our Vote Out!Read more…
Dear John
If you’ve got any time on Election Day to help Labour you’re really needed in nearby marginals. Below are details for Ilford North (where we won in 2015 by 589 votes) and Westminster North. There’s also info about leafleting in …Read more…
Please share if you want a free NHS or have a USA Trump style scheme that will demand evidence that you can pay before you or your family receive any treatment.
The choice on Thursday is yours. Do not dare to whinge if you vote to kiss your NHS goodby…Read more…
UNISON Housing Association Branch Welfare Officer Mitsy holds a surgery for members in the Resource for London cafe, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA every second Thursday 10-3pm. The next one is due this Thursday 8 June.
As a fellow West Ham Labour …Read more…
The union I have the privilege of leading, Unite, is glad that the questions of trust and leadership are now centre-stage in this election. For the past seven years, the Conservatives have run…Read more…
Trade unions and Labour have said that Theresa May has questions to answer over cuts to emergency and police services while she was home secretary. Sadiq Khan also this morning warned that the…Read more…
Not for the first time, energy policy has received very little attention in this election campaign. In Scotland, key elements are reserved so you might expect a bit more attention to be paid to it,…Read more…
Low paid hospitality workers today (Tuesday June 6) protested outside the Grand Connaught rooms in relation to the low pay and exploitative practices in their sectors and told hospitality bosses to…Read more…
Adam Williams was in a corridor with a patient at the Salford Royal hospital when he heard news of an explosion in Manchester. Twenty minutes later he was at the scene.
The article The Manchester…Read more…