Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is there to protect workers from potential hazards to their health and safety; it must be used properly. However, the experiences of hundreds of women tells us…Read more…
Bus Bill now law
Unite has slammed a new law that prevents local authorities in England from creating publicly owned bus services as “outrageous”. Despite the controversial Bus Services Bill being given royal…Read more…
‘Safety, not union-busting’
Unite the union on Tuesday (May 2) said that the gas leak at the Grangemouth petrochemical reaffirms the need for the site’s owners’ INEOS to work constructively on its industrial and community…Read more…
New guidelines for assessing company behaviour on labour issues
The Committee on Workers’ Capital (CWC) has just published an important new document – the CWC Guidelines for the Evaluation of Workers’ Human Rights and Labour Standards.
Its the product of a couple of years’ work by a global group of trade union exp…Read more…
5 weeks to the General Election – West Ham Labour Grid
Dear John
There’s only 5 weeks left to tell Theresa May we want teachers and police officers for the many, not grammar schools and cuts to capital gains tax for the few.
Please co…Read more…
Why insecurity at work doesn’t need to be the new normal
New research we’ve published today, commissioned from the National Institute for Economic and Social Research, shows that insecure work isn’t inevitable. The rise and rise of insecure work in the UK is sometimes treated as a natural consequence of technological and social change. The development of…Read more…
UNISON “there for you” Pyrenean Charity Challenge
“Members experiencing financial and emotional difficulties can contact our welfare charity, There for You, which provides a confidential advice and support service for members and their dependants”.
UNISON “There for You” is something that many of its…Read more…
Why a General Election Now?
Many people have asked, “Why has Teresa May decided to call a general election on June 8th?” .What does Prime Minister May think these elections will accomplish? Will they “secure the strong and…Read more…
Colombia justice fight goes on
On May Day yesterday (May 1) also known as International Workers’ Day, demonstrations were yesterday held right across the world including in London. May 1 commemorates events in Chicago…Read more…
Apprenticeships – coming soon to a school near you
Schools across the UK see an increase in apprentices after the government introduced new schemes, and a levy to fund them, which came into effect last month
The article Apprenticeships – coming soon…Read more…
Showroom protest
Car workers, who make engines, the Mini and Rolls-Royce motorcars for BMW,protested outside the German carmaker’s flagship showroom on Park Lane in Mayfair, London on Saturday (April 29) over the…Read more…
Blog: Power, wealth and opportunity in the hands of the many, not the few
After years of government failure, our country is crying out for a different and better approach – strengthening rights at work, making sure new jobs are good jobs, and ending the race to the bottom…Read more…
Steel deal completed
Unite said today’s (May 2) announcement that Liberty House had formally completed a £100m deal to acquire the speciality steel division of Tata Steel UK, was testament to the skills and resolve of…Read more…
Exeter Political Forum:
An Invitation to the Exeter Political Forum on the Future of Society Saturday, May 20, 2017, 11:00 am (registration) – 5:00 pm To participate, contact us at the Trades Council. The times are crying…Read more…
We need to stop the financialisation of justice
The campaigns against TTIP and CETA – EU trade deals with the US and Canada – have raised public awareness of the dangers of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system. ISDS is a corporate court system contained in trade deals which allows international companies to sue governments for…Read more…
How the tax system is driving people into insecure work in unexpected ways
I work for the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group, a group of tax and welfare rights specialists with expertise in the tax and related welfare issues of the low-paid. Often, people contact us describing their problems with tax, National Insurance, tax credit…Read more…
Scotland is NOT our local
Three days to go to polling day for the council elections – just in case anyone noticed. Even before the general election was dumped on us, national issues dominated the debate.
If the parties want…Read more…
#GE17 West Hammers playing at home
Yesterday I was pounding the mean streets of Forest Gate North again with a team led by local Councillor, Anamul Islam. We were joined by a very young pioneer (10 months?) and her Mum, who had never been out canvassing before. By the end of the session…Read more…
Housing announcement: Labour’s consumer rights revolution for renters
“The Conservative’s record on housing is one of seven years of failure.
In the private rented sector, tenants are now spending £800 million every month on homes which the Government classes as ‘non-decent’. Around a quarter of this – some £2.3 billion a year – is paid by housing benefit.
Labour…Read more…
London Mayday:
MAY DAY 2017 MONDAY MAY 1 ASSEMBLE CLERKENWELL GREEN 12 NOON MARCH TO TRAFALGAR SQUARE 13.00 FIGHTING AUSTERITY – FIGHTING CUTS FIGHTING ANTI-TRADE UNION LAWS CELEBRATING WORKING CLASS ACHIEVEMENT…Read more…