BMW workers have stepped up their defence of their final-salary pension scheme, as part of the struggle to defend pension rights for all, through an overwhelming vote for strike action. Unite members…Read more…
Condemn US Airstrikes against Syria!
Condemn US Airstrikes against Syria! Oppose the Warmongering Support of the British Government! Hands Off Syria! Stop the War protest outside Downing Street on Friday April 7 We condemn in the…Read more…
UNISON members – vote for the UNISONaction Broad Left candidates in the NEC elections
I am reproducing here a message which I have received as a supporter of the UNISONaction Broad Left, the diverse group of trade union democrats and socialists who are committed to the idea that UNISON could live up to its potential;
As you will be awar…Read more…
A ‘real living wage’
Labour will increase the minimum wage to £10 if the party wins the 2020 general election, Jeremy Corbyn said today (April 11). The Labour leader promised “a real living wage” of “at least” £10…Read more…
A future more uncertain?
Serious concerns have been raised again over the future of the Moorside nuclear power station in Cumbria, as it emerged today that its soon-to-be sole investor Toshiba (April 11) is on the brink of…Read more…
Undercutting must end
Construction unions Unite and GMB are to hold a series of demonstrations tomorrow (April 12) over the undercutting and exploitation of construction workers. The protests focus on several…Read more…
Stop Brexit pain
The consequences of a “hard” Brexit have been laid bare in a new report, which shows that manufacturing, agriculture, energy and construction are amongst the sectors which would be hardest hit….Read more…
Stop hostile takeovers plea
A “bargain basement Britain” is no mere exaggeration conjured by fears over what looms on the other side of Brexit. As Unilever boss Paul Polman warned last month, the threat of hostile…Read more…
UNISON NEC Elections 2017: North West Region candidate recommendations
As well as the excellent regional NEC reps above North West region members can also vote or all the National seats below and for their own Service Group.
National (vote for all)
Black MembersKebba MANNEH Male SeatElizabeth CAMERON …Read more…
40% Rent Up: Can’t pay – Will stay! One Housing Tenants Action Group
Tonight the Newham Key workers facing 40% rent rises are meeting to plan the next stage of their campaign. This is the response I sent to One Housing Group following a most unsatisfactory reply to my member’s enquiry.
I have sent another separate comp…Read more…
Cancer care tender collapse highlights costly and inefficient process, says UNISON
Responding to the collapse of plans to hand a £687m contract for cancer services in Staffordshire to private companies, UNISON head of health Christina McAnea said: “The failure of this tender…Read more…
Ken Livingstone in Tel Aviv
In November 1986, Ken Livingstone visited Israel as the guest of Mapam (the United Workers’ Party). He toured the country, appeared on national television, met Knesset members, visited a…Read more…
Communes, Cooperatives, and Radical Democracy in Rojava
By Enzan Munzur, originally published by Grassroots Economic Organizing March 28, 2017 cross-posted from Co-operative Economy in Rojava and Bakur The Revolution in Rojava has its own special dynamic…Read more…
More Fujitsu strikes
Unite members working for the IT giant Fujitsu will strike for a further four days at sites across the UK in their long-running dispute over plans to axe one in five jobs and pension cuts. …Read more…
Chicken factory at risk
Just a day after Bernard Matthews announced on Thursday (April 6) that it would slash 69 chicken production jobs in Norfolk, the 2 Sisters Food Group said on Friday (April 7) that it plans to shutter…Read more…
Tackling “rogue landlords”?
A number of new or amended regulations in relation to the Private Rented Sector have come into force on April 6th. 1) Rent Repayment Orders Rent Repayment Orders (RROs) were introduced by the 2004 Housing Act in response to situations where the landlor…Read more…
Blog: The scandal of 15-minute social care visits must end
One of the tests of a decent society is how we treat those who cannot care for themselves. Every day that we allow 15 minute care visits to continue is a day that we fail that test.
The article…Read more…
Honour agreement call
Unite, the UK’s largest union for construction workers, has submitted a formal challenge to employers due to deep concerns about ‘worker competency’ at the Ferrybridge power station in Yorkshire….Read more…
“We are living in an incredibly dangerous moment”—One in which tech sector and all need to stand in solidarity against all warmongers
It is a little outside of the norm to share a non-tech specific piece, but this article is important for all communities includeing tech. Please if you have not read this it is worth reading. The new…Read more…
“We are living in an incredibly dangerous moment”—One in which tech sector and all need to stand in solidarity against all warmongers
It is a little outside of the norm to share a non-tech specific piece, but this article is important for all communities includeing tech. Please if you have not read this it is worth reading. The new…Read more…