‘Trade unions will now pay a heavy price for Labour’s defeat. Tory plans are set out clearly enough in their election manifesto, including the much-trumpeted proposals for yet more restrictions on…Read more…
Environmental activists targeted by illegal blacklister support blacklisted workers in High Court battle
Environmental activists who were on a construction industry blacklist have spoken out in support of a High Court case against companies involved. On 14 May 2015, the blacklisting group litigation…Read more…
London Loop Walk Section 3: “Petts Wood to West Wickham Common”
The General election is finally over, for good or bad (and I think it is very bad). Yesterday I had my first free Sunday for ages and went off and walked section 3 of the London Loop Walk “Petts Wood to West Wickham”.
The weather was warm and mostly s…Read more…
Pay growth to slow and public sector restraint a big factor, says CIPD
A new survey of 1,013 employers published by the CIPD published today* reports that pay growth is expected to slow during the coming year, and that many employers now believe that public sector restraint is slowing pay growth across the whole economy: •”Basic pay is expected to grow by just…Read more…
Looking into an abyss
As the Tories swung into power last week – despite securing little more than a third of the share of the national vote – they are now unfettered by a coalition government, and have already begun…Read more…
BREAKING: Lecturers vote for strike at London university as 165 jobs go
UCU members say making more cuts is a “misguided strategy”Read more…
UCU victory against university employer
11th May 2015
By Michael MacNeil
In higher education the bosses often consider themselves to sit at the more enlightened and progressive end of the employers’ spectrum. They do, however,…Read more…
Bernie Sanders and Michael Harrington: A second chance?
My first article ever for Salon. That’s my original title, and this is how my version of it opened: Current speculation about a possible Bernie Sanders challenge to Hillary Clinton in 2016 is…Read more…
Company responses to high shareholder votes against exec pay
As I’ve blogged previously, the new version of the UK Corporate Governance Code requires companies to make a statement in response to large votes against them. This was introduced due to concerns that companies were treating near misses on exec pay vot…Read more…
Priti awful – union reacts to new employment minister
Priti Patel voted against rights for shareholding employeesRead more…
SCCS Rally for the Climate – 27 May at the Scottish Parliament
Stop Climate Chaos Scotland is holding a Rally for the Climate on Wednesday May 27 at the Scottish Parliament as part of its ‘For the Love of’ campaign.
UNISON members are urged to take part, even if you can’t attend on the day, by telling First Minister Nicola Sturgeon what you love that is at risk from climate change, and that the Scottish Government needs to do more to cut emissions.Read more…
Alan Gibbons on the March for the Libraries – North Finchley Library 9.5.2015
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PCS issues rallying call for unions to fight public sector cuts
Mark Serwotka says unions must come together to defend jobs, living standards, our NHS and our welfare stateRead more…
“Pick yourself up, dust yourself down and start all over again!”
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TUC warns strikes will be “close to impossible” under new government
Frances O’Grady says David Cameron will face an unprecedented campaign from Britain’s unions against this attack on the basic rights of people at workRead more…
Unions call for Murphy’s head
ASLEF and Unite say Scottish leader must stand down after disastrous General Election resultsRead more…
Health and safety – Time to return to basics
After five years of unrelenting attacks on health and safety from all sides, many activists were hoping to see a change in direction after the election. Labour had promised to prioritise the…Read more…
Turkish Entanglement
DIFFERENT REPORTING. Mail didn’t have name or photograph. Turkish papers, evidently better briefed, had both, and claimed to know whom arrested Brit had been working for. …Read more…
Why we lost and what are we going to do about it?
) Labour have a mountain to climb (see very subtle picture left) but we should not in my view be totally beating ourselves up over our performance on Thursday.
Everyone has an opinion nowadays and these are my views for better or for worse. …Read more…
After the General Election…
The NUT is party politically independent and always has been. However, like many NUT members, I was involved in the General Election campaigns, fighting hard to avoid the outcome that we got on…Read more…